Tennis News
At Australian Open 2012, Melbourne

[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Chris Guccione (AUS) 57 64 64
[R1] Leander Peas (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (WC) Greg Jones (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 62 62

In the first set our pair was struggling to win points on opponent's serve ... Mahesh and Rohan saved a set point at 5-6, 30-40, but after deuce Aussie pair converted 2nd set point to won this first set ... In the first set Aussie pair lost only 3 points on their serves ... In the second set Mahesh and Rohan broke Aussie's serve in 3rd game after couple of break points ... Indian pair kept that single break advantage to win the second set ... In the second set our pair lost only 5 points on their serve and won 13 points from 34 points from Aussie pair's serve ... In the third set our pair take lead after breaking Aussie's in 5th game after multiple deuces ... Single break advantage was enough for our pair to won this decider ... After the first set our pair served quite well and didn't face a single break point on their service games ... Other hand they were putting pressure on service games of Aussie pair ... Good fighting win by Mahesh and Rohan against this tricky local pair, who stretched them ... All sets had only a single break so overall impressive serving from all players.

Local wild-card pair broke Lee-Radek's serve in 2nd game to take early lead but they immediately broke Aussie's serve in 3rd game to bring the set on serve ... Lee and Radek again broke Aussie in 5th game to take lead ... Again broke Aussie's serve in 7th game after multiple deuces to go up with double break ... Aussie pair saved a set point taking next game to deuce but Lee and Radek converted 2nd set point to won the first set ... In the second set Lee and Radek started with a break from 40-15 ... At last Aussie pair managed to hold in 3rd game after 4 service breaks ... Lee and Radek saved a break point in 4th game before holding the service game ... Aussie pair suddenly started to put pressure on Lee and Radek's serves, in 6th game they lead 0-30 30-40 but again Lee and Radek saved a break point before holding the serve ... Lee and Radek again broke Aussie pair after long service game to double their break ... Our pair hold comfortably to complete dominating victory.
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At $15K Great Britain F2 Futures 2012, Sheffield

[R1] (Q) Karan RASTOGI (IND) l Germain GIGOUNON (BEL,459) 26 26

Disappointing performance of Karan continues.
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At $10K Turkey F2 futures, Antalya - Kaya-Belek

[R1] (SE) Sanam SINGH (IND,887) l (7) Daniel COX (GBR,399) 67(5) 26

In the first set Sanam was a double break at 4-1 but failed to push advantage ... Cox made a strong comeback to win the next 4 games before Sanam managed to take a set in tiebreak which Cox won on a mini break ... In the second set Cox dominated and won with double break.