Monday, May 21, 2012

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

[Q3] Sania Mirza (IND,192) bt (5) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR,105) 60 60

In shocking display Sania scored her first double bagel win in WTA beating Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in 45 minutes to qualify for main-draw in Brussels WTA Open.

In the first set Sania didn't face a single break point and converted all three on Tsurenko's serve ... In the second set Sania faced 4 break points on her serve, 1 in 3rd game and 3 in 5th game, but saved all those and again converted all three break points on Tsurenko's serve for comfortable win on the red clay.

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At $10K Delhi ITF Tournament, India

[R1] (1) Kyra Shroff (IND) bt Kamonwan Buayam (THA) 62 64
[R1] (Q) Ho Ching Wu (HKG) bt (WC) Ambika Pande (IND) 62 60
[R1] Eetee Maheta (IND) bt (Q) Adnya Naik (IND) 64 62
[R1] (6) Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) bt Chia Hsien Yang (TPE) 61 46 76(1)
[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND) bt (WC) Riya Bhatia (IND) 61 60
[R1] Shweta Rana (IND) bt (WC) Zainab Ali Sajjad (IND) 62 76(4)
[R1] (Q) Shalaka Uddur Manjunath (IND) bt (Q) Sumeera Kamil (IND) 75 62
[R1] (5) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 62 75
[R1] (7) Ratnika Batra (IND) bt Smriti Joon (IND) 61 06 64
[R1] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Tarrannum Handa (IND) 63 76(4)
[R1] Natasha Palha (IND) bt Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (IND) 64 63
[R1] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND) bt Manya Nagpal Nagpal (IND) 60 60
[R1] (Q) Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) bt (8) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) 46 4-1 Retd.
[R1] Chun-Yan He (CHN) bt (Q) Ravnoor Kaur (IND) 64 62
[R1] (WC) Shreya Pasricha (IND) bt Nupur Kaul (IND) 61 60
[R1] (2) Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt (Q) Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) 75 75

Doubles
[R1] (1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) 62 64
[R1] Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND)/ Shreya PASRICHA (IND) bt Disha DANG (IND)/ Sanya SINHA (IND) 60 60
[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND)/ Kyra SHROFF (IND) bt Vaniya DANGWAL (IND)/ Eetee MAHETA (IND) 60 75
[R1] Ambika PANDE (IND)/ Simran Kaur SETHI (IND) bt Tarrannum HANDA (IND)/ Chun-Yan HE (CHN) 62 46 11-9
[R1] Pei-Chi LEE (TPE)/ Chia Hsien YANG (TPE) bt Preeti GOKHALE (IND)/ Avika SAGWAL (IND) 62 62
[R1] Manya Nagpal NAGPAL (IND)/ Shalaka UDDUR MANJUNATH (IND) bt Smriti JOON (IND)/ Natalla KHANIEJO (IND) 75 64
[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND)/ Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) bt Nupur KAUL (IND)/ Tanisha ROHIRA (IND) 64 64
[R1] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (2) Kamonwan BUAYAM (THA)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 60 63

More or less Indian open as very few non-Indian players r playing.

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