Tennis News
At $3.8M Rome Masters, Spain
[SF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 46 16
Spanish pair proved too strong for Indian pair ... After winning the first set they dominated the second ... Still creditable performance on the red clay.
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At $35K+H Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan
Singles Final
Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) bt (4) Amir Weintraub (ISR,181) 63 63
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) bt (8) Denys Molchanov (UKR,249) 36 63 63
Great, Yuki completes his challenger level breakthrough in style beating top-200 Israeli player comfortably in the final ... This is Yuki's first challenger level title and he will be India's new #1 male tennis player ... Yuki also became the first Indian teenager after Leander Paes, who won the title at Guangzhou challenger in December 1992, to win challenger title.
In the semis Yuki showed his fighting ability ... After losing the first set he kept fighting and won next two sets ... In the final he was up against experienced Israeli challenger level player, Amir Weintraub, but Yuki kept it simple and won in straight sets to win this title ... This win will give him 80 ranking points which can push his ranking around 225 in latest ranking updates.
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At $637K Brussels WTA Open, Belgium (Red clay)
[Q3] Sania Mirza (IND,192) vs (5) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR,105)
[Q2] Sania Mirza (IND,192) bt (4) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS,101) 60 26 62
[Q1] Sania Mirza (IND,192) bt Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR,156) 75 64
Doubles
[R1] (4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH)/ Sandra Klemenschits (AUT)
Sania is playing at Brussels open ... In the singles qualifying she scored two good win against higher ranked players ... In the final qualifying having tough challenge of Ukrainian clay-court specialist Tsurenko.
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At €450 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ David Marrero (ESP) vs (WC) John Isner (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)
This week Mahesh is taking break before French open but Rohan is playing with Spanish partner Marrero ... They r second seed but having tricky match against big serving American wild-card pair.
At $3.8M Rome Masters, Spain
[SF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 46 16
Spanish pair proved too strong for Indian pair ... After winning the first set they dominated the second ... Still creditable performance on the red clay.
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At $35K+H Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan
Singles Final
Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) bt (4) Amir Weintraub (ISR,181) 63 63
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) bt (8) Denys Molchanov (UKR,249) 36 63 63
Great, Yuki completes his challenger level breakthrough in style beating top-200 Israeli player comfortably in the final ... This is Yuki's first challenger level title and he will be India's new #1 male tennis player ... Yuki also became the first Indian teenager after Leander Paes, who won the title at Guangzhou challenger in December 1992, to win challenger title.
In the semis Yuki showed his fighting ability ... After losing the first set he kept fighting and won next two sets ... In the final he was up against experienced Israeli challenger level player, Amir Weintraub, but Yuki kept it simple and won in straight sets to win this title ... This win will give him 80 ranking points which can push his ranking around 225 in latest ranking updates.
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At $637K Brussels WTA Open, Belgium (Red clay)
[Q3] Sania Mirza (IND,192) vs (5) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR,105)
[Q2] Sania Mirza (IND,192) bt (4) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS,101) 60 26 62
[Q1] Sania Mirza (IND,192) bt Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR,156) 75 64
Doubles
[R1] (4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH)/ Sandra Klemenschits (AUT)
Sania is playing at Brussels open ... In the singles qualifying she scored two good win against higher ranked players ... In the final qualifying having tough challenge of Ukrainian clay-court specialist Tsurenko.
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At €450 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ David Marrero (ESP) vs (WC) John Isner (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)
This week Mahesh is taking break before French open but Rohan is playing with Spanish partner Marrero ... They r second seed but having tricky match against big serving American wild-card pair.
