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At $4.5M Indian Wells Open,
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL) 36 63 8-10
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 60 64
[F] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs (8) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)
What a performance by Sania and Elena Vesnina ... Both reached their first Masters double final with very dominating win over Hantuchova and Radwanska ... In the first set they didn't give any chance to opponents and won it without losing a game ... In second set Sania and Elena started with breaking Radwanska's serve in the first game then they again broke Hantuchova's serve in third game to take 3-0 lead ... In fourth game Vesnina failed to hold her serve but again breaking Radwanska's serve they take 4-1 lead ... Sania hold to make it 5-1 ... From here Hantuchova and Radwanska take next 3 games saving 2 match points and in that they again broke Elena Vesnina's serve ... But in 10th game Sania hold her serve to convert 3rd match point ... This pair of Sania and Elena Vesnina is cooking big way ... In the final they r facing 8th seed American pair Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy, who received walkover in semis from Azarenka and Kirilenko.
Disappointed to see Rohan and Aisam missed chance of moving into their first Masters final ... After losing first set they fought back well winning second set ... But in super tie-break Dolgopolov and Malisse proved strong for our pair.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------At $4.5M Indian Wells Open,
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)/ Xavier Malisse (BEL) 36 63 8-10
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 60 64
[F] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs (8) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)
What a performance by Sania and Elena Vesnina ... Both reached their first Masters double final with very dominating win over Hantuchova and Radwanska ... In the first set they didn't give any chance to opponents and won it without losing a game ... In second set Sania and Elena started with breaking Radwanska's serve in the first game then they again broke Hantuchova's serve in third game to take 3-0 lead ... In fourth game Vesnina failed to hold her serve but again breaking Radwanska's serve they take 4-1 lead ... Sania hold to make it 5-1 ... From here Hantuchova and Radwanska take next 3 games saving 2 match points and in that they again broke Elena Vesnina's serve ... But in 10th game Sania hold her serve to convert 3rd match point ... This pair of Sania and Elena Vesnina is cooking big way ... In the final they r facing 8th seed American pair Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy, who received walkover in semis from Azarenka and Kirilenko.
Disappointed to see Rohan and Aisam missed chance of moving into their first Masters final ... After losing first set they fought back well winning second set ... But in super tie-break Dolgopolov and Malisse proved strong for our pair.
At $15K India F1 Futures, Mumbai
Singles Semi Final
(6) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (4) Gero KRETSCHMER (GER) 76(5) 63
(7) Roko KARANUSIC (CRO) bt (2) Adam KELLNER (HUN) 64 63
Doubles Final
(2) Purav RAJA (IND)/ Divij SHARAN (IND) bt (1) Gero KRETSCHMER (GER)/ Alexander SATSCHKO (GER) 76(4) 76(5)
Gero started on positive note breaking Yuki early ... As per report at that time it was difficult for Yuki to read Gero's serve ... But as set progresses Yuki started to read Gero's serve and he broke Gero's serve in 8th game to make it 4-all ... In tie-break Yuki take crucial mini-break to won first set ... In second set Yuki was running away with the set he broke Gero in 1st and 3rd game to lead 4-0 ... In 5th game Yuki had 3 break points 0-40 but somehow Gero manged to hold it after winning next 5 points ... Then Gero take medical break and that disturbed Yuki's rhythm after multiple deuce he lost his serve in 6th game ... Gero hold easily in 7th game ... In crucial 8th game Yuki again faced break points but he managed to hold and then again breaking Gero's serve he moved into the final to play against former top-100 player Roko Karanusic, who looks into the form.
Purav and Divij lifted doubles title with very had fought win over 150 ranked type German top-seed pair ... They won both sets in tie-breaks to scored upset win.
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