Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Tennis News
At $4M Madrid Masters, Spain

[R2] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Christopher Kas (GER) 61 76(2)

Winning start for Mahesh and Rohan ... After winning the first set easily they needed ti-break in the second ... So with this win they r in the quarters.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, South Korea

[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) l (PR) John Millman (AUS,492) 46 36
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,306) l (6) Danai Udomchoke (THA,174) 06 36

Doubles
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana(THA) 36 63 10-3

Very disappointing performance by Yuki ... In the beginning of the year he defeated Udomchoke but here he struggled with his serve and overall game ... Danai won the first set without losing a single game ... In the second set Yuki was up with break at 3-1 but again he lose next 5 games to lost this match easily.

Millman take first break after breaking Vishnu in 5th game but Vishnu responded breaking Millman in next game to make it 3-all ... Millman again broke him in 7th game and kept that advantage to won the first set ... In the second set at 3-all Millman broke Vishu and again broke when Vishnu was serving for staying in the match in 9th game to won this set and match.

But in doubles Divij made excellent upset win with Yuki against very experienced and 2nd seed Thai pair Ratiwatanas ... After losing the first set our pair was break down before broke back and winning the second set ... Our pair dominated STB and moved into the semis.

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At $35K+H Rome-2 Challnger, Italy (clay)

[QF] (2) Colin Ebelthite (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Walter Trusendi (ITA) 76(3) 57 8-10

European pair proved better pair on clay against Purav and Colin ... They started well winning the first set in tie-break but Europeans fought back winning the second ... In STB also Europeans managed to win important points to complete the victory.

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,...