Friday, April 20, 2012

Tennis News
At $3.6M Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco

[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 26 06

Bad day for Lee and Radek, they managed to win only 26 pts in the match and Bryans won 51 pts ... This simply displayed Bryans domination in this 51 minutes match.

In the first set Bryans broke Radek's serve in 6th and Lee's serve in 8th game to won the set ... In the second set Bryans were more dominating and won this set without losing a single game.

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At $15K China F6 Futures, Chengdu

[QF] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) l Takuto Niki (JPN,501) 46 67(5)

Vijayant lost against Japanese giant-killer, who upset top seed, in well fought straight sets.
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 At $10K India F4 Futures 2012, Trichy

[SF] (5) Arsenije Zlatanovic (SRB,683) bt (8) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL,872) 61 75
[SF] (Q) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1797) l (PR) Marin Bradaric (CRO,1049) 64 67(3) 06

Doubles Final
(2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) 76(3) 67(5) 10-7

 Ashwin started well breaking Bradaric in 5th game and that single break helped him to won the first set ... In the second set Ashwin missed couple of break points and from tie-break Bradaric was controlling the points ... Ashwin was playing fifth week in a row and that take toll on him ... In the final set he was fighting though cramps and failed to won a single game.

In the doubles Jeevan and Vijay Sundar lifted title after beating Vivek and Rupesh in three tie-breaks.

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At $10K Oman ITF Tournament, Muscat

Doubles Final
(3) Kyra Shroff (IND)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS) bt Barbara Haas (AUT)/ Laetitia Sarrazin (FRA) 62 64

Kyra with her Russian partner Yana Sizikova lifted doubles title at Oman ITF tournament ... In the final they defeated unseeded pair of Barbara Haas and Laetitia Sarrazin comfortably.

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...