Tennis News
At $721K Qatar Ladies Open 2011, Doha

[R1] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND) bt (Q) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB,55) 62 75

[R2] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND) vs (5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB,8)

Doubles
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Martinez Sanchez / Monica Niculescu

Sania take break in 4th game to take lead 3-1 but Bojana broke her next game to make it 3-2 ... Sania won next 3 games breaking Bojana twice to won first set comfortably ... In second set Bojana broke Sania in middle of second set but Sania broke her while Bojana was serving for the set to make it 5-all ... Again Sania broke her in 12th game to scored upset win.

Good straight sets win over Bojana Jovanovski but next she is facing her senior Serbian player Jelena Jankovic ... Considering her recent form Sania having best chance to upset Jankovic ... This first round win give Sania another 60 pts and will move her inside top-110.
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At $1.62M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE

[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,81) l (1) Roger Federer (SUI,2) 36 36

Doubles
[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Marko Djokovic (SRB)/ Novak Djokovic (SRB) 64 61
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB)

[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Dick Norman (BEL)

Somi tried his best despite his inconsistency against Master ... This was difficult match from him but still he was trying hard ... What I like he kept fighting for every point and his game looks improved ... Need improvement in second serve and I think much more proper shots selection will come when he play regularly on top level.

For record Federer broke once Buji in first set and twice in second ... Buji had 2 break point opportunities but he failed to convert in second set.

Mahesh and Lee scored comfortable win against Djokovic brothers.

“Obviously [it was] a tricky match playing Novak and his brother,” said Bhupathi. “But we just tried to focus on our game and try and block the rest out of it. We came out on top. First match after a few weeks, so happy to start the campaign off here with a win.”

Paes added, “Novak is a real champion, and it's nice see him support his own brother play at the professional level. I think that makes it very special.”
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At $35K+H Wolfsburg Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) Victor Baluda (RUS)/ Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy (IND) l Martin Fischer (AUT)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 46 61 4-10

Good fighting performance by wild-card pair against experienced Austrian pair.
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At $15K Australia Futures F1, Mildura (grass)

[R1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,358) bt Bowen Ouyang (CHN,986) 63 75
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,1029) l (Q) Marious Zelba (AUS,UNR) 62 36 67(4)

[R2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,358) vs Burnham Arlidge (GBR,969)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Myles Blake (GBR)/ Isaac Frost (AUS) 64 62

[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Jonathon Cooper (AUS)/ Jake Eames (AUS)

Disappointing start for Divij ... Who lost his match against unranked Australian qualifier after winning the first set ... Vishnu scored straight sets victory over Chinese but stretched in second set ... Next Vishnu is facing British 900+ ranked player.

Good start in doubles for top-seed Divij and Vishnu.
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At $15k USA F5 futures, Brownsville, Texas

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

Good first round match for Yuki against current JR WR #4 Golding.