Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Tennis News
At $3.645M Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, Florida, USA

Doubles
[R2] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Michal Mertinak (SVK)/ Dick Norman (BEL) 76(4) 36 10-8

[QF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

Rohan and Aisam started well breaking Norman's serve in second game but lost Aisam's serve in third game to back on serve ... When they were leading 5-4, they had a set point but failed to convert ... In tie-break they take mini-break at 3-all and take control to won the set ... In second set they their serve got broken and couldn't break opponent's serve to lost the set ... But again played solid super tie-break winning key points to moved into quarter-finals ... Next they r facing Marach and Tipsarevic, who upset Bryans.
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At $10K Thailand F1 Futures, Khon Kaen

[R1] (3) Rohan Gajjar (IND,540) bt (WC) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA,UNR) 64 67(3) 76(8)
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND,791) bt (Q) Ben Wagland (AUS,1534) 63 75
[R1] (4) Rupesh Roy (IND,563) bt (Q) Sam Barry (IRL,1240) 57 63 64

[R2] (3) Rohan Gajjar (IND,540) vs Kirati Siributwong (THA,950)
[R2] Vijayant Malik (IND,791) vs (5) Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA,564)
[R2] (4) Rupesh Roy (IND,563) vs (Q) Antoine Escoffier (FRA,1422)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Kong Pop Lertchai (THA)/ Christopher Marquis (IND) l (1) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) 26 36
[R1] (3)Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Andrew Gerst (USA)/ Matt Simpson (NZL) 62 36 10-4
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) bt (WC) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA) / Warit Sornbutnark (THA) 61 64
[R1] Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) bt Sam Barry (IRL)/ Barry King (IRL) 64 67(2) 10-6

[QF] Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) vs Simon Cauvard (FRA)/ Elie Rousset (FRA)
[QF] (3)Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL)/ Alec Witmeur (BEL)
[QF] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) vs (2) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA)/ Warit Wachiramanowong (THA)

Unexpectedly tough matches for our both seeded players ... Rohan Gajjar was stretched to the fullest and Rupesh needed fightback after losing the first set.

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