Thursday, February 24, 2011

Tennis News
At $1.62M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE

[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Dick Norman (BEL) 67(5) 46
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 46 63 7-10

Today against Charady and Lopez our pair Rohan and Aisam wasted couple of break points in first set, other hand Charady and Lopez converted from one chance they got to won first set ... In second set our pair saved one on their serve and converted one which they got to make it one set all ... In super tie-break Charady and Lopez take early lead with mini-break and managed to keep pressure to won match ... In season 2011 Rohan and Aisam r still searching for their form of second part of season 2010.

Turned into disastrous day as Lee and Mahesh also lost into quarters against Granollers and Norman ... Our pair faced 12 break points on their service games and saved 9, they createwd 5 opportunities and converted 2 ... Unexpected loss.

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At $721K Qatar Ladies Open 2011, Doha

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) l (3) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) 26 06

Sania and ELena crushed by Chan and Zheng in quarters.
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At $15k USA F5 futures, Brownsville, Texas

[R1] (8) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,505) bt (WC) Oliver GOLDING (GBR,1146) 62 63

[R2] (8) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,505) vs (WC) Harrison ADAMS (USA,UNR)

Good easy win by Yuki against JR WR #4 Golding ... Match was played in windy condition but Yuki adjusted well to win this match ... In second round Yuki is facing another wild-card player, local 16 yrs old Harrison Adams.
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At $15K Australia Futures F1, Mildura (grass)

[R2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,358) l Burnham Arlidge (GBR,969) 67(4) 46

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Jonathon Cooper (AUS)/ Jake Eames (AUS) 63 75

[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (4) Matthew Barton (AUS)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 61 36 9-11

Bad day at the office for Vishnu ... He lost against lowly ranked British player and in doubles also he with Divij lost against local Aussie pair.

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