Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Tennis News
At $637K Brussels WTA Open, Belgium (Red clay)

[QF] (4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (WC) Elena Bovina (RUS)/ Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 62 36 10-1

[SF] (4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/ Anastasia Rodionova AUS)

After winning the first set easily Bethanie and Sania were leading 3-1 in the second set ... After that they lost next 5 games mostly due to break in the their concentration to lose this set but came back strongly in STB ... Won it losing only 1 point ... Next they r facing Aussie pair in the semis.
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At €450 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ David Marrero (ESP) l (WC) John Isner (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA) 36 36

Rohan and his Spanish partner lost against big serving Americans.
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At $10K Delhi ITF Tournament, India

[R2] (Q) Ho Ching Wu (HKG) bt (1) Kyra Shroff (IND) w/o
[R2] Eetee Maheta (IND) bt (6) Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) bt Chia Hsien Yang (TPE) 46 60 62
[R2] Shweta Rana (IND) bt (4) Ankita Raina (IND) 63 62
[R2] (5) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt (Q) Shalaka Uddur Manjunath (IND) 61 62
[R2] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt (7) Ratnika Batra (IND) 2-0 Retd
[R2] Natasha Palha (IND) bt (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND) 64 76(3)
[R2] (Q) Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) bt Chun-Yan He (CHN) 60 60
[R2] (2) Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt (WC) Shreya Pasricha (IND) 61 76(3)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND)/ Shreya PASRICHA (IND) 60 62
[QF] Ambika PANDE (IND)/ Simran Kaur SETHI (IND) bt Natasha PALHA (IND)/ Kyra SHROFF (IND) w/o
[QF] Pei-Chi LEE (TPE)/ Chia Hsien YANG (TPE) bt Manya Nagpal NAGPAL (IND)/ Shalaka UDDUR MANJUNATH (IND) 63 60
[QF] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Riya BHATIA (IND)/ Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) 61 61

In the second round 'seeded massacre' happened on the court ... Only 2 seeded players managed to enter into the quarters all others retired or lost.

Really good win by Eetee Meheta over last week's winner Pei-Chi Lee ... Shweta scored solid win over Ankita ... Natasha Palha showed last week's final wasn't fluke with win over Rutuja ... Simran Kaur Sethi double bageled her Chinese opponent.

Hoping for not serious health issue for Kyra and wishing her quick recovery.

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,...