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At €2.75M Paris Masters, France
[SF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (3) Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) 63 76(7)
[F] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi advanced to their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles final on Saturday at the Paris Masters ... They defeated in-form third seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in 89 minutes ... After winning the first set our pair were leading 3-1 in the second ... But Mirnyi and Nestor won 4 straight games to lead 5-4 ... Rohan and Aisam could not convert 2 match point opportunities at 6-4 in the tie-break and were forced to save one set point at 6-7, before making it third-time lucky at 8-7 to complete the victory ... In the final they r facing unseeded local pair, Benneteau and Mahut.
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At $10K F9 India Futures, Chennai
Singles Final
(WC) Saketh MYNENI (IND,UNR) bt (8) James MARSALEK (GBR,797) 61 64
Saketh Myneni won his first ITF futures singles title beating 8th seed Marsalek in straight sets ... In this match Saketh didn't lose his service game ... With his fluid and comfortable serving style he was serving many aces and service winners ... He was taking full advantage of his 6'4" height while serving which helped him to come out some tight spots and that increased pressure on Marsalek ... In the first set he hit 4 aces in his first 2 service games ... He broke Marsalek in 2nd game to take control and then broke again to won this set comfortably ... In the second set Marsalek managed to hold his service games and tried to create pressure ... At 4-all Masalek came under pressure to stay in the match and made 3 unforced errors to lost it ... Then with his big serve Saketh comfortably hold his serve to win this title.
Early to comment on his game but with huge serve Saketh having good groundstrokes though not one stroke stands out as such ... These will be tested against better players in coming weeks ... He will definitely going to improve in his overall game as he play more on this and higher level ... Before this Saketh played American college tennis when he was studying in University of Alabama and his highest NCAA ranking was #10 in singles and #14 in doubles.
Four wild-cards for Pune Futures r allocated to - Saketh Myneni and Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash with Pune's 2 kids Arjun Kadhe and Rakshay Thakkar.
At €2.75M Paris Masters, France
[SF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (3) Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) 63 76(7)
[F] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi advanced to their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles final on Saturday at the Paris Masters ... They defeated in-form third seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in 89 minutes ... After winning the first set our pair were leading 3-1 in the second ... But Mirnyi and Nestor won 4 straight games to lead 5-4 ... Rohan and Aisam could not convert 2 match point opportunities at 6-4 in the tie-break and were forced to save one set point at 6-7, before making it third-time lucky at 8-7 to complete the victory ... In the final they r facing unseeded local pair, Benneteau and Mahut.
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At $10K F9 India Futures, Chennai
Singles Final
(WC) Saketh MYNENI (IND,UNR) bt (8) James MARSALEK (GBR,797) 61 64
Saketh Myneni won his first ITF futures singles title beating 8th seed Marsalek in straight sets ... In this match Saketh didn't lose his service game ... With his fluid and comfortable serving style he was serving many aces and service winners ... He was taking full advantage of his 6'4" height while serving which helped him to come out some tight spots and that increased pressure on Marsalek ... In the first set he hit 4 aces in his first 2 service games ... He broke Marsalek in 2nd game to take control and then broke again to won this set comfortably ... In the second set Marsalek managed to hold his service games and tried to create pressure ... At 4-all Masalek came under pressure to stay in the match and made 3 unforced errors to lost it ... Then with his big serve Saketh comfortably hold his serve to win this title.
Early to comment on his game but with huge serve Saketh having good groundstrokes though not one stroke stands out as such ... These will be tested against better players in coming weeks ... He will definitely going to improve in his overall game as he play more on this and higher level ... Before this Saketh played American college tennis when he was studying in University of Alabama and his highest NCAA ranking was #10 in singles and #14 in doubles.
Four wild-cards for Pune Futures r allocated to - Saketh Myneni and Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash with Pune's 2 kids Arjun Kadhe and Rakshay Thakkar.
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