Tennis News
At $3.8M Rome Masters, Spain
[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Marina Erakovic (NZL)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU)
[R1] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye
[R1] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
Rohan and Mahes r in top draw with new WR #1 pair Nestor and Mirnyi ... Lee and Radek r in bottom draw with 2nd rank Bryans.
Tough draw for Sania and Bethanie ... They can face top-seed Huber and Raymond in the second round.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, South Korea
Doubles Final
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (3) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) 16 61 10-5
Yuki lifted his first challenge title pairing Divij ... This was Divij's second challenger title, his first was with Karan Rastogi.
In the final our unseeded pair faced third seed Tapei pair ... Taipei pair dominated the first set and won it losing only a game ... Yuki and Divij responded strongly in the second and they also won it losing only a game ... Our pair managed to keep momentum in STB and won it comfortably to win this big challenger title.
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At $35K+H Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,306) vs Michal Konecny (CZE,351)
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) vs (7) Jamie Baker (GBR,215)
Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Abduvoris Saitmukhamedov (UZB)/ Sergey Shipilov (UZB)
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR)
Tricky match for Vishnu against seeded British player Baker ... Yuki is facing Czech player.
Our 2 teams r in the doubles and can face eachother in the quarters.
At $3.8M Rome Masters, Spain
[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Marina Erakovic (NZL)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU)
[R1] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye
[R1] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
Rohan and Mahes r in top draw with new WR #1 pair Nestor and Mirnyi ... Lee and Radek r in bottom draw with 2nd rank Bryans.
Tough draw for Sania and Bethanie ... They can face top-seed Huber and Raymond in the second round.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, South Korea
Doubles Final
Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (3) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) 16 61 10-5
Yuki lifted his first challenge title pairing Divij ... This was Divij's second challenger title, his first was with Karan Rastogi.
In the final our unseeded pair faced third seed Tapei pair ... Taipei pair dominated the first set and won it losing only a game ... Yuki and Divij responded strongly in the second and they also won it losing only a game ... Our pair managed to keep momentum in STB and won it comfortably to win this big challenger title.
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At $35K+H Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,306) vs Michal Konecny (CZE,351)
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) vs (7) Jamie Baker (GBR,215)
Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Abduvoris Saitmukhamedov (UZB)/ Sergey Shipilov (UZB)
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR)
Tricky match for Vishnu against seeded British player Baker ... Yuki is facing Czech player.
Our 2 teams r in the doubles and can face eachother in the quarters.
