Tennis News
At London Olympics 2012, Great Britain
ITF announced wild card for Olympics ... Sania Mirza received doubles wild card with Rushmi Chakravarthi ... Somdev Devvarman also received wild card for the singles ... So this time we r sending biggest tennis contingent for Olympics as our 7 players r going -
Men's Singles
Somdev Devvarman (wild card)
Mens's Doubles
Leander Paes/ Vishnu Vardhan (direct entry)
Mahesh Bhupathi/ Rohan Bopanna (direct entry)
Women's Doubles
Sania Mirza/ Rushmi Chakravarthi (wild card)
Mixed Doubles
Sania Mirza/ (Mahesh or Leander) (direct entry)
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At The Wimbledon 2012, London, Great Britain
[R1] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Marcel Felder (URU)/ Malek Jaziri (TUN) 60 76(1) 62
Rohan and Mahesh started confidently and won the first set without losing a single game ... In the second set Felder and Jaziri stretched our pair but they won it tie-break ... Rohan and Mahesh dominated the third and won it breaking their opponents twice.
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At $35K+H Marburg Challenger, Germany (clay)
[R1] Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Nima Roshan (AUS) 63 64
[QF] Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL)/ David Skoch (CZE)
Divij and Satschko started with straight sets victory ... Next they r facing third seed European pair.
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At $35K+H Milan Challenger, Italy (clay)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Walter Trusendi (ITA) l Federico Delbonis (ARG)/ Nicolas Pastor (ARG) 36 46
Disappointing result with new Italian partner for Purav ... Lost in the first round against Argentine pair.
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At $10K Germany F7 Futures, Roemerberg (clay)
[R1] Saketh MYNENI (IND,508) l (PR) Bruno Rodriguez (MEX,1026) 46 36
[R1] (8) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,483) bt Franjo Raspudic (BIH,1016) 61 64
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,759) bt Lukas Jastraunig (AUT,735) 26 76(3) 63
Doubles
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt Moritz Linhart (GER)/ Julian Wenzel (GER) 63 62
Saketh's struggle on clay continued but good winning start for Vijay Sundar and Sriram Balaji.
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At $15K Indonesia F1 Futures, Jakarta
[R1] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,501) l (WC) Sunu-Wahyu Trijati (INA,UNR) 62 67(6) 26
Doubles
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Chih-Jen Ho (KOR)/ Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 62 61
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (3) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Elbert Sie (INA)
Ranjeet's inconsistency continued ... Lost against unranked player.
At London Olympics 2012, Great Britain
ITF announced wild card for Olympics ... Sania Mirza received doubles wild card with Rushmi Chakravarthi ... Somdev Devvarman also received wild card for the singles ... So this time we r sending biggest tennis contingent for Olympics as our 7 players r going -
Men's Singles
Somdev Devvarman (wild card)
Mens's Doubles
Leander Paes/ Vishnu Vardhan (direct entry)
Mahesh Bhupathi/ Rohan Bopanna (direct entry)
Women's Doubles
Sania Mirza/ Rushmi Chakravarthi (wild card)
Mixed Doubles
Sania Mirza/ (Mahesh or Leander) (direct entry)
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At The Wimbledon 2012, London, Great Britain
[R1] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Marcel Felder (URU)/ Malek Jaziri (TUN) 60 76(1) 62
Rohan and Mahesh started confidently and won the first set without losing a single game ... In the second set Felder and Jaziri stretched our pair but they won it tie-break ... Rohan and Mahesh dominated the third and won it breaking their opponents twice.
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At $35K+H Marburg Challenger, Germany (clay)
[R1] Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Nima Roshan (AUS) 63 64
[QF] Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL)/ David Skoch (CZE)
Divij and Satschko started with straight sets victory ... Next they r facing third seed European pair.
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At $35K+H Milan Challenger, Italy (clay)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Walter Trusendi (ITA) l Federico Delbonis (ARG)/ Nicolas Pastor (ARG) 36 46
Disappointing result with new Italian partner for Purav ... Lost in the first round against Argentine pair.
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At $10K Germany F7 Futures, Roemerberg (clay)
[R1] Saketh MYNENI (IND,508) l (PR) Bruno Rodriguez (MEX,1026) 46 36
[R1] (8) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,483) bt Franjo Raspudic (BIH,1016) 61 64
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,759) bt Lukas Jastraunig (AUT,735) 26 76(3) 63
Doubles
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt Moritz Linhart (GER)/ Julian Wenzel (GER) 63 62
Saketh's struggle on clay continued but good winning start for Vijay Sundar and Sriram Balaji.
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At $15K Indonesia F1 Futures, Jakarta
[R1] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,501) l (WC) Sunu-Wahyu Trijati (INA,UNR) 62 67(6) 26
Doubles
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Chih-Jen Ho (KOR)/ Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) 62 61
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (3) Christopher Rungkat (INA)/ Elbert Sie (INA)
Ranjeet's inconsistency continued ... Lost against unranked player.
