Tennis News
At $3.8M Rome Masters, Spain
[R2] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 62 61
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 26 57
[QF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
Mahesh and Rohan scored really good dominating win over Italian pair on the red clay ... Next they r facing top-seed and new WR #1 pairing of Mirnyi and Nestor.
Lee and Radek's struggled on the clay continue ... They lost in straight sets against Kubot and Tipsarevic.
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At $35K+H Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) bt (WC) Murad Inoyatov (UZB,530) 62 60
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) vs Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,340)
Doubles
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) 76(5)
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
What a dominating win by Yuki against experienced Inoyatov ... After 2-all Yuki won next 10 games in a row ... Didn't face a single break point on his serve in this 47 minutes match ... Next he is facing unseeded former top-150 Russian Mikhail Ledovskikh.
Purav and Divij were leading 5-3 with early break but from here Yuki and Vishnu turned match in their favor ... They take this set in tie-break and won it and then dominated the second set ... From 1-all they won last 5 games breaking Divij and Purav twice ... In the semis they r facing top-seed Ratiwatanas.
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At $25K ITF Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan
[R2] (Q) Kyra SHROFF (IND,668) l Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN,489) 57 60 67(5)
Doubles
[QF] Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO)/ Kyra SHROFF(IND) l (3) Tamara CUROVIC (SRB)/ Ekaterina YASHINA (RUS) 57 16
Very close loss for Kyra .. In the first set she was leading 5-1 and wasted couple of set points in 7th game ... After that Chiaki Okadaue won next 6 games breaking Kyra 3 times to won this set ... Kyra responded immediately winning next 6 games to won the second set ... In the second set Chiaki was leading with double break 3-0 ... Kyra broke her in 4th and 6th games to make it 3-all ... Kyra again lost her serve in 9th game but broke Chiaki when she was serving for the match in 10th ... In tie-break also Kyra was up with mini-break but Chiaki kept her nerve and won tie-break.
Kyra and Dalila lost in the straight sets against 3rd seed pair ... Kyra and Dalila were up with break in the first set but failed to keep that momentum.
At $3.8M Rome Masters, Spain
[R2] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 62 61
[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 26 57
[QF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)
Mahesh and Rohan scored really good dominating win over Italian pair on the red clay ... Next they r facing top-seed and new WR #1 pairing of Mirnyi and Nestor.
Lee and Radek's struggled on the clay continue ... They lost in straight sets against Kubot and Tipsarevic.
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At $35K+H Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) bt (WC) Murad Inoyatov (UZB,530) 62 60
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) vs Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,340)
Doubles
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) 76(5)
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
What a dominating win by Yuki against experienced Inoyatov ... After 2-all Yuki won next 10 games in a row ... Didn't face a single break point on his serve in this 47 minutes match ... Next he is facing unseeded former top-150 Russian Mikhail Ledovskikh.
Purav and Divij were leading 5-3 with early break but from here Yuki and Vishnu turned match in their favor ... They take this set in tie-break and won it and then dominated the second set ... From 1-all they won last 5 games breaking Divij and Purav twice ... In the semis they r facing top-seed Ratiwatanas.
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At $25K ITF Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan
[R2] (Q) Kyra SHROFF (IND,668) l Chiaki OKADAUE (JPN,489) 57 60 67(5)
Doubles
[QF] Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO)/ Kyra SHROFF(IND) l (3) Tamara CUROVIC (SRB)/ Ekaterina YASHINA (RUS) 57 16
Very close loss for Kyra .. In the first set she was leading 5-1 and wasted couple of set points in 7th game ... After that Chiaki Okadaue won next 6 games breaking Kyra 3 times to won this set ... Kyra responded immediately winning next 6 games to won the second set ... In the second set Chiaki was leading with double break 3-0 ... Kyra broke her in 4th and 6th games to make it 3-all ... Kyra again lost her serve in 9th game but broke Chiaki when she was serving for the match in 10th ... In tie-break also Kyra was up with mini-break but Chiaki kept her nerve and won tie-break.
Kyra and Dalila lost in the straight sets against 3rd seed pair ... Kyra and Dalila were up with break in the first set but failed to keep that momentum.
