Tennis News
At $3.6M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 63 63
[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Lee and Radek were leading with one set up when rain interrupted ... And won the second set comfortably after rain interruption.
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At $15K Chinese Taipei F2 Futures 2012, Kaohsiung
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,293) l John Millman (AUS,488) 46 26
Doubles
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) l Mirza Basic (BIH) / Bowen Ouyang (CHN) 46 46
After encouraging yesterday's win over Danish player Yuki lost today against another challenger level player who is coming out of injury.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2012, Namangan
[QF] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) l Ivan Sergeyev (UKR,529) 26 57
Karan lost in the quarters against lower ranked Ukrainian.
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At $15K China F6 Futures, Chengdu
[R2] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) bt (Q) Zhaoyi Cao (CHN,1522) 67(4) 63 62
[QF] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) vs Takuto Niki (JPN,501)
Another good win for Vijayant against local qualifier ... Next he is facing Japanese Takuto Niki, who upset top-seed in the first round.
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At $10K India F4 Futures 2012, Trichy
[QF] (8) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL,872) bt Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA,1141) 63 67(4) 60
[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,663) l (5) Arsenije Zlatanovic (SRB,683) 64 76(4)
[QF] (Q) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1797) bt (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,513) 76(4) 76(2)
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,699) l (PR) Marin Bradaric (CRO,1049) 64 62
Doubles
[SF] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Marin Bradaric (CRO)/ Arsenije Zlatanovic (SRB) 60 60
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) 63 64
Surprising win for Ashwin against Jeevan but sad to see Sriram Balaji and Vijay Sundar lost their matches.
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At $10K Oman ITF Tournament, Muscat
[QF] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,665) l (5) Lou Brouleau (FRA,599) 61 26 26
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND,1091) l Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA,1143) 36 26
Doubles
[SF] (3) Kyra Shroff (IND)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS) bt (1) Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)/ Anna Zaja (GER) 16 75 10-6
[SF] Barbara Haas (AUT)/ Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA) bt (2) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Evgeniya Svintsova (RUS) 76(5) 63
Ankita lost in the singles quarters and doubles semis against French girl Laetitia Sarrazin ... Kyra started well against French girl Brouleau but from the second set Brouleau proved better player on the court ... Kyra in the final of doubles with with over top-seed pair.
At $3.6M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 63 63
[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Lee and Radek were leading with one set up when rain interrupted ... And won the second set comfortably after rain interruption.
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At $15K Chinese Taipei F2 Futures 2012, Kaohsiung
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,293) l John Millman (AUS,488) 46 26
Doubles
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) l Mirza Basic (BIH) / Bowen Ouyang (CHN) 46 46
After encouraging yesterday's win over Danish player Yuki lost today against another challenger level player who is coming out of injury.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F1 Futures 2012, Namangan
[QF] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) l Ivan Sergeyev (UKR,529) 26 57
Karan lost in the quarters against lower ranked Ukrainian.
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At $15K China F6 Futures, Chengdu
[R2] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) bt (Q) Zhaoyi Cao (CHN,1522) 67(4) 63 62
[QF] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) vs Takuto Niki (JPN,501)
Another good win for Vijayant against local qualifier ... Next he is facing Japanese Takuto Niki, who upset top-seed in the first round.
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At $10K India F4 Futures 2012, Trichy
[QF] (8) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL,872) bt Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA,1141) 63 67(4) 60
[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,663) l (5) Arsenije Zlatanovic (SRB,683) 64 76(4)
[QF] (Q) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1797) bt (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,513) 76(4) 76(2)
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,699) l (PR) Marin Bradaric (CRO,1049) 64 62
Doubles
[SF] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt Marin Bradaric (CRO)/ Arsenije Zlatanovic (SRB) 60 60
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) 63 64
Surprising win for Ashwin against Jeevan but sad to see Sriram Balaji and Vijay Sundar lost their matches.
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At $10K Oman ITF Tournament, Muscat
[QF] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,665) l (5) Lou Brouleau (FRA,599) 61 26 26
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND,1091) l Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA,1143) 36 26
Doubles
[SF] (3) Kyra Shroff (IND)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS) bt (1) Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)/ Anna Zaja (GER) 16 75 10-6
[SF] Barbara Haas (AUT)/ Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA) bt (2) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Evgeniya Svintsova (RUS) 76(5) 63
Ankita lost in the singles quarters and doubles semis against French girl Laetitia Sarrazin ... Kyra started well against French girl Brouleau but from the second set Brouleau proved better player on the court ... Kyra in the final of doubles with with over top-seed pair.
