Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Tennis News
At US Open 2011, New York

[R1] (10) Somdev Devvarman (IND,64) l (4) Andy Murray (GBR,4) 67(5) 26 36

Doubles
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Samantha Crawford (USA)/ Madison Keys (USA) 62 60

[R2] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)/ Olga Savchuk (UKR)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (7) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 62 67(7) 10-6

[R2] (7) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)

Sommy started with breaking Andy's serve in 1st game and was leading 3-1 but he gave break back in 6th game ... After that both players hold their service games to take set into tie-break ... In tie-break Sommy was up with mini-break at 3-2 but Andy won next 2 points on Sommy's serve to take lead ... Sommy saved 2 set points from 3-6 down but Andy converted next to won the first set ... After winning the first set Andy played more solid and confident game ... He won next 2 set quite easily to moved into the second round.

Sania and Elena started with very comfortable win ... They lost only 2 games in their first round match ... In MXD, Lee and Elena was facing tricky match ... They won the first set comfortably but as expected Nadia and Jamie fought back winning the second set in tight tie-break ... In super tie-break our pair proved strong to win this match.

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At $50K Bangkok Challenger, Thailand

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Harri Heliovaara (FIN) l (3) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) 46 67(2)

They lost quarters against 4th seed in close 2 sets.
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At $35K+H Como Challenger, Italy

[QF] (4) Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA) / Stephano Ianni ( ITA) 63 67(6) 10-6

After winning the first set with a single break Purav and Olivier were up with break in the second ... Italian pair fought back breaking them ... In tie-break our pair was up with mini-break but again Italian pair fought back and won the tie-break after saving match point ... In super tie-break our pair dominated to take 9-2 lead before converting 6th match point.

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