Tennis News
At $2.7M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy (ISR) 76(4) 46 10-6
Good to see Mahesh managed to pull win in this tough match with Nenad against very experienced Israeli pairing of Erlich and Ram in super tie-break.
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At 2012 u-16 Asia/Oceania Junior Davis and Fed Cup Final Qualifying, Bendigo, Australia
Junior Davis Cup - Group C
(3) India l (5) China 0-2
R1 - Sahil Deshmukh l Fa-Jing Sun 26 16
R2 - Sumit Nagal l Wei-Qiang Zheng 36 64 16
R3 - Sahil Deshmukh/ Sumit Nagal vs Fa-Jing Sun/ Wei-Qiang Zheng (not played)
Junior Fed Cup - Group A
(1) India bt (7) New Zealand 2-0
R1 - Snehadevi Reddy bt Claudia Williams 75 63
R2 - Rutuja Bhosale bt Paige Hourigan 64 63
R3 - Rutuja Bhosale/ Snehadevi Reddy vs Paige Hourigan/ Claudia Williams (not played)
In girls Snehadevi gave us winning start and Rutuja also scored straight sets victory ... In the quarters they will face host and #3 seed Australia to qualify for world group ... Australia lost against #5 China to finished the second in their Group C.
In boys, Sahil received thumping beating from Chinese and after that Sumit also lost in 3 sets against his Chinese opponent ... So in the quarters India is having big task of defeating #1 seed Korea to qualify for world group.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2012, Namangan
[QF] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,452) l (1) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,279) 16 46
[QF] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) bt (8) Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS,495) 63 64
[SF] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) vs (1) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,279)
Really good straight sets win by Vishnu against Vasiliev considering his recent poor form ... This win will give huge confidence to Vishnu for his future matches ... Next he is facing top-seed, who defeated Karan convincingly in other quarter-final.
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At $10K India F5 Futures 2012, Madurai
[R2] (WC) (1) Vijayant Malik (IND,474) bt Marin Bradaric (CRO,973) W/O
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,708) bt Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA,1114) 57 63 61
[R2] Rupesh Roy (IND,979) l (7) Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL,830) 16 36
[R2] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,516) bt Vignesh Peranamallur (IND,985) 62 62
[R2] (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,503) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,903) 61 64
[R2] (5) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,657) bt (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,1332) 63 64
[R2] (WC) Elwin Antony (IND,UNR) l (2) Marc Giner (ESP,479) 26 06
[QF] (WC) (1) Vijayant Malik (IND,474) vs (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,708)
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,516) vs (7) Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL,830)
[QF] (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,503) vs (8) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL,877)
[QF] (5) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,657) l (2) Marc Giner (ESP,479) 46 46
After losing the first set Vijay Sundar made strong comeback to win next 2 sets easily ... Sriram Balaji lost in the quarters against 2nd seed Spanish player.
At $2.7M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy (ISR) 76(4) 46 10-6
Good to see Mahesh managed to pull win in this tough match with Nenad against very experienced Israeli pairing of Erlich and Ram in super tie-break.
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At 2012 u-16 Asia/Oceania Junior Davis and Fed Cup Final Qualifying, Bendigo, Australia
Junior Davis Cup - Group C
(3) India l (5) China 0-2
R1 - Sahil Deshmukh l Fa-Jing Sun 26 16
R2 - Sumit Nagal l Wei-Qiang Zheng 36 64 16
R3 - Sahil Deshmukh/ Sumit Nagal vs Fa-Jing Sun/ Wei-Qiang Zheng (not played)
Junior Fed Cup - Group A
(1) India bt (7) New Zealand 2-0
R1 - Snehadevi Reddy bt Claudia Williams 75 63
R2 - Rutuja Bhosale bt Paige Hourigan 64 63
R3 - Rutuja Bhosale/ Snehadevi Reddy vs Paige Hourigan/ Claudia Williams (not played)
In girls Snehadevi gave us winning start and Rutuja also scored straight sets victory ... In the quarters they will face host and #3 seed Australia to qualify for world group ... Australia lost against #5 China to finished the second in their Group C.
In boys, Sahil received thumping beating from Chinese and after that Sumit also lost in 3 sets against his Chinese opponent ... So in the quarters India is having big task of defeating #1 seed Korea to qualify for world group.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2012, Namangan
[QF] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,452) l (1) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,279) 16 46
[QF] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) bt (8) Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS,495) 63 64
[SF] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) vs (1) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,279)
Really good straight sets win by Vishnu against Vasiliev considering his recent poor form ... This win will give huge confidence to Vishnu for his future matches ... Next he is facing top-seed, who defeated Karan convincingly in other quarter-final.
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At $10K India F5 Futures 2012, Madurai
[R2] (WC) (1) Vijayant Malik (IND,474) bt Marin Bradaric (CRO,973) W/O
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,708) bt Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA,1114) 57 63 61
[R2] Rupesh Roy (IND,979) l (7) Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL,830) 16 36
[R2] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,516) bt Vignesh Peranamallur (IND,985) 62 62
[R2] (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,503) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,903) 61 64
[R2] (5) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,657) bt (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,1332) 63 64
[R2] (WC) Elwin Antony (IND,UNR) l (2) Marc Giner (ESP,479) 26 06
[QF] (WC) (1) Vijayant Malik (IND,474) vs (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,708)
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,516) vs (7) Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL,830)
[QF] (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,503) vs (8) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL,877)
[QF] (5) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,657) l (2) Marc Giner (ESP,479) 46 46
After losing the first set Vijay Sundar made strong comeback to win next 2 sets easily ... Sriram Balaji lost in the quarters against 2nd seed Spanish player.
