Thursday, January 19, 2012

Tennis News
At Australian Open 2012, Melbourne

Doubles
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)/ Alexandra Panova (RUS) 60 62

[R2] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Eva Birnerova (CZE)/ Alberta Brianti (ITA)
[R2] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Carsten Ball (AUS)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)
[R2] Leander Peas (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (14) Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (4) Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
[R1] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR)
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Natalie Grandin (RSA)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (CUW)

Junior Boys qualifying
[Q1] (16) Haadin BAVA (IND,106) bye
[Q1] Suraj R PRABODH (IND,258) l Johannes HAERTEIS (GER,128) 36 46
[Q1] (WC) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Socrates Leon TSORONIS (AUS,UNR) 60 60
[Q1] (10) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,89) bye

[Q2] (16) Haadin BAVA (IND,106) bt Ku Keon KANG (KOR,193) 63 64
[Q2] (WC) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,UNR) bt (9) Jonathan CORNISH (GBR,86) 61 60
[Q2] (10) Rishab AGARWAL (IND,89) l (WC) Omar Jasika (AUS,283) 76(3) 46 9-11

[Q3] (16) Haadin BAVA (IND,106) vs (1) Matteo DONATI (ITA,70)
[Q3] (WC) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,UNR) vs Pietro LICCIARDI (ITA,82)

Junior Girls qualifying
[Q1] Parminder KAUR (IND,212) l Brigitte BECK (AUS,497) 67(4) 06
[Q1] Aarzoo MALIK (IND,288) bt Celine LENERTZ (AUS,217) 63 60
[Q1] Bhuvana KALVA (IND,147) l (WC) Zoe HIVES (AUS,UNR) 63 46 26
[Q1] (16) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,140) bye
[Q1] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,266) l Danielle WAGLAND (AUS,321) 16 26

[Q2] Aarzoo MALIK (IND,288) bt (9) Katherine IP (HKG,106) 63 62
[Q2] (16) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,140) bt (WC) Ebony Panoho (AUS,754) 63 60

[Q3] Aarzoo MALIK (IND,288) vs Camila ROSATELLO (ITA,148)
[Q3] (16) Kanika VAIDYA (IND) vs Bianco MEGANE (SUI,95)

Sania and Elena had a very stong start ... They won the first set in 19 minutes breaking opponent's serve thrice ... Sania and Elena didn't face a single break point and converted 3 from 4 break points ... In the second set Eleni and Alexandra broke Sania and Elena in 1st game but our pair immediately broke back and then take another break to lead 4-2 ... Sania and Elena again broke their opponents in 8th game to completed easy victory in 50 minutes.

In MXD, Rohan and Lee r in same draw and can face in the quarters.

In Juniors qualifying Ramkumar received wild-card and he is proving dominant ... He won 2 matches losing only 1 game and in that one win was over top-100 British junior ... In the final qualifying Ramkumar is facing Italian ... Haadin Bava also entered into the final qualifying round with win over Korean ... Next he is facing top-seed Italian ... In girls section Aarzoo Malika is in the final qualifying with 2 upset wins ... Kanika Vaidya joined her with win over local wild-card player.

In the second qualifying Rishab Agarwal had heart-breaking loss ... He lost the final set 9-11 to local wild-card player and as per Australian Tennis site report this match lasted for 4 hours 25 mins.

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