Monday, August 30, 2010

Tennis News
At US Open 2010, New York, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA,77)
[R1] (Q) Sania Mirza (IND,159) vs (Q) Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR,175)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Martin Damm (CZE)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)
[R1] (16) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (WC) Brian Battistone (USA)/ Ryler DeHeart (USA)
[R1] Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (11) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)/ Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)

Sania is facing another qualifier in the first round, Portugal's Michelle Larcher De Brito ... So winnable match for her in singles but in doubles in first round she is with Vera Dushevina facing 11th seed Russian pair.

In mens doubles as expected Rohan and Aisam recieve their first seedings of grand slam ... In first round they r facing American wild-card pair ... They r in same draw of Nestor and Zimo ... Lee and Lukas r facing experienced pair so tricky match for them considering their recent form on hard courts ... Mahesh and Max their US Open with another experienced French pair.

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At $664K Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament, New Haven, USA

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 46 57

Rohan and Aisam lost their third match of the season against Lindstedt and Tecau ... Before this they lost against them at Casablanca ATP tournament final and Wimbledon quarter final.

In the final Rohan and Aisam struggled with their serve, they committed 9 double faults and hit only 7 aces ... In first set with one break Lindstedt and Tecau won first set and in second they exchanged breaks before Lindstedt and Tecau take crucial break to won this match.

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