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At $5.5M Indian Wells Masters, USA
[R1] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND,130) bt (Q) Kristina Barrois (GER,113) 46 62 64
[R2] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND,130) vs (24) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP,26)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Shahar Peer (ISR)
[R1] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs David Ferrer (ESP)/ Albert Ramos (ESP)
[R1] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
After losing the first set Sania got broken in 1st game of the second set ... After that Sania won next 4 games breaking Barrois twice to lead 4-1 ... Sania again broke Barrois in 8th game to won the second set ... In the third set Sania wasted 3 break points in 2nd game but she broke Barrois in 4th game to take 3-1 lead ... Sania had few match points in 8th game but she failed to take those ... Barrois broke Sania in 9th game when Sania was serving for the match ... Sania take revenge in the next game and broke Barrois in 10th game to win this match ... Good win for Sania ... Next she is facing Spanish clay court specialist Garrigues.
Lee is in top draw with Radek and they can face 3rd seed Zimo/ Llodra in the quarters ... Rohan and Mahesh r in bottom draw and they can face 2nd seed Miryni/ Nestor in the quarters.
Elena and Sania r 2nd seed but their first match is tricky against Dushevina and Peer, against them our pair lost at Qatar Open in straight sets.
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At $35K+H Kyoto Challenger, Japan
[QF] Malek Jaziri (TUN)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) 57 76(3) 10-6
[QF] (LL) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) l (3) Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 06 16
[SF] Malek Jaziri (TUN)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)
In the first set both pairs were breaking opponent's service games regularly ... Purav and Malek were 3-5 down but they broke Fruttero's serve to make it 5-all ... Top-seed pair broke Purav's serve to won the first set ... In this first set our pair broke opponent's serve thrice but they got broken 4 times ... Surprisingly very tight service games from both pairs from the second set where nobody face a single break point ... Nice to see Purav and Malek controlled tie-breaks to won this match ... In the semis they will face another un-ranked pair from Chinese Taipei.
One-sided loss for Yuki and Ti Chen in 54 minutes where they managed to win only a single game.
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At $10K+H India F3 Futures 2012, Bhimavaram
Singles Quarter Finals
(8) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,554) bt (1) Patrick ROSENHOLM (SWE,426) 63 63
Saketh MYNENI (IND,689) bt (3) Karan RASTOGI (IND,480) 62 4-1 Retd
Sanam SINGH (IND,776) bt Shuichi SEKIGUCHI (JPN,784) 63 61
(7) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,540) bt Sarvar IKRAMOV (UZB,670) 63 26 64
Doubles Semi Finals
(3) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 63 61
(2) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 76(4) 64
All Indian semi-final lineup for the singles ... Jeevan scored comfortable dominating win over Swede top-seed Rosenholm ... Saketh dominated against Karan before Karan retired from the match ... Sanam looks unstoppable in these Indian futures series, who scored another comfortable win ... Ranjeet scored fighting win against experienced Uzbek Sarvar Ikramov in three sets.
In doubles Rohan is in the final with Saketh and they will face 3rd seed Arub-Prakash and Vijay Sundar.
At $5.5M Indian Wells Masters, USA
[R1] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND,130) bt (Q) Kristina Barrois (GER,113) 46 62 64
[R2] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND,130) vs (24) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP,26)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Shahar Peer (ISR)
[R1] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs David Ferrer (ESP)/ Albert Ramos (ESP)
[R1] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
After losing the first set Sania got broken in 1st game of the second set ... After that Sania won next 4 games breaking Barrois twice to lead 4-1 ... Sania again broke Barrois in 8th game to won the second set ... In the third set Sania wasted 3 break points in 2nd game but she broke Barrois in 4th game to take 3-1 lead ... Sania had few match points in 8th game but she failed to take those ... Barrois broke Sania in 9th game when Sania was serving for the match ... Sania take revenge in the next game and broke Barrois in 10th game to win this match ... Good win for Sania ... Next she is facing Spanish clay court specialist Garrigues.
Lee is in top draw with Radek and they can face 3rd seed Zimo/ Llodra in the quarters ... Rohan and Mahesh r in bottom draw and they can face 2nd seed Miryni/ Nestor in the quarters.
Elena and Sania r 2nd seed but their first match is tricky against Dushevina and Peer, against them our pair lost at Qatar Open in straight sets.
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At $35K+H Kyoto Challenger, Japan
[QF] Malek Jaziri (TUN)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) 57 76(3) 10-6
[QF] (LL) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) l (3) Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 06 16
[SF] Malek Jaziri (TUN)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)
In the first set both pairs were breaking opponent's service games regularly ... Purav and Malek were 3-5 down but they broke Fruttero's serve to make it 5-all ... Top-seed pair broke Purav's serve to won the first set ... In this first set our pair broke opponent's serve thrice but they got broken 4 times ... Surprisingly very tight service games from both pairs from the second set where nobody face a single break point ... Nice to see Purav and Malek controlled tie-breaks to won this match ... In the semis they will face another un-ranked pair from Chinese Taipei.
One-sided loss for Yuki and Ti Chen in 54 minutes where they managed to win only a single game.
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At $10K+H India F3 Futures 2012, Bhimavaram
Singles Quarter Finals
(8) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,554) bt (1) Patrick ROSENHOLM (SWE,426) 63 63
Saketh MYNENI (IND,689) bt (3) Karan RASTOGI (IND,480) 62 4-1 Retd
Sanam SINGH (IND,776) bt Shuichi SEKIGUCHI (JPN,784) 63 61
(7) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,540) bt Sarvar IKRAMOV (UZB,670) 63 26 64
Doubles Semi Finals
(3) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 63 61
(2) Rohan GAJJAR (IND)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 76(4) 64
All Indian semi-final lineup for the singles ... Jeevan scored comfortable dominating win over Swede top-seed Rosenholm ... Saketh dominated against Karan before Karan retired from the match ... Sanam looks unstoppable in these Indian futures series, who scored another comfortable win ... Ranjeet scored fighting win against experienced Uzbek Sarvar Ikramov in three sets.
In doubles Rohan is in the final with Saketh and they will face 3rd seed Arub-Prakash and Vijay Sundar.
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