Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Tennis News
At US Open 2011, New York

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,63) l (23) Shahar Peer (ISR,24) 76(5) 36 16

Doubles
[R1] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Robby Ginepri (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA) 61 26 62
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)/ Albert Ramos (ESP) 76(8) 64

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (5) Vania King (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER)
[R1] (7) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Jamie Murray (GBR)
[R1] (4) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE)

Sania take a break to lead 4-3 but while serving for the set at 5-3 she failed to hold her serve ... Played better tie-break to won the first set ... Shahar take advantage of Sania's poor serving and unforced errors to won the second set ... In decider also Sania struggled with her game and fitness, Shahar take full advantage of it winning comfortably.

Rohan and Aisam started well winning the first set easily but surprisingly they lost focus in the second to lose it ... But again played solid third set to won the first round ... Lee and Mahesh also tested against big serving pair ... They prevailed in tight sets victory.

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At $50K Bangkok Challenger, Thailand

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Harri Heliovaara (FIN) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 46 63 10-7

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

This was tricky match against Japanese Davis cup pair but Divij and Harri survived the test ... They fought back after losing the first set and won close super tie-break to move into next round.
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At $10K Germany F13 Futures, Kempten (clay)

[R1] (Q) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,1328) bt (WC) Patrick ELIAS (GER,UNR) 63 67(5) 63

[R2] (Q) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,1328) vs (6) Antony DUPUIS (FRA,522)

In end turned very tight win for Balaji against unranked German player but importantly with this win Balaji earned one ranking point ... Next he is facing top-550 player.
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At $15K Spain F31 Futures, Santander (clay)

[R1] Rafael MAZON-HERNANDEZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) l Alejandro ANDINO VALLVERDU (ESP)/ Marcos GIRALDI REQUENA (ESP) 57 76(2) 3-10
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At $15K Netherlands F6 Futures, Apeldoorn (clay)

[R1] (Q) Akash WAGH (IND,1482) l (6) Alexandre SIDORENKO (FRA,408) 36 36

Expected loss but decent performance against top-400 type player.

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