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At $2.6M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 16 76(2) 10-7
[F] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
Bryans started positively ... They won the first set in 21 mins and breaking Mahesh and Lee twice in the set ... In the second set also Bryans were up 3-1 before our pair fought back breaking them in 6th game to take the set in tie-break ... They take ealy mini-break to take control of tie-break to win it comfortably ... In super tie-break our pair were in big trouble ... They were down 1-4 and then 2-5 .... Then they won a bunch of points on their own second serves and broke the twins to scored remarkable victory.
In the final they r facing red hot pair of Llodra and Zimo, who r on 11 matches winning streak ... They won two successive titles in Washington (bt Lindstedt-Tecau) and Montreal (bt Bryans).
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At $50K Astana-2 Challenger, Kazakhstan
[Q1] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,554) bye
[Q1] Rupesh Roy (IND,799) l (WC) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ,UNR) 62 57 0-3 Retd
[Q1] Vijayant Malik (IND,579) bt (WC) Stanislav Nikulchikov (KAZ,UNR) 62 60
[Q2] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,554) bt (WC) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ,UNR) 62 61
[Q2] Vijayant Malik (IND,579) l (8) Mohamed Safwat (EGY,568) 57 16
[Q3] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,554) vs (3) Michail Elgin (RUS,399)
[R1] (WC) Karan Rastogi (IND,351) vs (1) Rainer Schuettler (GER,125)
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,370) vs Joshua Milton (GBR,365)
Doubles
[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] (WC) Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Serizhan Yessenbekov (KAZ) vs Valery Rudnev (RUS)/ Dmitri Sitak (RUS)
Rupesh retired from his match due to lower back pain ... Ranjeet had tough match against Russian Michail Elgin in the final qualifying.
Tough first round for Karan against top-seed ... Rainer Schuettler played 3 challengers (Pozoblanco Cordoba, Recanati & Segovia) without much success after losing at 2nd round of Wimbledon ... Tough match for Karan but also good opportunity of playing against top100 type player ... Vishnu need to start winning these matches against similar ranked opponents.
In doubles Vishnu is playing with Karan and they r facing Ti Chen with Moriya ... Vijayant received wild-card with local player, Yessenbekov and they r facing Russian pair.
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At $15K Spain F29 Futures, Vigo
Doubles Final
Rafael MAZON-HERNANDEZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Taro DANIEL (JPN)/ Hiroyasu EHARA (JPN) 63 62
Ramkumar lifted his first futures doubles title pairing his Spanish partner Rafael Mazon-Hernandez ... They comfortably defeated Japanese pair in the straight sets.
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At $10K Istanbul, Turkey
Doubles Final
Christina SHAKOVETS (GER)/ Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND) bt (1) Tara MOORE (GBR)/ Lisa WHYBOURN (GBR) 61 63
Ashvarya Shrivastava lifted her maidain title in futures at Istanbul ... She won the doubles title partnering German Christina Shakovets ... In the final they defeated top-seed British pair dominating the match.
At $2.6M Cincinnati Masters, USA
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 16 76(2) 10-7
[F] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
Bryans started positively ... They won the first set in 21 mins and breaking Mahesh and Lee twice in the set ... In the second set also Bryans were up 3-1 before our pair fought back breaking them in 6th game to take the set in tie-break ... They take ealy mini-break to take control of tie-break to win it comfortably ... In super tie-break our pair were in big trouble ... They were down 1-4 and then 2-5 .... Then they won a bunch of points on their own second serves and broke the twins to scored remarkable victory.
In the final they r facing red hot pair of Llodra and Zimo, who r on 11 matches winning streak ... They won two successive titles in Washington (bt Lindstedt-Tecau) and Montreal (bt Bryans).
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At $50K Astana-2 Challenger, Kazakhstan
[Q1] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,554) bye
[Q1] Rupesh Roy (IND,799) l (WC) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ,UNR) 62 57 0-3 Retd
[Q1] Vijayant Malik (IND,579) bt (WC) Stanislav Nikulchikov (KAZ,UNR) 62 60
[Q2] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,554) bt (WC) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ,UNR) 62 61
[Q2] Vijayant Malik (IND,579) l (8) Mohamed Safwat (EGY,568) 57 16
[Q3] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,554) vs (3) Michail Elgin (RUS,399)
[R1] (WC) Karan Rastogi (IND,351) vs (1) Rainer Schuettler (GER,125)
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,370) vs Joshua Milton (GBR,365)
Doubles
[R1] Karan Rastogi (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] (WC) Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Serizhan Yessenbekov (KAZ) vs Valery Rudnev (RUS)/ Dmitri Sitak (RUS)
Rupesh retired from his match due to lower back pain ... Ranjeet had tough match against Russian Michail Elgin in the final qualifying.
Tough first round for Karan against top-seed ... Rainer Schuettler played 3 challengers (Pozoblanco Cordoba, Recanati & Segovia) without much success after losing at 2nd round of Wimbledon ... Tough match for Karan but also good opportunity of playing against top100 type player ... Vishnu need to start winning these matches against similar ranked opponents.
In doubles Vishnu is playing with Karan and they r facing Ti Chen with Moriya ... Vijayant received wild-card with local player, Yessenbekov and they r facing Russian pair.
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At $15K Spain F29 Futures, Vigo
Doubles Final
Rafael MAZON-HERNANDEZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Taro DANIEL (JPN)/ Hiroyasu EHARA (JPN) 63 62
Ramkumar lifted his first futures doubles title pairing his Spanish partner Rafael Mazon-Hernandez ... They comfortably defeated Japanese pair in the straight sets.
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At $10K Istanbul, Turkey
Doubles Final
Christina SHAKOVETS (GER)/ Ashvarya SHRIVASTAVA (IND) bt (1) Tara MOORE (GBR)/ Lisa WHYBOURN (GBR) 61 63
Ashvarya Shrivastava lifted her maidain title in futures at Istanbul ... She won the doubles title partnering German Christina Shakovets ... In the final they defeated top-seed British pair dominating the match.
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