Thursday, March 31, 2011

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

Doubles
[QF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 46 67(8)
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (6) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 63 67(4) 10-7

[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

Feeling lot happy when Indian players defeated Zimo and any of his partner ... :-) ... Mahesh and Lee started well saved 8 break points on their serve and converted 2 from 4 to won first set ... Second set went as per service games but Zimo and Llodra managed to won tie-break ... In super tie-break Lee and Mahesh proved strong to find their place in the semis ... In the semis they r facing Marach and Tipsarevic, who defeated Rohan and Aisam ... After losing first set Rohan and Aisam tried hard in the second but lost closely fought tie-break.
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At $35K St Brieuc Challenger, France

[R1] (4) Purav RAJA (IND)/ Olivier CHARROIN (FRA) bt Sergei BUBKA (UKR)/ Pavol CERVENAK (SVK) 63 76(5)

[QF] (4) Purav RAJA (IND)/ Olivier CHARROIN (FRA) vs Yves ALLEGRO (SUI)/ Marc GICQUEL (FRA)

This week Purav is partnering Charroin in tough French challenger ... Had winning start but now they r facing experienced pair in quarters.
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At $10K Thailand F1 Futures, Khon Kaen

[SF] Rohan Gajjar (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) l Kyu-Tae Im (KOR)/ Danai Udomchoke (THA) 76(3) 46 7-10
[SF] (3) Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) l (2) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA)/ Warit Wachiramanowong (THA) 67(3) 36

Both players lost in doubles semis so Indian challenge got over in this futures.

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