Tennis News
At French Open 2012, Paris, France
[R1] (15) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU)
[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[R1] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE)
[R1] (4) Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Natalie Grandin (RSA)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)
[R1] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA)
Lucky break for Sania and Bethanie ... When draw announced They were facing the Olympics bound experienced and 17h seed Argentine pair in the first round ... But 13th seed Russian pair Kuznetsova and Zvonareva withdrawn and 17th seed Argentine pair replaced them as seeded pair ... Rohan and Mahesh r 6th seed and facing French pair in the first round ... They r in top draw with Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor ... Radek is not playing with Lee due to his prior commitment so last minute Lee decided to pairing with Austrian Alexander Peya ... They r 7th seed and in bottom draw with Bryans ... In the first round they r facing Italian pair.
In mixed doubles our players r playing with their Australian open partners ... Lee and Rohan r in the top draw and can face in the semis but before that Lee and Vesnina can face top-seed Mirnyi and Huber in the quarters ... Rohan and Sania r in bottom draw and can face 2nd seed Bryan and Pescke in the quarters.
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At $10K India F7 Futures, Mandya
[R1] (1) Vijayant MALIK (IND,439) bt Viju GEORGE JR (USA,1728) 60 63
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,1069) bt (WC) Saurabh PATIL (IND,1426) 61 60
[R1] (Q) Venkat IYER (IND,UNR) bt Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS,1310) 46 62 62
[R1] (6) Bowen OUYANG (CHN,765) bt (Q) Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND,1907) 76(5) 64
[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,542) bt Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS,961) 46 62 63
[R1] (Q) Elwin ANTONY (IND,1888) bt Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND,1629) 61 63
[R1] (WC) Sagar MANJANNA (IND,UNR) bt (Q) Rishabdev RAMAN (IND,UNR) 63 76(5)
[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,936) bt (7) Francesco VILARDO (ITA,828) 62 36 64
[R1] (5) Sebastien BOLTZ (FRA,702) bt (WC) Krishik DIVAKAR (IND,UNR) 64 60
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND,1523) bt Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,1072) 64 46 63
[R1] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1344) bt (Q) Rynold TIMOTHY (IND,UNR) 62 61
[R1] (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,587) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1225) 64 63
[R1] (WC) Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND,UNR) bt (LL) Ronak MANUJA (IND,1888) 62 62
[R1] (LL) Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND,1888) bt (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1793) 64 75
[R1] Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,904) bt (Q) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND,1728) 63 61
[R1] (2) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,484) bt Vinod GOWDA (IND,1531) 64 60
Doubles
[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (WC) Bharatram BALAJEE (IND)/ Bharath-Srinivasan PARTHASARATHY (IND) 61 63
[R1] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Yogesh PHOGAT (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 62 63
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) bt (4) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 76(5) 16 10-7
[R1] Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS)/ Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS) bt (WC) Arnav MOHANTY (USA)/ Arsav MOHANTY (USA) 60 61
[R1] Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Saurabh PATIL (IND) bt Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND)/ Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND) 64 76(3)
[R1] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 61 62
[R1] Sebastien BOLTZ (FRA)/ Francesco VILARDO (ITA) bt (WC) Krishik DIVAKAR (IND)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) 63 62
[R1] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Vinod GOWDA (IND)/ Venkat IYER (IND) 61 62
Interesting to see how Saketh perform after long injury and training break.
Good upset win over higher ranked forigners by Kaza Sharma, Venkat Iyer and Kunal Anand ... Also happy to see new players like Sagar Manjanna and Rajat Maheshwari earning their first ranking point.
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At $10K Spain F14 Futures, Madrid
[R1] (Q) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1084) vs GIUSTINO, Lorenzo (ITA,643)
[Q3] (10) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1084) bt (1) David Perez Sanz (ESP,796) 76(7) 16 76(4)
[Q2] (10) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1084) bt Daniel GARCIA-GORDILLO (ESP,UNR) 63 62
[Q1] (10) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1084) bt Eduardo RICO BRUSI (ESP,UNR) 61 62
Excellent win in the final qualifying round against top-800 Spanish player on the clay for Mohit Mayur.
At French Open 2012, Paris, France
[R1] (15) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Nina Bratchikova (RUS)/ Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU)
[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[R1] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE)
[R1] (4) Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Natalie Grandin (RSA)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)
[R1] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA)
Lucky break for Sania and Bethanie ... When draw announced They were facing the Olympics bound experienced and 17h seed Argentine pair in the first round ... But 13th seed Russian pair Kuznetsova and Zvonareva withdrawn and 17th seed Argentine pair replaced them as seeded pair ... Rohan and Mahesh r 6th seed and facing French pair in the first round ... They r in top draw with Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor ... Radek is not playing with Lee due to his prior commitment so last minute Lee decided to pairing with Austrian Alexander Peya ... They r 7th seed and in bottom draw with Bryans ... In the first round they r facing Italian pair.
In mixed doubles our players r playing with their Australian open partners ... Lee and Rohan r in the top draw and can face in the semis but before that Lee and Vesnina can face top-seed Mirnyi and Huber in the quarters ... Rohan and Sania r in bottom draw and can face 2nd seed Bryan and Pescke in the quarters.
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At $10K India F7 Futures, Mandya
[R1] (1) Vijayant MALIK (IND,439) bt Viju GEORGE JR (USA,1728) 60 63
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,1069) bt (WC) Saurabh PATIL (IND,1426) 61 60
[R1] (Q) Venkat IYER (IND,UNR) bt Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS,1310) 46 62 62
[R1] (6) Bowen OUYANG (CHN,765) bt (Q) Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND,1907) 76(5) 64
[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,542) bt Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS,961) 46 62 63
[R1] (Q) Elwin ANTONY (IND,1888) bt Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND,1629) 61 63
[R1] (WC) Sagar MANJANNA (IND,UNR) bt (Q) Rishabdev RAMAN (IND,UNR) 63 76(5)
[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,936) bt (7) Francesco VILARDO (ITA,828) 62 36 64
[R1] (5) Sebastien BOLTZ (FRA,702) bt (WC) Krishik DIVAKAR (IND,UNR) 64 60
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND,1523) bt Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,1072) 64 46 63
[R1] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1344) bt (Q) Rynold TIMOTHY (IND,UNR) 62 61
[R1] (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,587) bt (Q) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1225) 64 63
[R1] (WC) Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND,UNR) bt (LL) Ronak MANUJA (IND,1888) 62 62
[R1] (LL) Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND,1888) bt (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1793) 64 75
[R1] Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,904) bt (Q) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND,1728) 63 61
[R1] (2) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,484) bt Vinod GOWDA (IND,1531) 64 60
Doubles
[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (WC) Bharatram BALAJEE (IND)/ Bharath-Srinivasan PARTHASARATHY (IND) 61 63
[R1] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Yogesh PHOGAT (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 62 63
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) bt (4) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 76(5) 16 10-7
[R1] Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS)/ Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS) bt (WC) Arnav MOHANTY (USA)/ Arsav MOHANTY (USA) 60 61
[R1] Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Saurabh PATIL (IND) bt Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND)/ Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND) 64 76(3)
[R1] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 61 62
[R1] Sebastien BOLTZ (FRA)/ Francesco VILARDO (ITA) bt (WC) Krishik DIVAKAR (IND)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) 63 62
[R1] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Vinod GOWDA (IND)/ Venkat IYER (IND) 61 62
Interesting to see how Saketh perform after long injury and training break.
Good upset win over higher ranked forigners by Kaza Sharma, Venkat Iyer and Kunal Anand ... Also happy to see new players like Sagar Manjanna and Rajat Maheshwari earning their first ranking point.
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At $10K Spain F14 Futures, Madrid
[R1] (Q) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1084) vs GIUSTINO, Lorenzo (ITA,643)
[Q3] (10) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1084) bt (1) David Perez Sanz (ESP,796) 76(7) 16 76(4)
[Q2] (10) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1084) bt Daniel GARCIA-GORDILLO (ESP,UNR) 63 62
[Q1] (10) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1084) bt Eduardo RICO BRUSI (ESP,UNR) 61 62
Excellent win in the final qualifying round against top-800 Spanish player on the clay for Mohit Mayur.
