Tennis News
At $1.7M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 64 75
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) l (2) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 46 57
[QF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 63 63
[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
Lee failed to recreate their performance like Chennai open with Tipsarevic and lost in the first round ... But Mahesh and Rohan r showing positive signs in their doubles pairing ... They scored 2 good wins over doubles decent players ... In the semis they r facing unseeded Austrian doubles pair.
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At $220KBMW Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,129) l Eleni Daniilidou (GRE,81) 26 61 46
Sania's disappointing run in singles continued but I m not worrying as she already declared this year she is targetting only doubles to play mixed doubles in Olympics.
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At $50K Singapore Challenger,
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,289) bt (Q) Divij Sharan (IND,804) 62 62
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,332) l (8) Amir Weintraub (ISR,211) 46 26
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,289) bt (WC) Christopher Rungkat (INA,409) 46 63 76(6)
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,289) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,62)
Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Karan Rastogi (IND) bt (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
26 63 10-6
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Karan Rastogi (IND) l Jimmy Wang (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 36 46
As expected Yuki scored dominating win against Purav but in the second round surprised to see Rungkat stretched him to 3rd set tie-break ... Next he is having tough match against Lu.
Vishnu had poor outing in singles and in doubles also with Divij they lost against Purav and Karan ... Purav and Karan lost in straight sets in quarters against Taipei pair.
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At $10K India F2 Futures 2012, Bhopal
Singles Quarter Finals
Sanam Singh (IND,776) bt (1) Patrik Rosenholm (SWE,426) 75 64
(4) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,533) bt (7) Sarvar Ikramov (UZB,670) 36 62 63
(Q) Jordi Munoz-Abrue (ESP,1710) bt (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1398) 62 61
Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,784) bt (2) Arata Onozawa (JPN,518) 64 64
Singles Second Round
(1) Patrik Rosenholm (SWE,426) bt Rupesh Roy (IND,916) 76(5) 62
Sanam Singh (IND,776) bt N. Sriram Balaji (IND,738) 46 75 76(4)
(4) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,533) bt Sam Barry (IRL,731) 64 62
(7) Sarvar Ikramov (UZB,670) bt Kenny Bun (CAM,1194) 60 62
(Q) Jordi Munoz-Abrue (ESP,1710) bt (8) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,692) 64 36 63
(WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1398) bt (Q) Rakshay Thakkar (IND,1710) 62 64
Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,784) bt James Feaver (GBR,770) 62 3-0 Retd
(2) Arata Onozawa (JPN,518) bt (Q) Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE,761) 64 63
Doubles Semi Finals
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (3) Sam BARRY (IRL)/ Patrik ROSENHOLM (SWE) 36 64 10-4
(4) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (2) Arata ONOZAWA (JPN)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 64 76(10)
Doubles Quarter Finals
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (1) Miles BUGBY (GBR)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 46 76(6) 10-7
(3) Sam BARRY (IRL)/ Patrik ROSENHOLM (SWE) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) 64 62
(4) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 60 64
(2) Arata ONOZAWA (JPN)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) bt James FEAVER (GBR)/ Richard GABB (GBR) W/O
In the second round Sanam and Sidharth managed to win ... Sanam scored hard fought win over Sriram Balaji ... In the quarters Sanam shows his current solid form ... He defeated top-seed Swede and world top 425 player Rosenholm in straight sets.
At $1.7M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 64 75
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) l (2) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 46 57
[QF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 63 63
[SF] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
Lee failed to recreate their performance like Chennai open with Tipsarevic and lost in the first round ... But Mahesh and Rohan r showing positive signs in their doubles pairing ... They scored 2 good wins over doubles decent players ... In the semis they r facing unseeded Austrian doubles pair.
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At $220KBMW Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,129) l Eleni Daniilidou (GRE,81) 26 61 46
Sania's disappointing run in singles continued but I m not worrying as she already declared this year she is targetting only doubles to play mixed doubles in Olympics.
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At $50K Singapore Challenger,
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,289) bt (Q) Divij Sharan (IND,804) 62 62
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,332) l (8) Amir Weintraub (ISR,211) 46 26
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,289) bt (WC) Christopher Rungkat (INA,409) 46 63 76(6)
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,289) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,62)
Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Karan Rastogi (IND) bt (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
26 63 10-6
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Karan Rastogi (IND) l Jimmy Wang (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 36 46
As expected Yuki scored dominating win against Purav but in the second round surprised to see Rungkat stretched him to 3rd set tie-break ... Next he is having tough match against Lu.
Vishnu had poor outing in singles and in doubles also with Divij they lost against Purav and Karan ... Purav and Karan lost in straight sets in quarters against Taipei pair.
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At $10K India F2 Futures 2012, Bhopal
Singles Quarter Finals
Sanam Singh (IND,776) bt (1) Patrik Rosenholm (SWE,426) 75 64
(4) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,533) bt (7) Sarvar Ikramov (UZB,670) 36 62 63
(Q) Jordi Munoz-Abrue (ESP,1710) bt (WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1398) 62 61
Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,784) bt (2) Arata Onozawa (JPN,518) 64 64
Singles Second Round
(1) Patrik Rosenholm (SWE,426) bt Rupesh Roy (IND,916) 76(5) 62
Sanam Singh (IND,776) bt N. Sriram Balaji (IND,738) 46 75 76(4)
(4) Kento Takeuchi (JPN,533) bt Sam Barry (IRL,731) 64 62
(7) Sarvar Ikramov (UZB,670) bt Kenny Bun (CAM,1194) 60 62
(Q) Jordi Munoz-Abrue (ESP,1710) bt (8) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,692) 64 36 63
(WC) Sidharth Rawat (IND,1398) bt (Q) Rakshay Thakkar (IND,1710) 62 64
Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,784) bt James Feaver (GBR,770) 62 3-0 Retd
(2) Arata Onozawa (JPN,518) bt (Q) Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE,761) 64 63
Doubles Semi Finals
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (3) Sam BARRY (IRL)/ Patrik ROSENHOLM (SWE) 36 64 10-4
(4) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (2) Arata ONOZAWA (JPN)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 64 76(10)
Doubles Quarter Finals
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (1) Miles BUGBY (GBR)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) 46 76(6) 10-7
(3) Sam BARRY (IRL)/ Patrik ROSENHOLM (SWE) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) 64 62
(4) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 60 64
(2) Arata ONOZAWA (JPN)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) bt James FEAVER (GBR)/ Richard GABB (GBR) W/O
In the second round Sanam and Sidharth managed to win ... Sanam scored hard fought win over Sriram Balaji ... In the quarters Sanam shows his current solid form ... He defeated top-seed Swede and world top 425 player Rosenholm in straight sets.
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