Tennis News
At $3.24M Shanghai Rolex Masters 2011, China
[SF] (4) Leander Peas (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) l (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 16 46
Mirnyi and Nestor did not give chance to Lee and Mahesh to settle in the match ... They dominated the first set to win it and with crucial break won the second set and match.
But reaching in the semis helped Lee and Mahesh to become 5th pair to qualify for ATP World Tour Finals ... They joins Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic, Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor and Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner.
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At €600K Stockholm Open, Sweden
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,84) vs (WC) Tommy Haas (GER,292)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Sommy is in top draw and can face 5th seed Kevin Anderson in the second round but before that he need to win the first round ... Interesting match up against former WR #2 Tommy Haas ... Sommy is favorite in this match against 33 yrs old aging star.
In doubles Rohan and Aisam r top-seed ... They need solid performance in remaining tournaments to qualify for ATP Finals.
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At $100K Seoul Challenger, South Korea
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Soong-Jae Cho (KOR)/ Jae-Min Seol (KOR)
This week Divij is playing with Purav in Seoul challenger ... They r 4th seed and facing local wild-card pair in the first round.
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At $15K Spain F38, Sabadell (clay)
[Q1] (9) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,922) bt Joep DIETEREN (NED,1636) 61 60
[Q2] (9) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,922) bt Matthieu VIERIN (ITA,1885) 62 46 62
[Q3] (9) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,922) vs (5) Jean-Marc WERNER (GER,809)
Ramkumar still need to play in futures qualifying ... This week he is in the final qualifying and facing tough match against German player Werner ... Werner defeated Ramkumar in their last match in July and last month as an qualifier he reached in the final in Spanish futures.
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At $10K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref
[Q1] (11) Sumeet Shinde (IND,1636) l David Pamminger (AUT,UNR) 46 46
[Q1] (9) Akash Wagh (IND,1519) bt Zaki Al Abdullah (KSA,UNR) 75 63
[Q2] (9) Akash Wagh (IND,1519) l (4) Kalle Averfalk (SWE,1167) 36 36
Doubles
[R1] Sumeet Shinde (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) vs (1) Claudio Grassi (ITA)/ Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS)
This week Akash and Summet tried their luck in Kuwait futures qualifying but they failed to qualify in singles.
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At AITA Fenesta Nationals, New Delhi
Mens Final
(2) Yuki Bhambri bt (1) Vishnu Vardhan 64 76(6)
Womens Final
Rutuja Bhosale bt Isha Lakhani 63 63
Boys u18 Final
(1) Arjun Kadhe bt (2) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash 75 61
Girs u18 Final
P Shri Vaishnavi bt (12) Simran Kaur Sethi 64 62
Congratulations to all national champions.
Terrific result for young 15 yrs old Rutuja to lift Indian national title beating experienced Isha Lakhani ... Rutuja Bhosale became 2nd youngest national champion ... Ratnika Batra was the youngest champion after winning senior national title In 2008 at the age of 14 ... Yuki also lifted his first national championship beating his senior Vishnu Vardhan ... Arjun won double as with his junior title he also won men's doubles with veteran but evergreen Nitin Kirtane ... Also happy to see different name, Vaishnavi, as junior champion.
At $3.24M Shanghai Rolex Masters 2011, China
[SF] (4) Leander Peas (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) l (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 16 46
Mirnyi and Nestor did not give chance to Lee and Mahesh to settle in the match ... They dominated the first set to win it and with crucial break won the second set and match.
But reaching in the semis helped Lee and Mahesh to become 5th pair to qualify for ATP World Tour Finals ... They joins Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic, Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor and Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner.
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At €600K Stockholm Open, Sweden
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,84) vs (WC) Tommy Haas (GER,292)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Sommy is in top draw and can face 5th seed Kevin Anderson in the second round but before that he need to win the first round ... Interesting match up against former WR #2 Tommy Haas ... Sommy is favorite in this match against 33 yrs old aging star.
In doubles Rohan and Aisam r top-seed ... They need solid performance in remaining tournaments to qualify for ATP Finals.
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At $100K Seoul Challenger, South Korea
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Soong-Jae Cho (KOR)/ Jae-Min Seol (KOR)
This week Divij is playing with Purav in Seoul challenger ... They r 4th seed and facing local wild-card pair in the first round.
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At $15K Spain F38, Sabadell (clay)
[Q1] (9) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,922) bt Joep DIETEREN (NED,1636) 61 60
[Q2] (9) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,922) bt Matthieu VIERIN (ITA,1885) 62 46 62
[Q3] (9) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,922) vs (5) Jean-Marc WERNER (GER,809)
Ramkumar still need to play in futures qualifying ... This week he is in the final qualifying and facing tough match against German player Werner ... Werner defeated Ramkumar in their last match in July and last month as an qualifier he reached in the final in Spanish futures.
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At $10K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref
[Q1] (11) Sumeet Shinde (IND,1636) l David Pamminger (AUT,UNR) 46 46
[Q1] (9) Akash Wagh (IND,1519) bt Zaki Al Abdullah (KSA,UNR) 75 63
[Q2] (9) Akash Wagh (IND,1519) l (4) Kalle Averfalk (SWE,1167) 36 36
Doubles
[R1] Sumeet Shinde (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) vs (1) Claudio Grassi (ITA)/ Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS)
This week Akash and Summet tried their luck in Kuwait futures qualifying but they failed to qualify in singles.
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At AITA Fenesta Nationals, New Delhi
Mens Final
(2) Yuki Bhambri bt (1) Vishnu Vardhan 64 76(6)
Womens Final
Rutuja Bhosale bt Isha Lakhani 63 63
Boys u18 Final
(1) Arjun Kadhe bt (2) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash 75 61
Girs u18 Final
P Shri Vaishnavi bt (12) Simran Kaur Sethi 64 62
Congratulations to all national champions.
Terrific result for young 15 yrs old Rutuja to lift Indian national title beating experienced Isha Lakhani ... Rutuja Bhosale became 2nd youngest national champion ... Ratnika Batra was the youngest champion after winning senior national title In 2008 at the age of 14 ... Yuki also lifted his first national championship beating his senior Vishnu Vardhan ... Arjun won double as with his junior title he also won men's doubles with veteran but evergreen Nitin Kirtane ... Also happy to see different name, Vaishnavi, as junior champion.
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