Sunday, June 12, 2011

Tennis News
At €694,250 Aegon Championships, London, Great Britain

[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 67(7) 76(6) 10-8

[F] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Mahesh and Lee played another memorable match ... After losing the first set in tight tie-break our pair fought back winning second set tie-break ... They also won tight super tie-break to face top-seed Bryans in Queen's final.
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At €750K Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Christopher Kas (GER)/ Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 57 63 11-9

[F] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ Milos Raonic (CAN)

Rohan and Aisam were early break down in the second set after losing the first set but they made solid comeback breaking German opponents to won the second set ... In super tie-break both pairs played well ... Our pair had match point at 9-8 though they wasted that still they converted 2nd to moved into the final.
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At $618K Eastbourne International, Great Britain

[Q1] Sania Mirza (IND,58) bt Renata Voracova (CZE,127) 46 63 64

[Q2] Sania Mirza (IND,58) vs Anna Tatishvili (GEO,118)

Sania missed a break point in 3rd game, another in 7th game and again in 9th game ... Renata take advantage of it breaking Sania in 10th game to won the first set ... In the second set Sania broke Renata in 3rd game to take early lead ... And she again broke Renata in 9th game to won the second set ... Renata take early break in decider breaking Sania in 3rd game ... Then Sania missed a break point in 4th game ... Sania fought back breaking Renata in 6th game ... After hold her serve in 9th game Sania broke Renata in 10th game to won this match.
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At €462,675 AEGON International, Eastbourne, Great Britain

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,67) vs (4) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP,33)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Pablo Andujar(ESP)/ Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)

Tough match for Sommy against last year finalist Garcia-Lopez.

Somdev is also participating in doubles with multiple grand slam winner Bahamas's Mark Knowles ... I think good decision from Sommy to play with this doubles legend.

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At €450K Unicef Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Filip Polasek (SVK)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

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