Tennis News
At French Open 2012, Paris, France
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 61 61
[R1] (4) Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Natalie Grandin (RSA)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 67(6) 64 6-10
[R1] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) 62 64
Lee and Elena started with solid win over Czech pair losing only 2 games ... Sania and Mahesh also started with comfortable win over American pair ... Shocking loss of 4th seed pair Rohan and Lisa in match tie-break against Hanley and Grandin ... In the first set tie-break Rohan and Lisa were leading 5-2 before losing that.
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At $10K India F7 Futures, Mandya
[R2] (1) Vijayant MALIK (IND,439) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND,1069) 63 64
[R2] (6) Bowen OUYANG (CHN,765) bt (Q) Venkat IYER (IND,UNR) 61 62
[R2] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,542) bt (Q) Elwin ANTONY (IND,1888) 64 63
[R2] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,936) bt (WC) Sagar MANJANNA (IND,UNR) 60 62
[R2] (5) Sebastien BOLTZ (FRA,702) bt Kunal ANAND (IND,1523) 61 60
[R2] (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,587) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1344) 64 62
[R2] (LL) Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND,1888) bt (WC) Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND,UNR) 67(3) 63 4-1 Retd
[R2] (2) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,484) bt Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,904) 63 64
Doubles
[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 61 46 10-7
[QF] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) bt Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS)/ Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS) 64 16 10-7
[QF] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Saurabh PATIL (IND) 63 61
[QF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Sebastien BOLTZ (FRA)/ Francesco VILARDO (ITA) 63 16 10-7
Expected results in the singles second round.
At French Open 2012, Paris, France
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 61 61
[R1] (4) Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Natalie Grandin (RSA)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 67(6) 64 6-10
[R1] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Eric Butorac (USA) 62 64
Lee and Elena started with solid win over Czech pair losing only 2 games ... Sania and Mahesh also started with comfortable win over American pair ... Shocking loss of 4th seed pair Rohan and Lisa in match tie-break against Hanley and Grandin ... In the first set tie-break Rohan and Lisa were leading 5-2 before losing that.
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At $10K India F7 Futures, Mandya
[R2] (1) Vijayant MALIK (IND,439) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND,1069) 63 64
[R2] (6) Bowen OUYANG (CHN,765) bt (Q) Venkat IYER (IND,UNR) 61 62
[R2] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,542) bt (Q) Elwin ANTONY (IND,1888) 64 63
[R2] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,936) bt (WC) Sagar MANJANNA (IND,UNR) 60 62
[R2] (5) Sebastien BOLTZ (FRA,702) bt Kunal ANAND (IND,1523) 61 60
[R2] (4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,587) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1344) 64 62
[R2] (LL) Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND,1888) bt (WC) Rajat MAHESHWARI (IND,UNR) 67(3) 63 4-1 Retd
[R2] (2) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,484) bt Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,904) 63 64
Doubles
[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 61 46 10-7
[QF] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) bt Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS)/ Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS) 64 16 10-7
[QF] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) bt Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Saurabh PATIL (IND) 63 61
[QF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Bowen OUYANG (CHN) bt Sebastien BOLTZ (FRA)/ Francesco VILARDO (ITA) 63 16 10-7
Expected results in the singles second round.
