Monday, December 26, 2011

Tennis News
At $450K Chennai Open 2012 , India

Singles wild-crad went to Vishnu Vardhan and Yuki Bhambri, I think who r deserving candidates for wild-card so kudos to organizers foe selecting them ... Also in a way it is good for Karan that he is playing in qualies, will boost his confidence after winning these matches.

Last year David Goffin qualified for the tournament and defeated Sommy very easily, 62 64 ... In the second round he lost against Stanislas Wawrinka in 2 tie-breaks ... So fair enough that IMG decided to give their wild-card to him.

In doubles Jeevan and Balaji r receiving one of the doubles wild-card ... Hoping second will be given to Purav and Divij.

In singles this time Somdev Devvarman is having direct entry with his current ranking ... In doubles our new pairing Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna will start their 2012 season with this tournament ... Other hand Leander Paes is partnering Serbian Janko Tipsarevic in the doubles draw but after that Lee is partnering Czech Radek Stepanek on the tour in season 2012.

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At the Asia/Oceania zone Group II, Shenzhen, China

Indian Fed Team - Sania Mirza, Rutuja Bhonsle, Isha Lakhani and Prerna Bhambri
Captain - Rohit Rajpal
Coach - Enrico Piperno

AITA announced Fed Cup team for the Asia/Oceania zone Group II which will be held in Shenzhen, China from January 30 to February 4, 2012 ... They removed Poojashree Venkatesha, Rushmi Chakravarthy and Aishwarya Srivastava from last year's team and included national champion Rutuja Bhonsle, Isha Lakhani and Prerna Bhambri in the four-member squad.

Surprised to see Isha's selection considering these days she is not regular on the tour and more having interest in coaching.

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