Monday, May 07, 2012

Tennis News
At $4M Madrid Masters, Spain

[R1] (6) Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN) 36 26

Surprisingly one-sided loss for Sania and Rodionova.
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At $75K+H Busan Challenger, South Korea

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) bt Michael Look (AUS,364) 76(9) 64
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,306) bt (WC) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,1527) 63 63

[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) vs John Millman (AUS,257)
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,306) vs (6) Danai Udomchoke (THA,174)

Yuki got broken in 1st game but he got break back and then with another break he won the first set ... In the second set both players were exchanging breaks regularly ... Nam broke Yuki 3 times and Yuki broke him 5 times in this set ... Yuki really work had on his serve if he has to do well against better players.

Vishnu and Michael played close first set ... Vishnu saved 4 break points in this set but Michael didn't face a single ... In tie-break Vishu take early 3-0 and 4-2 lead but Michael came back to make it equal ... Vishnu saved 4 set points before converting 2nd on 20th point to won the first set ... In the second set Vishnu broke Michael in 1st game and maintained that lead to won this set and match ... Next he is facing in-form Aussie John Millman, who upset 5th seed South African Van Der Merwe in the first round.

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At $10K Spain F10 Futures, Lleida

[Q1] (11) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) bye
[Q2] (11) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) bt Aaron COLAS SANCHEZ (ESP) 57 61 64
[Q3] (11) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) bt Oriol GARROBE GUILERA (ESP) 64 60
[Q4] (11) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1133) l (3) Jean-Marc WERNER (GER,712) 63 67(4) 16

[R1] (LL) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (1133) vs (LL) Michael VAKS (RUS,1113)

In the final qualifying round Mohit gave very fighting performance against top-800 German player ... In main-draw he receive lucky break, he gets entry as lucky-loser and facing another lucky-loser in the first round.

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,...