Tennis News
At $637K Brussels WTA Open, Belgium (Red clay)
[SF] (4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/ Anastasia Rodionova AUS) 63 46
Aussie pair take early break to lead 2-1 but after that Sania and Bethanie broke Aussie pair twice to lead 5-2 and then won the set when Sania hold comfortably ... In the second set Sania and Bethanie take break in 3rd game to lead 3-1 but Aussie pair broke back in 8th game to make it 4-all ... Ausie pair again broke them in 10th game and won the second set ... In STB, our pair was double mini-break down at 1-4 but after that they won 9 points from next 10 points to book their place in the final.
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At $10K Delhi ITF Tournament, India
[QF] (Q) Ho Ching Wu (HKG) bt Eetee Maheta (IND)64 62
[QF] (5) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Shweta Rana (IND) 61 62
[QF] Natasha Palha (IND) bt (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 63 62
[QF] (Q) Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) bt (2) Prerna Bhambri (IND) 4-1 Retd.
Doubles
[SF] (1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Ambika PANDE (IND)/ Simran Kaur SETHI (IND) 61 63
[SF] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Pei-Chi LEE (TPE)/ Chia Hsien YANG (TPE) 63 61
Today another seeded player retired from her match, this time Prerna Bhambri ... Eetee failed to continue with her good run but happy to see Rishika and Natasha Palha in the semis.
At $637K Brussels WTA Open, Belgium (Red clay)
[SF] (4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/ Anastasia Rodionova AUS) 63 46
Aussie pair take early break to lead 2-1 but after that Sania and Bethanie broke Aussie pair twice to lead 5-2 and then won the set when Sania hold comfortably ... In the second set Sania and Bethanie take break in 3rd game to lead 3-1 but Aussie pair broke back in 8th game to make it 4-all ... Ausie pair again broke them in 10th game and won the second set ... In STB, our pair was double mini-break down at 1-4 but after that they won 9 points from next 10 points to book their place in the final.
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At $10K Delhi ITF Tournament, India
[QF] (Q) Ho Ching Wu (HKG) bt Eetee Maheta (IND)64 62
[QF] (5) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Shweta Rana (IND) 61 62
[QF] Natasha Palha (IND) bt (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 63 62
[QF] (Q) Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) bt (2) Prerna Bhambri (IND) 4-1 Retd.
Doubles
[SF] (1) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Ambika PANDE (IND)/ Simran Kaur SETHI (IND) 61 63
[SF] Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Pei-Chi LEE (TPE)/ Chia Hsien YANG (TPE) 63 61
Today another seeded player retired from her match, this time Prerna Bhambri ... Eetee failed to continue with her good run but happy to see Rishika and Natasha Palha in the semis.
