Thursday, January 05, 2012

Tennis News
At $398,250 Chennai Open 2012, India

[R2] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND,345) l (1) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,9) 16 36

Doubles
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Andreas Beck (GER)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 64 76(3)
[QF] (3) Leander Peas (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 63 64

[SF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (4) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR)
[SF] (3) Leander Peas (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs (2) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

In this match Janko gave some fine lessons to Yuki of top 25 quality player ... In the first set Yuki was mere spectator to superb tennis by Janko ... Janko broke him in 1st, 5th and 7th games to won this set easily ... In the second set Yuki played better tennis ... He matched shot to shot with Janko ... Yuki had a break point in 3rd game with couple of quality passing shots but he failed to convert ... Janko broke him in 4th game when Yuki double faulted on break point ... Despite break down Yuki gave spirited performance on the court ... He played some amazing shots and engaged in some long rallies matching Janko ... After the break both players hold their respective service games to gave Janko deserving victory but today again Yuki showed a spark of becoming top quality player ... Hopefully he will achieve that with proper guidance and fitness regime.

Today Mahesh and Rohan r gelling lot better than their first round match ... They broke Andreas Beck's serve in the first game and did not face a single break point on their service games to won this first set ... In the second set both pairs hold comfortably till seventh game but in 8th game Wawrinka hit superb cross court passing shot and them Mahesh hit forehand in the net to lose his serve to down 3-5... Our pair immediately broke back with superb service returns from Mahesh when Wawrinka was serving for the set ... In tie-break our pair started with mini-break on Wawrinka's serve but on next point Mahesh made unforced error on easy volley ... Again our pair take mini-break on Beck's serve on 4th point ... On Mahesh's serve on 7th point Wawrinka hit superb down the line forehand to break back, 4-3 ... Next on Wawrinka's serve our both players hit solid service returns for double break and then on match point Rohan served big to complete victory for top-seeds.

Lee and Janko r looking lot more like gelled pair than Rohan and Mahesh ... They targeted Fognini in this match ... They broke Fognini in 4th game to take 4-1 lead but Fognini and Zelenay fought back breaking Lee's serve in 7th game to make it 3-4 ... In 8th game Janko and Lee again broke Fognini to take 5-3 lead and then Janko hold at 30 to won the first set ... In the second set all 4 players hold their respective service games ... Lee and Janko take crucial break in 5th game breaking big server Zelenay ... After that both pairs hold their serves to completed straight sets victory for Lee and Janki.

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At $15K China F1 Futures, Shenzhen

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,712) bt Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,635) 62 64

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND,712) vs Austin Krajicek (USA,760)

Saketh scored another upset win over talented Taipei youngster in straight sets ... He is showing very good consistency in his results from Indian futures leg ... Next he is facing American Krajicek to place in the semis.

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