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At $1.7M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE
Doubles Final
(4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) 64 36 10-5
Mahesh and Rohan lifted their first title of the year and as a pair ... Mahesh captured his 50th tour-level title and this was Rohan's first ATP 500 title with 6th ATP title.
Rohan and Mahesh take decisive break in 7th game of the first set ... Fyrstenberg and Matkowski fought back immediately after breaking serve in 1st game of the second set to level the match ... In the Super Tie-break, Mahesh and Rohan take a 6-2 early lead which they kept till end ... On the match point Rohan hit a backhand return winner.
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At $10K India F2 Futures 2012, Bhopal
Singles Final
Sanam Singh (IND,776) bt Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,784) 61 64
Sanam lifted his second ITF Futures title in two weeks ... Creditable performance from him to win back to back titles, which will help him to bring his ranking inside top-550 ... This was Sanam's overall third ITF Futures title.
Sanam dominated the final from the start and won the first set with double breaks ... In the second set also Sanam take 4-0 lead with double breaks ... From here Sanam lost his concentration and gave Shuichi chance to fought back in the match ... Shuichi broke Sanam's serve but Sanam had a match point on Shuichi's serve in 9th game ... At last Sanam converted 3rd match point after couple of deuces to complete the victory.
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At $35K Kyoto Challenger, Japan
[Q1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,337) bt Wan Gao (CHN,879) 63 57 62
[Q1] (WC) Purav Raja (IND,UNR) bt Chuhan Wang (CHN,729) 61 61
[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,804) bt Yuichi Ito (JPN,945) 76(3) 64
[Q2] (WC) Purav Raja (IND,UNR) bt (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,337) 61 63
[Q2] Divij Sharan (IND,804) bt (8) Woong-Sun Jun (KOR,567) 76(4) 76(2)
[Q3] (WC) Purav Raja (IND,UNR) vs (WC) Masato Hatanaka (JPN,1710)
[Q3] Divij Sharan (IND,804) vs Chu-Huan Yi (TPE,873)
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,290) vs Conor Niland (IRL,310)
Vishnu needed 3 sets to move into the second qualifying round ... Other hand Purav scored dominating win and Divij also scored straight sets win ... Next Purav is facing Vishnu and Divij is facing 8th seed Korean Woong-Sun.
In the second qualifying rounds bad loss for Vishnu but terrific results for Purav and Divij ... Both having good chance to qualify for main-draw.
Purav is facing 30 yrs old wild-card local player Masato Hatanaka, way back who was in 600s ... Divij is facing similar ranked Chinese Taipei player Chu-Huan Yi.
Yuki having winnable first round match which is depend upon how fast he adjust to these funny courts.
At $1.7M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE
Doubles Final
(4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) 64 36 10-5
Mahesh and Rohan lifted their first title of the year and as a pair ... Mahesh captured his 50th tour-level title and this was Rohan's first ATP 500 title with 6th ATP title.
Rohan and Mahesh take decisive break in 7th game of the first set ... Fyrstenberg and Matkowski fought back immediately after breaking serve in 1st game of the second set to level the match ... In the Super Tie-break, Mahesh and Rohan take a 6-2 early lead which they kept till end ... On the match point Rohan hit a backhand return winner.
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At $10K India F2 Futures 2012, Bhopal
Singles Final
Sanam Singh (IND,776) bt Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,784) 61 64
Sanam lifted his second ITF Futures title in two weeks ... Creditable performance from him to win back to back titles, which will help him to bring his ranking inside top-550 ... This was Sanam's overall third ITF Futures title.
Sanam dominated the final from the start and won the first set with double breaks ... In the second set also Sanam take 4-0 lead with double breaks ... From here Sanam lost his concentration and gave Shuichi chance to fought back in the match ... Shuichi broke Sanam's serve but Sanam had a match point on Shuichi's serve in 9th game ... At last Sanam converted 3rd match point after couple of deuces to complete the victory.
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At $35K Kyoto Challenger, Japan
[Q1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,337) bt Wan Gao (CHN,879) 63 57 62
[Q1] (WC) Purav Raja (IND,UNR) bt Chuhan Wang (CHN,729) 61 61
[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,804) bt Yuichi Ito (JPN,945) 76(3) 64
[Q2] (WC) Purav Raja (IND,UNR) bt (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,337) 61 63
[Q2] Divij Sharan (IND,804) bt (8) Woong-Sun Jun (KOR,567) 76(4) 76(2)
[Q3] (WC) Purav Raja (IND,UNR) vs (WC) Masato Hatanaka (JPN,1710)
[Q3] Divij Sharan (IND,804) vs Chu-Huan Yi (TPE,873)
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,290) vs Conor Niland (IRL,310)
Vishnu needed 3 sets to move into the second qualifying round ... Other hand Purav scored dominating win and Divij also scored straight sets win ... Next Purav is facing Vishnu and Divij is facing 8th seed Korean Woong-Sun.
In the second qualifying rounds bad loss for Vishnu but terrific results for Purav and Divij ... Both having good chance to qualify for main-draw.
Purav is facing 30 yrs old wild-card local player Masato Hatanaka, way back who was in 600s ... Divij is facing similar ranked Chinese Taipei player Chu-Huan Yi.
Yuki having winnable first round match which is depend upon how fast he adjust to these funny courts.
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