Tennis News
At French Open 2012, Paris, France
Doubles
[R2] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) l Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 46 16
Mixed Doubles
[R2] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Mathilde Johansson (FRA)/ Marc Gicquel (FRA) 62 60
[R2] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA)/ Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 76(4) 63
[QF] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR)
[QF] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (2) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Juniors
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,93) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS,27)
[R1] Ratnika Batra (IND,64) bt (WC) Estelle Cascino (FRA,520) 60 61
[R2] Ratnika Batra (IND,64) vs Antonia Lottner (GER,32)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Jorge Brian Panta Herreros (PER) vs Alexios Halebian (USA)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA)
[R1] Ratnika Batra (IND)/ Su Jeong Jang (KOR) vs (1) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)/ Taylor Townsend (USA)
Leander and his Austrian partner Alexander Peya lost easily against eastern European pair ... This was expected as Lee made make-shift pairing with Peya before French open due to Radek Stepanek's unavailability.
In mixed doubles Lee and Elena scored very dominating win over French pair losing only two games ... Mahesh and Sania also joined them in quarters with fighting win over French pair ... Our both pairs r facing top 2 seeds in the quarter-final.
In juniors, Ratnika Batra and Arjun Kadhe r playing in the main-draw ... Ratnika take full advantage of easy opponent and scored thumping win over local wild-card player losing only a single game ... In the second round she is facing tough German opponent, who upset WR #5 Russian player losing only 3 games ... Arjun is having tough match against top-30 Australian in the first round.
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At $10K India F7 Futures, Mandya
Singles Final
(4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,587) bt (1) Vijayant MALIK (IND,439) 63 64
Saketh lifted his second futures title after comfortable straight sets victory over top-seed Vijayant ... In the first set he take break in 2nd game and hold that lead to won this set ... In the second set also he broke Vijayant in the fifth game and that was enough to won this set and match.
At French Open 2012, Paris, France
Doubles
[R2] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) l Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 46 16
Mixed Doubles
[R2] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Mathilde Johansson (FRA)/ Marc Gicquel (FRA) 62 60
[R2] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA)/ Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 76(4) 63
[QF] (5) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR)
[QF] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (2) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Juniors
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,93) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS,27)
[R1] Ratnika Batra (IND,64) bt (WC) Estelle Cascino (FRA,520) 60 61
[R2] Ratnika Batra (IND,64) vs Antonia Lottner (GER,32)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Jorge Brian Panta Herreros (PER) vs Alexios Halebian (USA)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA)
[R1] Ratnika Batra (IND)/ Su Jeong Jang (KOR) vs (1) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)/ Taylor Townsend (USA)
Leander and his Austrian partner Alexander Peya lost easily against eastern European pair ... This was expected as Lee made make-shift pairing with Peya before French open due to Radek Stepanek's unavailability.
In mixed doubles Lee and Elena scored very dominating win over French pair losing only two games ... Mahesh and Sania also joined them in quarters with fighting win over French pair ... Our both pairs r facing top 2 seeds in the quarter-final.
In juniors, Ratnika Batra and Arjun Kadhe r playing in the main-draw ... Ratnika take full advantage of easy opponent and scored thumping win over local wild-card player losing only a single game ... In the second round she is facing tough German opponent, who upset WR #5 Russian player losing only 3 games ... Arjun is having tough match against top-30 Australian in the first round.
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At $10K India F7 Futures, Mandya
Singles Final
(4) Saketh MYNENI (IND,587) bt (1) Vijayant MALIK (IND,439) 63 64
Saketh lifted his second futures title after comfortable straight sets victory over top-seed Vijayant ... In the first set he take break in 2nd game and hold that lead to won this set ... In the second set also he broke Vijayant in the fifth game and that was enough to won this set and match.
