Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Tennis News
At $1.17M Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,65) bt Denis Gremelmayr (GER,160) 62 63

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,65) vs (7) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP,25)

Sommy started confidently breaking Gremelmayr in 2nd and 4th games to take 4-0 lead ... Gremelmayr broke Sommy's serve in 5th game but again Sommy broke him in 8th game to won the first set ... In the second set Sommy take crucial break in 8th game to compete clinical victory over Gremelmayr ... Next Sommy is facing former top-10 player Marcos Baghdatis ... Both r sharing 1-1 win-loss record ... Marcos defeated Sommy at Dubai, 36 63 16, in 2010 but this year Sommy defeated him at Indian Wells, 75 60.
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At $721K Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad, USA

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,64) l (15) Sara Errani (ITA,35) 26 36

Usual problem for Sania ... She started with breaking Sara's serve in 1st game but Sania lost her serve in 2nd and 4th games ... Sania again broke Sara's serve in 5th game but again Sara broke Sania's serve in 6th and 8th games to won the first set ... Sania failed to hold her serve in the first set ... Sania first time hold her serve in the match in 4th game of the second set and again broke Sara in 5th game to bring the set on serve at 2-3 ... But Sara immediately broke Sania to take control and won the match ... Very poor serving from Sania on these US hard court tournaments.
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At $35K+H Trani Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Cesar Ramirez (MEX)/ Manuel Sanchez (MEX) 64 61

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) vs Yannick Mertens (BEL)/ Florian Reynet (FRA)

Purav and Sadik started with comfortable win over their Mexican opponents.

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