Thursday, September 29, 2011

Tennis News
At $50K Madrid Challenger, Spain

[SF] (4) Guillermo Olaso (ESP)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)/ Morgan Phillips (GBR) 64 57 8-10

Purav and Guillermo started well winning the first set but from late in the second set their unseeded opponent pair fought back ... After winning the second set Daniel and Morgan won close super tie-break to upset 4th seed.
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At $15K Indonesia F4 Futures 2011, Jakarta

[R2] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,637) l (1) Harri HELIOVAARA (FIN,252) 67(3) 64 26
[R2] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,453) bt Jaan-Frederik BRUNKEN (GER,664) 61 63
[R2] (5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,427) bt Arata ONOZAWA (JPN,480) 60 26 60

[QF] (7) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,453) vs (4) Junn MITSUHASHI (JPN,421)
[QF] (5) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,427) vs Alexander SADECKY (SUI,520)

Doubles
[QF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 46 67(4)
[QF] BHAMBRI (IND)/ GAJJAR (IND) bt NUGROHO (INA)/ SUWANDI (INA) 61 61
[QF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) bt KIM (KOR)/ YOO (KOR) walkover

[SF] BHAMBRI (IND)/ GAJJAR (IND) vs SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
[SF] MALIK (IND)/ SHARMA (IND) vs (2) LI (CHN)/ YI (TPE)

Very dominating win by Vishnu to moved into quarters ... Yuki also scored good win over his similar ranked Japanese opponent ... In the second round also Indian stretched top-seed but Vijay Sundar failed to convert into victory.
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At $10K USA F25 Futures 2011, Laguna Niguel

[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,1149) bt (2) Daniel Cox (GBR,337) 60 60

[R2] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,1149) vs (Q) Joshua Zavala (USA,1124)

Sanam scored shocking double bagel win over 2nd seed and top-350 British player, against whom he lost last week ... May be Cox was injured in this match but still creditable performance by Sanam .. Next he is facing fellow qualifier for the place in quarters.

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