Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
Doubles
[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA) 36 76(4) 14-12
[SF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)
Another good comeback victory by Rohan and Aisam in super tie-break ... Rohan and Aisam were 36 03 down before starting comeback and they saved 5 matchpoints before winning it ... Now semis against Bryans.
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick
Doubles Final
(1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt James CHAUDRY (GBR)/ George COUPLAND (GBR) 62 62
Vishnu and Divij won doubles title comfortably beating unseeded British pair ... Hoping next week they with other Indian players transform this type of result in singles also.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Tennis News
At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick
[QF] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) l Joshua MILTON (GBR,741) 36 46
Doubles
[SF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (3) Tim BRADSHAW (GBR)/ Colin EBELTHITE (AUS) 64 76(3)
[F] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs James CHAUDRY (GBR)/ George COUPLAND (GBR)
No breakthrough performance for Vishnu in last 3 British futures ... In doubles he is in another final with Divij.
At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick
[QF] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) l Joshua MILTON (GBR,741) 36 46
Doubles
[SF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (3) Tim BRADSHAW (GBR)/ Colin EBELTHITE (AUS) 64 76(3)
[F] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs James CHAUDRY (GBR)/ George COUPLAND (GBR)
No breakthrough performance for Vishnu in last 3 British futures ... In doubles he is in another final with Divij.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) l (6) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,46) 67(9) 26
Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 67(3) 60 10-7
[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Somi started positively and break Tips serve in 4th game ... In next game Somi was down 0-40 on his serve but saved all to hold his serve to lead 4-1 ... Somi missed opportunity of breaking Tips serve in 6th game and then Tips broke him at luv in 7th game to bring set on serve, 4-3 ... Tips played loose 8th game making few unforced errors and then double faulted to gave break back to Somi, 5-3 ... But Somi couldn't hold to win first set and Tips broke back ... In 12th game Somi had couple of set points which he couldn't convert, 6-all ... In ti-break Somi was initially down 0-3 but had another couple of set points at 6-4 but Tips saved both ... Then had another couple of set points but failed to take ... Tips won tie-break at 11-9 ... Somi had 6 set points opportunities but failed to take any.
After losing this long first set Somi couldn't fight much in next set ... He got broken twice before losing the set ... It must be tiring as this was his 5th match in as many days in LA heat.
In doubles Rohan and Aisam comeback strongly in the match after losing first set in tie-break against British pair ... Next they r facing experienced players Frenchman Clement and Israeli Erlich.
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At $100K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Robin Haase (NED)/Rogier Wassen (NED) 76 36 4-10
This week Harsh and Brian lost in the first round against tricky Dutch pair ... They started well with winning first set in tie-break but after that Dutch pair overpowered them and won super tie-break easily.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 16
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick
[R2] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) l (4) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,404) 46 67(7)
[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt David THURNER (GER,867) 64 62
[QF] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Joshua MILTON (GBR,741)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Daniel GLANCY (IRL)/ James LUDLOW (USA) 61 61
[SF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs (3) Tim BRADSHAW (GBR)/ Colin EBELTHITE (AUS)
Expected win for Vishnu and I feel Yuki also gave good fight to player in form ... In doubles Vishnu and Divij kept overpowering their opponents
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) l (6) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,46) 67(9) 26
Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 67(3) 60 10-7
[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Somi started positively and break Tips serve in 4th game ... In next game Somi was down 0-40 on his serve but saved all to hold his serve to lead 4-1 ... Somi missed opportunity of breaking Tips serve in 6th game and then Tips broke him at luv in 7th game to bring set on serve, 4-3 ... Tips played loose 8th game making few unforced errors and then double faulted to gave break back to Somi, 5-3 ... But Somi couldn't hold to win first set and Tips broke back ... In 12th game Somi had couple of set points which he couldn't convert, 6-all ... In ti-break Somi was initially down 0-3 but had another couple of set points at 6-4 but Tips saved both ... Then had another couple of set points but failed to take ... Tips won tie-break at 11-9 ... Somi had 6 set points opportunities but failed to take any.
After losing this long first set Somi couldn't fight much in next set ... He got broken twice before losing the set ... It must be tiring as this was his 5th match in as many days in LA heat.
In doubles Rohan and Aisam comeback strongly in the match after losing first set in tie-break against British pair ... Next they r facing experienced players Frenchman Clement and Israeli Erlich.
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At $100K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Robin Haase (NED)/Rogier Wassen (NED) 76 36 4-10
This week Harsh and Brian lost in the first round against tricky Dutch pair ... They started well with winning first set in tie-break but after that Dutch pair overpowered them and won super tie-break easily.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 16
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick
[R2] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) l (4) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,404) 46 67(7)
[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt David THURNER (GER,867) 64 62
[QF] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Joshua MILTON (GBR,741)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Daniel GLANCY (IRL)/ James LUDLOW (USA) 61 61
[SF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs (3) Tim BRADSHAW (GBR)/ Colin EBELTHITE (AUS)
Expected win for Vishnu and I feel Yuki also gave good fight to player in form ... In doubles Vishnu and Divij kept overpowering their opponents
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt (Q) Steve Johnson (USA,1333) 64 64
[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (6) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,46)
Somi started badly and got broken in 2nd game but he recovered before breaking Steve's serve in 7th game ... Then with another break in 9th game to won first set ... In second set he broke Steve's serve in 5th game and that break was enough to won second set ... While serving for the match Somi wasted 7 match points before converting 8th ... But as per radio commentary after initial struggle with serve Somi was comfortably holding his serve and managed to keep pressure on Steve's serve through out the match.
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick
[R1] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) bt (Q) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,UNR) 64 62
[R1] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR,572) 61 76(5)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) l Alexandre FOLIE (BEL,496) 46 16
[R1] (Q) Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) l (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,279) 36 36
[R2] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (4) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,404)
[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs David THURNER (GER,867)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Baptiste BAYET (FRA)/ Kevin BOTTI (FRA) 62 62
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Daniel GLANCY (IRL)/ James LUDLOW (USA)
Inconsistent game by Karan ... But good to see Vishnu and Yuki had winning start ... Next Yuki is facing 4th seed Miloslav Mecir ... In doubles also Vishnu started with win.
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt (Q) Steve Johnson (USA,1333) 64 64
[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (6) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,46)
Somi started badly and got broken in 2nd game but he recovered before breaking Steve's serve in 7th game ... Then with another break in 9th game to won first set ... In second set he broke Steve's serve in 5th game and that break was enough to won second set ... While serving for the match Somi wasted 7 match points before converting 8th ... But as per radio commentary after initial struggle with serve Somi was comfortably holding his serve and managed to keep pressure on Steve's serve through out the match.
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick
[R1] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) bt (Q) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,UNR) 64 62
[R1] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR,572) 61 76(5)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) l Alexandre FOLIE (BEL,496) 46 16
[R1] (Q) Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) l (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,279) 36 36
[R2] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (4) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,404)
[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs David THURNER (GER,867)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Baptiste BAYET (FRA)/ Kevin BOTTI (FRA) 62 62
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Daniel GLANCY (IRL)/ James LUDLOW (USA)
Inconsistent game by Karan ... But good to see Vishnu and Yuki had winning start ... Next Yuki is facing 4th seed Miloslav Mecir ... In doubles also Vishnu started with win.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Tennis News
At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) l (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,553) 57 36
Talk of having chance of making US qualifying turned fruitless as Kash lost against Japanese qualifier ranked below 550 in straight sets.
In the first set Prakash had 5 break point chances but he failed to take one before losing his serve in 12th game ... In second set Prakash lost his serve in 8th game.
At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) l (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,553) 57 36
Talk of having chance of making US qualifying turned fruitless as Kash lost against Japanese qualifier ranked below 550 in straight sets.
In the first set Prakash had 5 break point chances but he failed to take one before losing his serve in 12th game ... In second set Prakash lost his serve in 8th game.
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[Q3] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Giovanni Lapentti (ECU,278) 62 64
[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (Q) Steve Johnson (USA,1333)
Very clinical performance by Somi to qualify for maindraw ... In first set he broke Giovanni's serve twice to won it comfortably ... In second set he take early break on Giovanni's serve and then hold his serve comfortably to won the match.
Now he is having good chance to score maindraw victory as he is facing local young collagiate Steve Johnson in the first round.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) bt Ahmed El Tabakh (CAN)/ Zachary White (CAN) 62 75
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
Prakash and Brendan started with straight sets victory against local pair ... Next they r facing top-seed Thai twins Ratiwatanas.
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At $15K Great Britain F11,
[Q1] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt Lewis BURTON (GBR,UNR) 63 63
[Q2] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt (14) Matthew SHORT (GBR,1140) 36 63 75
[Q3] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt Kevin BOTTI (FRA,UNR) 63 62
[R1] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (Q) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,UNR)
[R1] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR,572)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) vs Alexandre FOLIE (BEL,496)
[R1] (Q) Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) vs (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,279)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Baptiste BAYET (FRA)/ Kevin BOTTI (FRA)
Good to see Divij qualified for main-draw but facing 2nd seed Frenchman in the first round ... Interesting to see how Yuki perform after his long ankle injury break ... Also Karan is playing here with Vishnu.
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[Q3] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Giovanni Lapentti (ECU,278) 62 64
[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (Q) Steve Johnson (USA,1333)
Very clinical performance by Somi to qualify for maindraw ... In first set he broke Giovanni's serve twice to won it comfortably ... In second set he take early break on Giovanni's serve and then hold his serve comfortably to won the match.
Now he is having good chance to score maindraw victory as he is facing local young collagiate Steve Johnson in the first round.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) bt Ahmed El Tabakh (CAN)/ Zachary White (CAN) 62 75
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
Prakash and Brendan started with straight sets victory against local pair ... Next they r facing top-seed Thai twins Ratiwatanas.
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At $15K Great Britain F11,
[Q1] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt Lewis BURTON (GBR,UNR) 63 63
[Q2] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt (14) Matthew SHORT (GBR,1140) 36 63 75
[Q3] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt Kevin BOTTI (FRA,UNR) 63 62
[R1] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (Q) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,UNR)
[R1] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR,572)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) vs Alexandre FOLIE (BEL,496)
[R1] (Q) Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) vs (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,279)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Baptiste BAYET (FRA)/ Kevin BOTTI (FRA)
Good to see Divij qualified for main-draw but facing 2nd seed Frenchman in the first round ... Interesting to see how Yuki perform after his long ankle injury break ... Also Karan is playing here with Vishnu.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA
[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) l Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 36 76(4) 10-12
Rohan lost in the final in very closely fought match ... After losing first set they fought back in the match winning second set in tie-break ... In super tie-break they had match point before Lipsky and Ram winning the match.
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,377) 76(3) 63
[Q3] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Giovanni Lapentti (ECU,278)
Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR)
This was huge win for Somi against former top-20 player, though Dima is coming out of injury break ... After winning first set in tie-break, he managed to finish match in 2 sets, now need one more win to qualify for maindraw of Los Angeles ATP tournament.
This week Rohan is back with his regular partner Aisam ... They r 4th seed and in same top draw with top-seed Bryans.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) l (4) Heather Watson (GBR,252) 26 46
Disappointing loss for Sania, who was favourite and highly experienced player from the field ... Sania is struggling with her form and getting back inside top-100 will get lot tougher for her with this inconsistent performance.
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At $100K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ogier Wassen (NED)
This week also Harsh and Brian r playing together in another big challenger ... They r 2nd seed and facing tricky Dutch pair in the first round.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) vs (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,553)
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) vs Ahmed El Tabakh (CAN)/ Zachary White (CAN)
Due to his inconsistent performance and injury Prakash is out of top-325 ATP ranking .... He need to perform well in these next few challengers to bring back his ranking inside top-250.
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA
[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) l Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 36 76(4) 10-12
Rohan lost in the final in very closely fought match ... After losing first set they fought back in the match winning second set in tie-break ... In super tie-break they had match point before Lipsky and Ram winning the match.
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,377) 76(3) 63
[Q3] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Giovanni Lapentti (ECU,278)
Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR)
This was huge win for Somi against former top-20 player, though Dima is coming out of injury break ... After winning first set in tie-break, he managed to finish match in 2 sets, now need one more win to qualify for maindraw of Los Angeles ATP tournament.
This week Rohan is back with his regular partner Aisam ... They r 4th seed and in same top draw with top-seed Bryans.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) l (4) Heather Watson (GBR,252) 26 46
Disappointing loss for Sania, who was favourite and highly experienced player from the field ... Sania is struggling with her form and getting back inside top-100 will get lot tougher for her with this inconsistent performance.
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At $100K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ogier Wassen (NED)
This week also Harsh and Brian r playing together in another big challenger ... They r 2nd seed and facing tricky Dutch pair in the first round.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) vs (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,553)
Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) vs Ahmed El Tabakh (CAN)/ Zachary White (CAN)
Due to his inconsistent performance and injury Prakash is out of top-325 ATP ranking .... He need to perform well in these next few challengers to bring back his ranking inside top-250.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 36 76(7) 10-8
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Stephen Huss (AUS)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 75 75
[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)
After scoring superb comeback victory in quarters when they lost first set and then digged deep to win next in tie-break ... In semis also they won 2 tight sets to moved into semis ... In the final they r facing another unseeded Pair of Rajeev and Scott.
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Mao-Xin Gong (CHN,444) 60 64
[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,377)
Somi started with comfortable win but next match against Dima is tough one, as Dima was former top-10 player who is on comeback trail after long injury break.
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At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland
[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Daniel Munoz-de la Navada (ESP)/ Rui Machado (POR) 46 46
So Harsh and Brian's good run ended against clay courters who were in good form this week.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy
[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) l (1) Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO) 46 46
Purav and Ashwin lost against top-seeds.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Tammi Patterson (AUS,546) 60 61
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Emma Laine (FIN,335) 61 64
[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs (4) Heather Watson (GBR,252)
Doubles
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bt Nicola George (GBR)/ Lisa Whybourn (GBR) 62 61
[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) l Tara Moore (GBR)/ Francesca Stephenson (GBR) 62 36 11-13
Sania scored comfortable wins to moved into singles final but surprisingly she lost in double final with Laine in super tie-break.
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 36 76(7) 10-8
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Stephen Huss (AUS)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 75 75
[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)
After scoring superb comeback victory in quarters when they lost first set and then digged deep to win next in tie-break ... In semis also they won 2 tight sets to moved into semis ... In the final they r facing another unseeded Pair of Rajeev and Scott.
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA
[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Mao-Xin Gong (CHN,444) 60 64
[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,377)
Somi started with comfortable win but next match against Dima is tough one, as Dima was former top-10 player who is on comeback trail after long injury break.
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At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland
[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Daniel Munoz-de la Navada (ESP)/ Rui Machado (POR) 46 46
So Harsh and Brian's good run ended against clay courters who were in good form this week.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy
[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) l (1) Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO) 46 46
Purav and Ashwin lost against top-seeds.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Tammi Patterson (AUS,546) 60 61
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Emma Laine (FIN,335) 61 64
[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs (4) Heather Watson (GBR,252)
Doubles
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bt Nicola George (GBR)/ Lisa Whybourn (GBR) 62 61
[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) l Tara Moore (GBR)/ Francesca Stephenson (GBR) 62 36 11-13
Sania scored comfortable wins to moved into singles final but surprisingly she lost in double final with Laine in super tie-break.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Tennis News
At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Daniela Scivetti (AUS,511) 60 62
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs Tammi Patterson (AUS,546)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bt Daneika Borthwick (GBR)/ Elizabeth Thomas (GBR) 61 61
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) vs Nicola George (GBR)/ Lisa Whybourn (GBR)
Another comfortable win for Sania ... In quarters also she is facing another below top-500 Aussie ... In doubles also she and Emma had comfortable outing.
At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Daniela Scivetti (AUS,511) 60 62
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs Tammi Patterson (AUS,546)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bt Daneika Borthwick (GBR)/ Elizabeth Thomas (GBR) 61 61
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) vs Nicola George (GBR)/ Lisa Whybourn (GBR)
Another comfortable win for Sania ... In quarters also she is facing another below top-500 Aussie ... In doubles also she and Emma had comfortable outing.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 64
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
This was more or less expected win considering Ratiwatanas recent form ... Next they r facing pair who knocked out top-seed British pair in the first round.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) bt (4) Leonardo Tavares (POR)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 46 75 10-7
Excellent comeback win over 4th seed Portuguese pair ... Nice to see Purav is succeeding with different partners.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt (WC) Francesca Stephenson (GBR,UNR) 62 60
[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs Daniela Scivetti (AUS,511)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) vs Daneika Borthwick (GBR)/ Elizabeth Thomas (GBR)
[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs (1) Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO)
Expected easy victory against unranked local player ... Next she is facing below-500 Aussie./span>
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 64
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
This was more or less expected win considering Ratiwatanas recent form ... Next they r facing pair who knocked out top-seed British pair in the first round.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) bt (4) Leonardo Tavares (POR)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 46 75 10-7
Excellent comeback win over 4th seed Portuguese pair ... Nice to see Purav is succeeding with different partners.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt (WC) Francesca Stephenson (GBR,UNR) 62 60
[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs Daniela Scivetti (AUS,511)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) vs Daneika Borthwick (GBR)/ Elizabeth Thomas (GBR)
[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs (1) Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO)
Expected easy victory against unranked local player ... Next she is facing below-500 Aussie./span>
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tennis News
At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Martin Alund (ARG)/ Diego Junqueira (ARG) 63 57 10-4
Breaking Argentine opponents service games in 7th and 9th game Harsh and Brian won first set comfortably ... In 8th game only once they faced break point on their service game ... In second set Brian double faulted to lose serve in 5th game ... But Harsh and Brian broke back in 8th game to bring on serve at 4-all ... Harsh lost his serve in 11th game and then Argentine pair hold their serve to won second set .. But in super tie-break Harsh and Brian dominated to won it comfortably.
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)
[QF] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) l Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035) 26 36
[QF] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) l (8) Paris GEMOUCHIDIS (GRE,816) 46 64 36
Not so fruitful Iranian futures for our players.
At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Martin Alund (ARG)/ Diego Junqueira (ARG) 63 57 10-4
Breaking Argentine opponents service games in 7th and 9th game Harsh and Brian won first set comfortably ... In 8th game only once they faced break point on their service game ... In second set Brian double faulted to lose serve in 5th game ... But Harsh and Brian broke back in 8th game to bring on serve at 4-all ... Harsh lost his serve in 11th game and then Argentine pair hold their serve to won second set .. But in super tie-break Harsh and Brian dominated to won it comfortably.
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)
[QF] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) l Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035) 26 36
[QF] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) l (8) Paris GEMOUCHIDIS (GRE,816) 46 64 36
Not so fruitful Iranian futures for our players.
Tennis News
At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) bt Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ivo Klec (SVK) 76(5) 75
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs (4) Leonardo Tavares (POR)/ Joao Sousa (POR)
Hard fought win but they managed to overcome their opponents.
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)
[R2] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429)
bt (Q) Yan BAI (CHN,UNR) 64 64
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) l Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035) 75 36 46
[R2] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477)
bt Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932) 64 61
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) l Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311) 36 57
[QF] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) vs Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035)
[QF] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs (8) Paris GEMOUCHIDIS (GRE,816)
Solid win by Rupesh against tricky Taiwanese opponent ... But sad to see losses of Vijay and Ranjeet.
At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) bt Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ivo Klec (SVK) 76(5) 75
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs (4) Leonardo Tavares (POR)/ Joao Sousa (POR)
Hard fought win but they managed to overcome their opponents.
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)
[R2] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429)
bt (Q) Yan BAI (CHN,UNR) 64 64
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) l Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035) 75 36 46
[R2] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477)
bt Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932) 64 61
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) l Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311) 36 57
[QF] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) vs Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035)
[QF] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs (8) Paris GEMOUCHIDIS (GRE,816)
Solid win by Rupesh against tricky Taiwanese opponent ... But sad to see losses of Vijay and Ranjeet.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA
[Q2] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) l (3) Harel Levy (ISR,157) 46 67(3)
Decent performance in the loss by Rohan.
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At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt (3) Franco Ferreiro (BRA)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 57 63 12-10
In the first set Harsh and Brian were up with early break, 3-0 ... But Ferreiro and Prieto broke back to make it 4-all and then take crucial break in 11th game to won first set ... In second set also Harsh and Brian take early break to lead 3-0 ... Again they lost their advantage and got broken in 5th game ... This time they again broke opponents in 6th game to regain their lead, 4-2 ... But again lost their serve in 7th game to bring set back on the serve ... Breaks r raining in this set, our pair again broke their seeded opponents in 8th game to take lead, 5-3 ... And they hold their serve in 9th game to won second set.
In super tie-break both pairs traded multiple mini-breaks ... Harsh and Brian saved 2 match points before converting their 1st match point to scored upset win.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ivo Klec (SVK)
This week Purav is participating in Guzzini Challenger with Ashwin Kumar.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs (WC) Francesca Stephenson (GBR,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bye
Hopefully this week she will perform as per her ranking
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)
[R1] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) 64 62
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 63 75
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,986) l Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932) 16 06
[R1] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) bt (WC) Shahin KHALEDAN (IRI,1612) 64 75
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) bt (WC) Mohsen HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI,UNR) 26 61 62
[R2] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) vs (Q) Yan BAI (CHN,UNR)
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035)
[R2] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932)
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) vs Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311)
Lot better start than last week for Indian players ... Rupesh having tricky match in second round.
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA
[Q2] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) l (3) Harel Levy (ISR,157) 46 67(3)
Decent performance in the loss by Rohan.
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At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt (3) Franco Ferreiro (BRA)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 57 63 12-10
In the first set Harsh and Brian were up with early break, 3-0 ... But Ferreiro and Prieto broke back to make it 4-all and then take crucial break in 11th game to won first set ... In second set also Harsh and Brian take early break to lead 3-0 ... Again they lost their advantage and got broken in 5th game ... This time they again broke opponents in 6th game to regain their lead, 4-2 ... But again lost their serve in 7th game to bring set back on the serve ... Breaks r raining in this set, our pair again broke their seeded opponents in 8th game to take lead, 5-3 ... And they hold their serve in 9th game to won second set.
In super tie-break both pairs traded multiple mini-breaks ... Harsh and Brian saved 2 match points before converting their 1st match point to scored upset win.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ivo Klec (SVK)
This week Purav is participating in Guzzini Challenger with Ashwin Kumar.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs (WC) Francesca Stephenson (GBR,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bye
Hopefully this week she will perform as per her ranking
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)
[R1] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) 64 62
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 63 75
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,986) l Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932) 16 06
[R1] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) bt (WC) Shahin KHALEDAN (IRI,1612) 64 75
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) bt (WC) Mohsen HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI,UNR) 26 61 62
[R2] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) vs (Q) Yan BAI (CHN,UNR)
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035)
[R2] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932)
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) vs Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311)
Lot better start than last week for Indian players ... Rupesh having tricky match in second round.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tnnnis Championship, USA
[Q1] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) bt John Valenti (USA,UNR) 61 61
[Q2] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) vs (3) Harel Levy (ISR,157)
Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
This week Rohan is back on court after successful run at Wimbledon ... Aisam is not available so he is partnering experienced Belgium player Kristof Vliegen.
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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) l (3) Donald Young (USA,113) 26 63 46
Donald Young broke Somi's serve in 6th and 8th game to won first set easily ... In second set Somi started positively after saving break point on his serve in 2nd game, he broke Young's serve in 3rd game to take early lead, 2-1 ... Somi again broke Young's serve in 9th game to won second set ... In third set Somi had couple of brak point opportunities in 6th game but he failed to take ... Young take crucial break in 9th game and then hold to win this semi-final.
Little disappointed by this loss but overall good run considering Somi's recent form in challengers ... In next week's ranking he will move couple of places and most probably will qualify for US Open maindraw.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, KY, USA
[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,475) l (3) Brydan Klein (AUS,338) 64 26 57
Doubles
Yuki played his first match after injury break and produced fighting performance against temparamental Aussie.
At $531K Atlanta Tnnnis Championship, USA
[Q1] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) bt John Valenti (USA,UNR) 61 61
[Q2] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) vs (3) Harel Levy (ISR,157)
Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
This week Rohan is back on court after successful run at Wimbledon ... Aisam is not available so he is partnering experienced Belgium player Kristof Vliegen.
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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) l (3) Donald Young (USA,113) 26 63 46
Donald Young broke Somi's serve in 6th and 8th game to won first set easily ... In second set Somi started positively after saving break point on his serve in 2nd game, he broke Young's serve in 3rd game to take early lead, 2-1 ... Somi again broke Young's serve in 9th game to won second set ... In third set Somi had couple of brak point opportunities in 6th game but he failed to take ... Young take crucial break in 9th game and then hold to win this semi-final.
Little disappointed by this loss but overall good run considering Somi's recent form in challengers ... In next week's ranking he will move couple of places and most probably will qualify for US Open maindraw.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, KY, USA
[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,475) l (3) Brydan Klein (AUS,338) 64 26 57
Doubles
Yuki played his first match after injury break and produced fighting performance against temparamental Aussie.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Tennis News
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt (7) Alex Bogdanovic (GBR,175) 75 46 60
[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs (3) Donald Young (USA,113)
In the first set Somi was break up and serving for the set at 5-4 then Alex broke back to make it 5-all ... But in next game Somi broke him again and hold to won first set ... In second set Alex broke him to take 0-2 lead ... Again Somi broke back in 5th game to make it 2-3 ... But while serving for staying in the set Somi couldn't hold his serve in 10th game to lose second set ... After losing second set Somi started aggressively and was making sure more errors from Alex with his game ... Somi broke Alex 3 times in third set to gave him bagel in decider ... Next he is facing American Donald Young.
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At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy
[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l (4) Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 06 46
They had somewhat one-sided loss against 4th seed pair, still decent week for Purav with irregular partner.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)
[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) l (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 16 46
Expected loss against top-225 player for Vijay Sundar but overall fritful week for him.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton
[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) l (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379) 36 63 46
Doubles
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Tim Bradshaw (GBR)/ James Ludlow (USA) 67(8) 76(6) 8-10
Close loss for Vishnu in singles and doubles.
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt (7) Alex Bogdanovic (GBR,175) 75 46 60
[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs (3) Donald Young (USA,113)
In the first set Somi was break up and serving for the set at 5-4 then Alex broke back to make it 5-all ... But in next game Somi broke him again and hold to won first set ... In second set Alex broke him to take 0-2 lead ... Again Somi broke back in 5th game to make it 2-3 ... But while serving for staying in the set Somi couldn't hold his serve in 10th game to lose second set ... After losing second set Somi started aggressively and was making sure more errors from Alex with his game ... Somi broke Alex 3 times in third set to gave him bagel in decider ... Next he is facing American Donald Young.
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At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy
[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l (4) Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 06 46
They had somewhat one-sided loss against 4th seed pair, still decent week for Purav with irregular partner.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)
[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) l (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 16 46
Expected loss against top-225 player for Vijay Sundar but overall fritful week for him.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton
[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) l (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379) 36 63 46
Doubles
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Tim Bradshaw (GBR)/ James Ludlow (USA) 67(8) 76(6) 8-10
Close loss for Vishnu in singles and doubles.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Tennis News
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,226) 62 57 63
[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs (7) Alex Bogdanovic (GBR,175)
Somdev started positively with 2 breaks he won first set comfortably ... But in second set Alex take early break ... Somi broke back in 10th game when Alex was serving for the set at 4-5 ... Again Alex broke Somi's serve in 11th game and hold his serve to won second set ... In decider again Alex got early break, he broke Somi i the first game and take 0-2 lead ... But from 1-3 down Somi won next 5 games, in that breaking Alex's serve twice, to won set and match ... This was good win as last week Somi lost against same opponent ... Next in quarter he is facing another Alex, this time Britisher Alex Bogdanovic.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) l Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Tammi Patterson (AUS) 46 62 7-10
Sania lost in doubles quarter-final in super tie-break with Laura Robson.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton
[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,902) l (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379) 76(2) 26 36
[R2] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR,1769) 75 75
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (5) Blake STRODE (USA,488) 64 63
[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379)
Doubles
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Alex Golding (GBR)/ Thomas Knights (GBR) 63 64
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Tim Bradshaw (GBR)/ James Ludlow (USA)
Good to see Vishnu winning these matches to moved into semis ... Divij produced good fight against Joshua, now interesting to see how Vishnu perform against Joshua in semis.
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Badminton News
Saina become WR #2 in newly updated ranking as Xin Wang and other Chinese players still avoiding to play any major tournaments ... Congratulation Saina for achieving another feat ... Also Gurusaidutt first time entered into top 40 world ranking, #39.
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,226) 62 57 63
[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs (7) Alex Bogdanovic (GBR,175)
Somdev started positively with 2 breaks he won first set comfortably ... But in second set Alex take early break ... Somi broke back in 10th game when Alex was serving for the set at 4-5 ... Again Alex broke Somi's serve in 11th game and hold his serve to won second set ... In decider again Alex got early break, he broke Somi i the first game and take 0-2 lead ... But from 1-3 down Somi won next 5 games, in that breaking Alex's serve twice, to won set and match ... This was good win as last week Somi lost against same opponent ... Next in quarter he is facing another Alex, this time Britisher Alex Bogdanovic.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) l Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Tammi Patterson (AUS) 46 62 7-10
Sania lost in doubles quarter-final in super tie-break with Laura Robson.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton
[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,902) l (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379) 76(2) 26 36
[R2] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR,1769) 75 75
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (5) Blake STRODE (USA,488) 64 63
[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379)
Doubles
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Alex Golding (GBR)/ Thomas Knights (GBR) 63 64
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Tim Bradshaw (GBR)/ James Ludlow (USA)
Good to see Vishnu winning these matches to moved into semis ... Divij produced good fight against Joshua, now interesting to see how Vishnu perform against Joshua in semis.
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Badminton News
Saina become WR #2 in newly updated ranking as Xin Wang and other Chinese players still avoiding to play any major tournaments ... Congratulation Saina for achieving another feat ... Also Gurusaidutt first time entered into top 40 world ranking, #39.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tennis News
At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy
[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA) 26 62 12-10
Good to see fight back by Purav and Brian after losing first set to scored close win in super tie-break.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain
[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) l Timea Babos (HUN,379) 46 46
Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) bt Maria Abramovic (CRO)/ Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN) 76(2) 75
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) vs Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Tammi Patterson (AUS)
Timea Babos producing good results in these lower level tournaments but still no reason to support this loss of Sania against below top-375 player ... I hope nothing relation with recent controversy surrounding her that Shoaib Malik missed final XI test selection due to her.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 76(3) 61
[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)
Vijay Sundar reached another semi-final in abroad futures, so another player who is showing consistency in his performance.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,902) bt Burnham Arlidge (GBR,909) 76(2) 76(3)
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (Q) Francesco Vilardo (ITA,UNR) 62 63
[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,902) vs (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379)
[R2] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR,1769)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Benjamin Smith (GBR) 63 64
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Alex Golding (GBR)/ Thomas Knights (GBR)
Good win by Divij winning both sets in tie-break but next round is tough one against experienced Joshua Goodall ... Vishnu is lucky to face qualifiers in first 2 rounds.
At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy
[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA) 26 62 12-10
Good to see fight back by Purav and Brian after losing first set to scored close win in super tie-break.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain
[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) l Timea Babos (HUN,379) 46 46
Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) bt Maria Abramovic (CRO)/ Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN) 76(2) 75
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) vs Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Tammi Patterson (AUS)
Timea Babos producing good results in these lower level tournaments but still no reason to support this loss of Sania against below top-375 player ... I hope nothing relation with recent controversy surrounding her that Shoaib Malik missed final XI test selection due to her.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 76(3) 61
[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)
Vijay Sundar reached another semi-final in abroad futures, so another player who is showing consistency in his performance.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,902) bt Burnham Arlidge (GBR,909) 76(2) 76(3)
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (Q) Francesco Vilardo (ITA,UNR) 62 63
[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,902) vs (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379)
[R2] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR,1769)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Benjamin Smith (GBR) 63 64
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Alex Golding (GBR)/ Thomas Knights (GBR)
Good win by Divij winning both sets in tie-break but next round is tough one against experienced Joshua Goodall ... Vishnu is lucky to face qualifiers in first 2 rounds.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tennis News
At € 450K SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Swedeny
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) l (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 46 16
Expecting upset from this last minute scratch pair was too much but they produced decent performance in first set before losing second set easily ... At least Harsh got opportunity of taste of ATP tour in doubles, hopefully he will get lot more opportunities in the future with regular doubles partner.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 64 63
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) l (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 36 46
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146)
Doubles
[QF] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) l (1) BALAZS (HUN)/ BALAZS (HUN) 06 36
Vijay Sundar continued to perform as per his ranking.
At € 450K SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Swedeny
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) l (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 46 16
Expecting upset from this last minute scratch pair was too much but they produced decent performance in first set before losing second set easily ... At least Harsh got opportunity of taste of ATP tour in doubles, hopefully he will get lot more opportunities in the future with regular doubles partner.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 64 63
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) l (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 36 46
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146)
Doubles
[QF] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) l (1) BALAZS (HUN)/ BALAZS (HUN) 06 36
Vijay Sundar continued to perform as per his ranking.
Tennis News
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN,225) 57 62 60
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,226)
Again surprising to see Somdev lost first set but also happy then he dominated last 2 to won first round ... In next round lapse in concentration doesn't allow, reason is his opponent Alex Bogomolov Jr. scored victory over Somi in last week's Kennedy Invitational tournament.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) bt (Q) Claire Bartlett (USA,UNR) 60 62
Expected easy winning start against this unranked American player.
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN,225) 57 62 60
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,226)
Again surprising to see Somdev lost first set but also happy then he dominated last 2 to won first round ... In next round lapse in concentration doesn't allow, reason is his opponent Alex Bogomolov Jr. scored victory over Somi in last week's Kennedy Invitational tournament.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) bt (Q) Claire Bartlett (USA,UNR) 60 62
Expected easy winning start against this unranked American player.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Tennis News
At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy
[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE) 63 61
[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA)
Purav had comfortable winning start with Battistone ... Facing French pair in quartes.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) vs (Q) Claire Bartlett (USA,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) vs Maria Abramovic (CRO)/ Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN)
Sania is playing at British ITF tournament ... She is facing American qualifier in the first round and with Robson she is top-seed in doubles.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs qualifier
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,902) vs Burnham Arlidge (GBR,909)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Benjamin Smith (GBR)
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)
[Q1] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Ehsan NOURZADE (IRI) 61 62
[Q2] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Anvar RAKHMATOV (TJK) 46 64 62
[Q3] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Akbar RAHMAN (TJK) 60 60
[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1263) bt Amir-Soheil MOHSENI (IRI,1614) 64 46 64
[R1] (3) Rupesh ROY (IND,463) l Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 75 46 46
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,765) bt (WC) Ashkan SHOKOOFI (IRI,UNR) 75 76(5)
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,942) l (WC) Omid SOURI (IRI,UNR) 63 67(1) 26
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,465) l Manolis GLEZOS (GRE,1081) 57 57
[R1] (Q) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,UNR) l (5) Gyorgy BALAZS (HUN,507) 46 26
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,437) l (Q) Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311) 67(3) 16
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Wan GAO (CHN,1044)
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) vs (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)
Doubles
[R1] (4) PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ ROY (IND) l GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN) 67(3) 67(7)
[R1] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) l BAI (CHN)/ XU (CHN) 36 76(2) 4-10
[R1] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt AKHAVAN ROUFIGAR (IRI)/ HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI) 63 60
Good performance by Ashwin Vijayragavan to qualify for maindraw but Vignesh lost against local wild-card player ... Terrible day for our seeded players in singles ... In doubles also our 2 seeded pairs lost in the first round.
At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy
[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE) 63 61
[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA)
Purav had comfortable winning start with Battistone ... Facing French pair in quartes.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) vs (Q) Claire Bartlett (USA,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) vs Maria Abramovic (CRO)/ Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN)
Sania is playing at British ITF tournament ... She is facing American qualifier in the first round and with Robson she is top-seed in doubles.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs qualifier
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,902) vs Burnham Arlidge (GBR,909)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Benjamin Smith (GBR)
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)
[Q1] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Ehsan NOURZADE (IRI) 61 62
[Q2] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Anvar RAKHMATOV (TJK) 46 64 62
[Q3] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Akbar RAHMAN (TJK) 60 60
[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1263) bt Amir-Soheil MOHSENI (IRI,1614) 64 46 64
[R1] (3) Rupesh ROY (IND,463) l Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 75 46 46
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,765) bt (WC) Ashkan SHOKOOFI (IRI,UNR) 75 76(5)
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,942) l (WC) Omid SOURI (IRI,UNR) 63 67(1) 26
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,465) l Manolis GLEZOS (GRE,1081) 57 57
[R1] (Q) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,UNR) l (5) Gyorgy BALAZS (HUN,507) 46 26
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,437) l (Q) Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311) 67(3) 16
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Wan GAO (CHN,1044)
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) vs (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)
Doubles
[R1] (4) PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ ROY (IND) l GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN) 67(3) 67(7)
[R1] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) l BAI (CHN)/ XU (CHN) 36 76(2) 4-10
[R1] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt AKHAVAN ROUFIGAR (IRI)/ HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI) 63 60
Good performance by Ashwin Vijayragavan to qualify for maindraw but Vignesh lost against local wild-card player ... Terrible day for our seeded players in singles ... In doubles also our 2 seeded pairs lost in the first round.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Table Tennis News
Indian WR #76 Achanta Sharath Kamal won back to back International Table Tennis Championship titles.
Yesterday in the final at Egypt Open Table Tennis Championships in Cairo sixth-seed Sharath defeated top-seed Li Ching of Hong Kong, 11-7 11-9 11-8 11-4.
And last week in the final at US Open Table Tennis Championships in Michigan Sharath defeated Keineth Thomas of Slovakia, 11-9 5-11 8-11 9-11 11-8 11-5 11-9, in thrilling match.
Indian WR #76 Achanta Sharath Kamal won back to back International Table Tennis Championship titles.
Yesterday in the final at Egypt Open Table Tennis Championships in Cairo sixth-seed Sharath defeated top-seed Li Ching of Hong Kong, 11-7 11-9 11-8 11-4.
And last week in the final at US Open Table Tennis Championships in Michigan Sharath defeated Keineth Thomas of Slovakia, 11-9 5-11 8-11 9-11 11-8 11-5 11-9, in thrilling match.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands
Doubles Final
(2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Marx (GER) 64 36 10-7
Good start for Harsh and Ferreiro, they were early break down in the first set but they immediately broke back ... Then they take crucial break on Marx's serve in 9th game and then Ferreiro hold his serve to won first set.
In second set Ferreiro lose his service game early but Harsh and Ferreiro broke Marx's serve in 7th game to bring it on serve 3-4 ... But again Harsh and Ferreiro lose their service game and then missed 2 break point chances in 9th game to lose second set.
In super tie-break Harsh and Ferreiro take early mini-break but 2 times Ferreiro double faulted to gave it back ... But at 7-all Junaid double faults to gave crucial advantage and then Harsh served to win the title.
This is Harsh's first challenger title of 2010 so this is short European tour turning very benefitial for Harsh.
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At € 450K SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Swedeny
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP)
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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN,205)
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At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy
[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE)
This week Sadik is taking break (?) so Purav is playing with American Brian Battistone at Rimini Challenger ... They r 2nd seed.
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands
Doubles Final
(2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Marx (GER) 64 36 10-7
Good start for Harsh and Ferreiro, they were early break down in the first set but they immediately broke back ... Then they take crucial break on Marx's serve in 9th game and then Ferreiro hold his serve to won first set.
In second set Ferreiro lose his service game early but Harsh and Ferreiro broke Marx's serve in 7th game to bring it on serve 3-4 ... But again Harsh and Ferreiro lose their service game and then missed 2 break point chances in 9th game to lose second set.
In super tie-break Harsh and Ferreiro take early mini-break but 2 times Ferreiro double faulted to gave it back ... But at 7-all Junaid double faults to gave crucial advantage and then Harsh served to win the title.
This is Harsh's first challenger title of 2010 so this is short European tour turning very benefitial for Harsh.
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At € 450K SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Swedeny
[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP)
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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA
[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN,205)
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At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy
[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE)
This week Sadik is taking break (?) so Purav is playing with American Brian Battistone at Rimini Challenger ... They r 2nd seed.
Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands
[SF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Stephan Fransen (NED)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) 62 57 10-5
[F] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Marx (GER)
Harsh and Ferreiro stopped fight back of Fransen and Cuevas in super tie-break to moved into the final ... After winning first set easily they lost colsely fought second set against Fransen and Cuevas ... Now in the final they will face top-seed pair of Australian Junaid and German Philipp Marx.
Harsh removed his name from Stuttgard open as his partner Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov get injured but Harsh recieve lucky break as at last minute Polish Michal Przysiezny agree to partner him and he is playing at Swedish Open ... But they r having tough task as they r facing top-seed Spanish pair of Granollers and Robredo.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley
[F] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Josh Goodall (GBR) 63 57 3-10
After winning first set Vishnu and Divij failed to complete win ... In super tie-break British pair were too strong for them so with that they failed to win back to back titles in these British futures.
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands
[SF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Stephan Fransen (NED)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) 62 57 10-5
[F] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Marx (GER)
Harsh and Ferreiro stopped fight back of Fransen and Cuevas in super tie-break to moved into the final ... After winning first set easily they lost colsely fought second set against Fransen and Cuevas ... Now in the final they will face top-seed pair of Australian Junaid and German Philipp Marx.
Harsh removed his name from Stuttgard open as his partner Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov get injured but Harsh recieve lucky break as at last minute Polish Michal Przysiezny agree to partner him and he is playing at Swedish Open ... But they r having tough task as they r facing top-seed Spanish pair of Granollers and Robredo.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley
[F] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Josh Goodall (GBR) 63 57 3-10
After winning first set Vishnu and Divij failed to complete win ... In super tie-break British pair were too strong for them so with that they failed to win back to back titles in these British futures.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Badminton News
At $120K Malaysia Grand Prix Gold 2010, Kuala Lumpur
[R1] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt Jiann Shiarng Chiang (MAS,279) 21-19 21-6
[R1] (10) Anand Pawar (IND,44) l Krishnan Yogendran (MAS,129) 21-18 20-22 16-21
[R2] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (Q) Giap Chin Goh (MAS,548) 21-12 21-15
[R3] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (Q) Rasmus Fladberg (DEN,UNR) 21-19 21-18
[QF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (7) Yan Kit Chan (HKG,24) 21-19 21-13
[SF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) vs (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1)
Terrific run by Ajay Jayram in this ongoing Malaysia Grand Prix GP ... In that he scored impressive win over top-25 Hong Kong player in straight games in quarter-finals ... In semis he is facing very tough challenge of WR #1 local player Chong Wei Lee.
At $120K Malaysia Grand Prix Gold 2010, Kuala Lumpur
[R1] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt Jiann Shiarng Chiang (MAS,279) 21-19 21-6
[R1] (10) Anand Pawar (IND,44) l Krishnan Yogendran (MAS,129) 21-18 20-22 16-21
[R2] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (Q) Giap Chin Goh (MAS,548) 21-12 21-15
[R3] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (Q) Rasmus Fladberg (DEN,UNR) 21-19 21-18
[QF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (7) Yan Kit Chan (HKG,24) 21-19 21-13
[SF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) vs (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1)
Terrific run by Ajay Jayram in this ongoing Malaysia Grand Prix GP ... In that he scored impressive win over top-25 Hong Kong player in straight games in quarter-finals ... In semis he is facing very tough challenge of WR #1 local player Chong Wei Lee.
Tennis News
At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR) 63 76(1)
[F] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Josh Goodall (GBR)
Vishnu and Divij reached second doubles final in 2 weeks on the grass.
At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR) 63 76(1)
[F] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Josh Goodall (GBR)
Vishnu and Divij reached second doubles final in 2 weeks on the grass.
Friday, July 09, 2010
Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands
[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Remi Groenendaal (NED)/ Bart Van Monsjou (NED) 62 63
Nice easy straight sets win for Harsh and Ferreiro to move into semis.
Next week at the Mercedes Cup ATP tournament in Stuttgart, Harsh is playing doubles with WR #40 Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov, who is having good results in singles on clay and on grass this year ... He is also regularly playing doubles so looks good choice.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA) 63 63
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR)
So another easy victory in doubles but they need to show same consistency in singles, at least they need to perform as per their ranking.
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands
[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Remi Groenendaal (NED)/ Bart Van Monsjou (NED) 62 63
Nice easy straight sets win for Harsh and Ferreiro to move into semis.
Next week at the Mercedes Cup ATP tournament in Stuttgart, Harsh is playing doubles with WR #40 Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov, who is having good results in singles on clay and on grass this year ... He is also regularly playing doubles so looks good choice.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA) 63 63
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR)
So another easy victory in doubles but they need to show same consistency in singles, at least they need to perform as per their ranking.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) l (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79) 26 06
Mardy Fish gave grass court lesson to Somi defeating ruthlessly ... Nothing positives from this match for Somi.
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At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands
[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Filip Krajinovic (SRB)/ Ivan Zovko (CRO) 46 64 10-4
[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs Remi Groenendaal (NED)/ Bart Van Monsjou (NED)
Good start with new Brazilian partner for Harsh though match went till STB .. Hopefully their good run continue against local Dutch pair.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l Marius Copil (ROU)/ Nikolaus Moser (AUT) 64 67(1) 8-10
Narrow loss ... Failed to finish match in straight sets but also after long time they didn't perform as per their seedings.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley (Grass)
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571) 46 64 26
In Singles Vishnu lost in second round against former top-200 type Australian Colin Ebelthite.
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) l (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79) 26 06
Mardy Fish gave grass court lesson to Somi defeating ruthlessly ... Nothing positives from this match for Somi.
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At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands
[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Filip Krajinovic (SRB)/ Ivan Zovko (CRO) 46 64 10-4
[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs Remi Groenendaal (NED)/ Bart Van Monsjou (NED)
Good start with new Brazilian partner for Harsh though match went till STB .. Hopefully their good run continue against local Dutch pair.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l Marius Copil (ROU)/ Nikolaus Moser (AUT) 64 67(1) 8-10
Narrow loss ... Failed to finish match in straight sets but also after long time they didn't perform as per their seedings.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley (Grass)
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571) 46 64 26
In Singles Vishnu lost in second round against former top-200 type Australian Colin Ebelthite.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) bt Kevin Kim (USA,147) 64 63
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79)
Good winning start despite Somi struggled with his service games but against he need to bring top A game to give shot against him ... In this match Somi had only 43% 1st serve percentage and he served 7 aces with 7 double faults.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (WC) Juan Jose Leal-Gomez (ESP)/ Javier Valenzuela-Gonzalez (ESP) 36 61 10-4
Again good winning start after losing first set in this big $100K+H challenger.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt (Q) James Ludclow (USA,1778) 63 64
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (Q) Richard Gabb (GBR,UNR) 26 26
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Matthew Asciak (MLT)/ Sebastian Lavie (NZL) 63 61
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA)
Vishnu again start with straight sets win but surprising loss of Divij ... In doubles they started with easy victory.
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At $10K Thailand Womens Futures, Pattaya
[R1] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) bt (Q) Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,783) 61 64
[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,580) l (Q) Maya KATO (JPN,735) 46 46
[R1] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) bt (WC) Tanaporn THONGSING (THA,UNR) 63 61
[R2] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) l (7) Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN,467) 36 16
[R2] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) l Peangthan PLIPHUECH (THA,972) 26 26
Good start by Sanaa beating foreigner but same old story for Indian women in second round.
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) bt Kevin Kim (USA,147) 64 63
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79)
Good winning start despite Somi struggled with his service games but against he need to bring top A game to give shot against him ... In this match Somi had only 43% 1st serve percentage and he served 7 aces with 7 double faults.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (WC) Juan Jose Leal-Gomez (ESP)/ Javier Valenzuela-Gonzalez (ESP) 36 61 10-4
Again good winning start after losing first set in this big $100K+H challenger.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt (Q) James Ludclow (USA,1778) 63 64
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (Q) Richard Gabb (GBR,UNR) 26 26
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Matthew Asciak (MLT)/ Sebastian Lavie (NZL) 63 61
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA)
Vishnu again start with straight sets win but surprising loss of Divij ... In doubles they started with easy victory.
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At $10K Thailand Womens Futures, Pattaya
[R1] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) bt (Q) Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,783) 61 64
[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,580) l (Q) Maya KATO (JPN,735) 46 46
[R1] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) bt (WC) Tanaporn THONGSING (THA,UNR) 63 61
[R2] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) l (7) Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN,467) 36 16
[R2] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) l Peangthan PLIPHUECH (THA,972) 26 26
Good start by Sanaa beating foreigner but same old story for Indian women in second round.
Monday, July 05, 2010
Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England
Mixed Doubles Final
(2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 64 76(5)
Leander won his 6th Mixed Doubles grandslam and overall 12th graandslam in 23 grandslam finals after winning 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles final ... Leander created another piece of Wimbledon history by becoming only the second man to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades, before this legendary Rod Lever won it in 3 different decades; 1950s, 1960s and 1970s ... Leander won mens doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi and mixed doubles title with Lisa Raymond in 1999, then won mixed doubles title with Martina Navratilova in 2003 and now in 2010 won another mixed doubles title with Cara Black.
In first set both pairs were making lots of errors and double faults but some energetic game by Cara helped them to capture first set ... In second set Lee and Cara were in trouble in 8th game on Cara's serve but they hold that game after some dog-fight .. Then in tie-break Cara and Lee were down 3-5 but then they won 4 straight points, where Lee served an ace on match point to finish straight sets victory in 1 hour 38 mins.
After reaching his first quarter-final at grandslam Rohan climbed to his career best doubles ranking, #38 ... His partner Aisam also climb to his career best doubles ranking, #37.
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England
Mixed Doubles Final
(2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 64 76(5)
Leander won his 6th Mixed Doubles grandslam and overall 12th graandslam in 23 grandslam finals after winning 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles final ... Leander created another piece of Wimbledon history by becoming only the second man to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades, before this legendary Rod Lever won it in 3 different decades; 1950s, 1960s and 1970s ... Leander won mens doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi and mixed doubles title with Lisa Raymond in 1999, then won mixed doubles title with Martina Navratilova in 2003 and now in 2010 won another mixed doubles title with Cara Black.
In first set both pairs were making lots of errors and double faults but some energetic game by Cara helped them to capture first set ... In second set Lee and Cara were in trouble in 8th game on Cara's serve but they hold that game after some dog-fight .. Then in tie-break Cara and Lee were down 3-5 but then they won 4 straight points, where Lee served an ace on match point to finish straight sets victory in 1 hour 38 mins.
After reaching his first quarter-final at grandslam Rohan climbed to his career best doubles ranking, #38 ... His partner Aisam also climb to his career best doubles ranking, #37.
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Kevin Kim (USA,142)
Only Somi is playing at Newport ... I think Rohan and Aisam decide to skip this tournament after their quarter-final run at Wimbledon, so nobody r in doubles draw ... Also surprisingly Kash is also missing, hoping not another injury scare.
Somi is facing experienced American Kevin Kim in the first round ... Last year at Chennai Open Somi defeated Kim in straight sets, 63 63, but later at Charlottesville Challenger final Somi lost against him in 3 sets, 46 76(8) 46 ... Hopefully Somi will continue to keep his upper-hand on Kim on ATP tour.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,
[F] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) l (3) Ryler DeHeart (USA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) 67(4) 64 8-10
Lost in close match in the final ... After losing first set in tie-break Somi and Rick won second set to take match in super tie-break but DeHeart and Duclos were prove strong in STB.
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Kevin Kim (USA,142)
Only Somi is playing at Newport ... I think Rohan and Aisam decide to skip this tournament after their quarter-final run at Wimbledon, so nobody r in doubles draw ... Also surprisingly Kash is also missing, hoping not another injury scare.
Somi is facing experienced American Kevin Kim in the first round ... Last year at Chennai Open Somi defeated Kim in straight sets, 63 63, but later at Charlottesville Challenger final Somi lost against him in 3 sets, 46 76(8) 46 ... Hopefully Somi will continue to keep his upper-hand on Kim on ATP tour.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,
[F] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) l (3) Ryler DeHeart (USA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) 67(4) 64 8-10
Lost in close match in the final ... After losing first set in tie-break Somi and Rick won second set to take match in super tie-break but DeHeart and Duclos were prove strong in STB.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Tennis News
At$50K Winnetka Challenger,
[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 63 10-8
[F] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (3) Ryler DeHeart (USA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)
Somi and Rik scored good comeback victory over top-seeds to move into the final ... They r geling well on the court.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur
Singles Final
(5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432) 76(2) 61
Terrific win by Rohan over higher seeded Australian in the final ... Congrats Rohan for lifting his first futures title and that is also in abroad ... This win definetely boost his confidence to perform lot better in coming Iranian futures.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester
Doubles Final
(1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) 62 75
Congrats to Vishnu and Divij for winning doubles title in British futures on the grass ... This also give them more match practice on the grass which will hopefully help them in singles for next 2 weeks.
At$50K Winnetka Challenger,
[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 63 10-8
[F] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (3) Ryler DeHeart (USA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)
Somi and Rik scored good comeback victory over top-seeds to move into the final ... They r geling well on the court.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur
Singles Final
(5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432) 76(2) 61
Terrific win by Rohan over higher seeded Australian in the final ... Congrats Rohan for lifting his first futures title and that is also in abroad ... This win definetely boost his confidence to perform lot better in coming Iranian futures.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester
Doubles Final
(1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) 62 75
Congrats to Vishnu and Divij for winning doubles title in British futures on the grass ... This also give them more match practice on the grass which will hopefully help them in singles for next 2 weeks.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England
Mixed Doubles
[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 63
[F] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA)
Dominating win over doubles partner and with that Lee showed 'who is the boss on the court' ... But joke apart very good win to moved into final.
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England
Mixed Doubles
[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 63
[F] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA)
Dominating win over doubles partner and with that Lee showed 'who is the boss on the court' ... But joke apart very good win to moved into final.
Tennis News
Rohan's South African physical trainer Shayamal Vallabhjee posted nice photo of news clip from UK newspaper, newspaper called them 'Peacemakers' and slogan on their tracksuit top says -
"Stop War. Start tennis."
Bravo guys, proud of u!
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur
[SF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) 64 62
[F] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)
In end comfortable win for Rohan ... In the final he is facing Australian Hensel.
Rohan's South African physical trainer Shayamal Vallabhjee posted nice photo of news clip from UK newspaper, newspaper called them 'Peacemakers' and slogan on their tracksuit top says -
"Stop War. Start tennis."
Bravo guys, proud of u!
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur
[SF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) 64 62
[F] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)
In end comfortable win for Rohan ... In the final he is facing Australian Hensel.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England
Mixed Doubles
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 64 67(4) 63
[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE)
Lee and Cara gelled well on the court and played good tennis ... They were in control of finishing match in straight sets but played couple of loose points to lost second set in tie-break ... But in last set they take important break in 2nd game breaking Paul Hanley's serve that was enough to won set and match.
Interesting semi-final match against doubles partner for Lee.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,
[QF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 63 62
[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
Somi and Rik moved into semis with very comfortable win, where they will face top-seed pair.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester
[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l (7) David Rice (GBR,489) 63 67(6) 67(7)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (2) James Ward (GBR,304) 36 16
Doubles
[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 75 67(5) 10-6
[F] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA)
Very close heart breaking loss for Vishnu ... Just couple of points here and there, Vishnu must be fired up for performing better in next 2 weeks ... But our pair in the final after very topsy-turvy match, they won in super tie-break ... In the final they r acing Ashwin Kumar and his Irish partner
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England
Mixed Doubles
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 64 67(4) 63
[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE)
Lee and Cara gelled well on the court and played good tennis ... They were in control of finishing match in straight sets but played couple of loose points to lost second set in tie-break ... But in last set they take important break in 2nd game breaking Paul Hanley's serve that was enough to won set and match.
Interesting semi-final match against doubles partner for Lee.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,
[QF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 63 62
[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
Somi and Rik moved into semis with very comfortable win, where they will face top-seed pair.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester
[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l (7) David Rice (GBR,489) 63 67(6) 67(7)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (2) James Ward (GBR,304) 36 16
Doubles
[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 75 67(5) 10-6
[F] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA)
Very close heart breaking loss for Vishnu ... Just couple of points here and there, Vishnu must be fired up for performing better in next 2 weeks ... But our pair in the final after very topsy-turvy match, they won in super tie-break ... In the final they r acing Ashwin Kumar and his Irish partner
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