Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tennis News
At €416,650 Serbia Open 2011, Belgrade

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,71) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ,65) 16 64 62

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,71) vs (3) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP,26)

In the first set Sommy missed break point chances in third game and then lost his serve in 4th and 6th games to lose this set ... In the second set they traded breaks regularly from 2nd game ... Sommy break him in 2nd and 4th game, other hand Kukushkin broke Sommy in 3rd and 5th games ... Sommy again broke him 8th game but lost his serve while serving for the set ... In 10th game Sommy take crucial break to won second set ... In decider suddenly both players started to hold serve ... Sommy take break converting 2nd break point in 6th game to lead 4-2 ... After this break Sommy was controlling the points and take another break in 8th game to complete the victory.

Superb turnaround by Sommy after losing first set ... He struggled in the second but managed to take crucial break in 10th and in decider he take control after 2-all to gave winning start to his European clay court season ... Tough second round match as he already lost him at Houston but lets hope for the best.

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At €450K Estoril Open, Portugal

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 76(1) 64

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP)/ Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) W/O

Good start with tight sets victory over American pair ... In the quarters they received walkover from Spanish pair and now they r in the semis.
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At $50K Ostrava Challenger, Czech Republic

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Andis Juska (LAT)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)

First time in 2011 season Purav is partnering his old partner Sadik, with whom he had lot of success last year, in Ostrava Challenger ... They r 4th seeds.

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