Tennis News
At $220K Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,129) l Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS,175) 16 64 57

Sania struggled with her service in this match ... In first set her service got broken 4 times and she managed to break Bychkova's serve once ... In second set she lost her serve once and broke Bychkova's serve twice from 2-4 down ... So Sania won 4 games in a row to won second set ... In third set Sania got broken in 2nd game as Bychkova converted 5th break point to lead 0-2 ... Sania immediately broke her in next game to make it 1-2 ... Sania again broke Bychkova in 5th game and 7th game to take 5-2 lead ... Sania lost her serve when she was serving for the match, 5-3 ... Again Sania lost her serve after serving double fault on break point to make it 5-all ... In 11th game Sania had a break point which she couldn't conver and in 12th game Sania was up 40-15 and after that she committed couple of double faults to lose game and match ... Shocking serving by Sania who lost from winning position in third set losing straight 5 games.
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At $35K+H Bangkok-2 Challenger, Thailand

[R1] (LL) Yuki Bhambri (IND,527) l James Ward (GBR,230) 76(4) 67(1) 1-1 Retd

Yuki entered as lucky loser as many withdrawals from main-draw ... He played excellent match against Britisher Ward before retiring due to cramps in third set.
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At $15K Australia F7 Futures, Alice Springs

[R1] (4) Karan Rastogi (IND,460) bt Andrew Thomas (AUS,1021) 76(3) 63

[R2] (4) Karan Rastogi (IND,460) vs Mikal Statham (NZL,1053)

Surprisingly little tough win against below 1000 rank player.
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At $10K Uganda F1 Futures 2010, Kampala (clay)

Doubles
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) l MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY) 67(2) 46
[R1] ENOSOREGBE (NGR)/ MANUJA (IND) bt (3) FILENKOV (RUS)/ VOVK (RUS) 67Z(8) 75 10-4

[QF] ENOSOREGBE (NGR)/ MANUJA (IND) vs MELZER (AUT)/ SAFWAT (EGY)

Good hard fought win for Ronak Manuja in doubles with Nigerian partner against 3rd seeded Russian pair.