Thursday, April 05, 2012

Tennis News
At 2012 Davis Cup - Asia/Oceania - Group I, Namangan, Uzbekistan (Indoor clay)

Day 1
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,446) vs Denis Istomin (UZB,43)
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,295) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB,262)

Day 2
[R3] Leander Paes (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)

Day 3
[R4] Yuki Bhambri (IND,295) vs Denis Istomin (UZB,43)
[R5] Sanam Singh (IND,446) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB,262)

Draw is out and Sanam will play first rubber against Istomin ... We need win from young Yuki on day one but very tough task for our these young players on indoor clay court ... If we manage to lead 2-1 after day two then may be our captain Misra can play gamble of playing Rohan in the final rubber against Dustov but before that we really need win from Yuki on day one.
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At $740K Family Circle Cup, Charleston, USA

[R1] (3) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 64 63

[R2] (3) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (WC) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Luci Safarova (CZE)

Sania and Elena made superb comeback after 0-3 down in the first set ... They scored straight sets victory over tricky pair but next they r facing wild-card pair of Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Czech Luci Safarova ... Our pair lost against same pair at Miami Masters so tough match for them.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F2 Futures 2012, Astana

[QF] (2) Karan Rastogi (IND,477) bt (Q) Egor PUNTUS (BLR,UNR) 64 4-3 Retd

[SF] (2) Karan Rastogi (IND,477) vs (8) Alexey Vatutin (RUS,858)

Karan won the first set with a single break in 9th game but his opponent retired in the second set ... In the semis Karan is facing 8th seed Russian player.
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At $10K Saudi Arabia F1 futures 2012, Riyadh

[SF] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Mohammad GHAREEB (KUW)/ Abdullah MAQDAS (KUW) 76(7) 57 10-7

[F] Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) vs Joshua JONES (GBR)/ Matthew SHORT (GBR)

This was really good hard fought win by Ashwin and Zach against Kuwaiti Davis cup doubles pair ... In the final they r facing British pair, who upset 2nd seed pair in the first round.
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At $10K Vietnam F1 futures 2012, Ho Chi Minh City

[SF] (3) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) l (1) Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL) 16 46
[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) bt (WC) Minh-Quan DO (VIE)/ Quoc-Khanh LE (VIE) 62 61

[F] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Rohan GAJJAR (IND) vs (1) Dane PROPOGGIA (AUS)/ Jose STATHAM (NZL)

Gajjar and Balaji r in the final with very convincing win over local wild-card pair ... In the final they r facing top-seed pair, who also scored comfortable win over 3rd seed Indian pair of Kaza and Vignesh.

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