Tennis News
At $220K Estoril Open, Portugal
[SF] (2) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (3) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)/ Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 36 67(6)
Sania and Anastasia failed to overcome challenge from Kazakh pair ... After losing the first set they tried hard in the second but lost tight tie-break.
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At $10K India F5 Futures 2012, Chennai
[QF] (5) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,651) bt (1) Vijayant Malik (IND,469) 16 76(6) 1-0 Retd.
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,696) l Mark Vervoort (NED,931) 63 06 06
[QF] (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,505) bt (WC) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,940) 46 63 64
[QF] Joss Espasandin (SUI,1094) bt (Q) Austin Karosi (USA,1524) 62 62
Doubles
[SF] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt (WC) Elwin Antony (IND)/ Fariz Mohammed (IND) 60 62
[SF] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 61 61
Vijayant retired from the match against Sriram Balaji in the third set ... Surprised to see double bagel score-line for Vijay Sundar after winning the first set ... Ashwin started well after winning the first set but Ranjeet managed comeback in next two to win this match.
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At $10K USA F11 Futures, Varo Beach, Florida (clay)
[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,637) bt Dennis Lajola (USA,640) 76(2) 46 62
[R2] Karunuday Singh (IND,637) l Gerald Melzer (AUT,301) 26 36
Doubles
[R1] Olivier SAJOUS (HAI)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Patrick DAVIDSON (USA)/ Chris GUCCIONE (AUS) 75 64
[QF] Olivier SAJOUS (HAI)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) l (1) Benjamin ROGERS (USA)/ John-Patrick SMITH 36 46(AUS)
Really good win by Karunuday against similar ranked American player on the clay ... Next he faced top-seed Gerald Melzer and he proved better player on the clay than Karunuday ... Melzer scored very convincing victory.
At $220K Estoril Open, Portugal
[SF] (2) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (3) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)/ Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 36 67(6)
Sania and Anastasia failed to overcome challenge from Kazakh pair ... After losing the first set they tried hard in the second but lost tight tie-break.
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At $10K India F5 Futures 2012, Chennai
[QF] (5) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,651) bt (1) Vijayant Malik (IND,469) 16 76(6) 1-0 Retd.
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,696) l Mark Vervoort (NED,931) 63 06 06
[QF] (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,505) bt (WC) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,940) 46 63 64
[QF] Joss Espasandin (SUI,1094) bt (Q) Austin Karosi (USA,1524) 62 62
Doubles
[SF] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt (WC) Elwin Antony (IND)/ Fariz Mohammed (IND) 60 62
[SF] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) bt (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 61 61
Vijayant retired from the match against Sriram Balaji in the third set ... Surprised to see double bagel score-line for Vijay Sundar after winning the first set ... Ashwin started well after winning the first set but Ranjeet managed comeback in next two to win this match.
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At $10K USA F11 Futures, Varo Beach, Florida (clay)
[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND,637) bt Dennis Lajola (USA,640) 76(2) 46 62
[R2] Karunuday Singh (IND,637) l Gerald Melzer (AUT,301) 26 36
Doubles
[R1] Olivier SAJOUS (HAI)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Patrick DAVIDSON (USA)/ Chris GUCCIONE (AUS) 75 64
[QF] Olivier SAJOUS (HAI)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) l (1) Benjamin ROGERS (USA)/ John-Patrick SMITH 36 46(AUS)
Really good win by Karunuday against similar ranked American player on the clay ... Next he faced top-seed Gerald Melzer and he proved better player on the clay than Karunuday ... Melzer scored very convincing victory.
