Tennis News
At $220K Pattaya Open, Thailand

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,111) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN,64) 36 61 62

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,111) vs Anne Keothavong (GBR,88)

Usual slow start for Sania ... From 3-2 she lost next 4 games to lose the first set ... In the second set Sania take a break in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... Sania again broke her service game in 6th game to comfortably win the second set ... In the decider Sania take early break in 3rd game and she saved 2 break points on serve in 4th to consolidate the break, 3-1 ... Sania again broke Morita in 7th game to take 5-2 lead and then hold her serve to complete very good win.

Terrific comeback win by Sania ... Though she faced many break points in the second and third sets still she managed to save all those and broke Morita twice in the last two sets ... Tricky match against Anne Keothavong, who upset 2nd seed in the first round.
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At $100K Dallas Challenger, Texas, USA

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,306) bt (4) Tobias Kamke (GER,88) 76(3) 46 64

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,306) vs Stefan Seifert (GER,284)

Doubles
[Q2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vladimir Obradovic (SRB) bt (2) Michael McClune (USA)/ Philip Simmonds (USA) 67(5) 63 12-10

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vladimir Obradovic (SRB) vs (4) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Yuki started well and take early break ... He was leading 5-3 and 30-0, from here Yuki lost control and Kamke managed to make it 5-all ... In tie-break from 1-2 Yuki won next 5 points to won tie-break with double mini-break ... In the second set Yuki broke in 2nd game to lead 2-0 but Kamke broke Yuki in 3rd and 5th games to take 2-4 ... Again Yuki broke Kamke in 8th game to make it 4-all but Kamke broke him in 9th game to won the second set ... In the third set Kamke broke Yuki in 1st game ... Yuki saved 2 break points on his serve and failed to convert four break points on Kamke's serve in 4th game, 1-3 ... Yuki saved another 2 break points in 5th game ... In 7th game Yuki again faced 2 break points but he manged to hang on to hold the serve ... Yuki take a break in 8th game to make it 4-all ... When Kamke was serving for stay in the match ... Yuki played excellent returning game to broke him ... Yuki won the match winning last 4 games from 2-4 ... This was biggest victory of Yuki's small career.

Also like he came back on the court and won another tight match in doubles final qualifying ... In the first round they r facing American 4th seed pair.
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At $50K Caloundra Challenger, Australia

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,340) bt (Q) Nima Roshan (AUS,828) 64 76(8)

[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,340) vs (3) James Duckworth (AUS,210)

In the second set match turned very close ... Vishnu saved 2 break points in 6th game and then saved 3 set points in 10th game ... Tie-break was also very close but at least winning start for Vishnu ... Vishnu will face 3rd seed James Duckworth in the second round.
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At $15K China F3, Mengzi

[R1] Austin KAROSI (USA)/ Vijayant MALIK (IND) l (4) Norbert GOMBOS (SVK)/ Jozef KOVALIK (SVK) 46 64 5-10
[R1] (2) Karan RASTOGI (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt Yu Cheng LI (CHN)/ Bei LIU (CHN) 61 64

[QF] (2) Karan RASTOGI (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) vs Dominik SCHULZ (GER)/ Maximilian WILDE (GER)

Vijayant gave fighting performance with his partner against 4th seed Slovaks ... Karan and Rohan had comfortable victory against local pair in their opening match.