Tennis News
At The Wimbledon 2012, London, Great Britain
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 62 64 76(5)
[R3] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Mixed Doubles
[R2] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 36 16
[R2] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt Marcelo Melo (BRA)/ Vera Zvonareva (RUS) w/o
[R3] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs (6) Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Sania and Mahesh lost easily in the first round of the Wimbledon ... They didn't manage to get a single break point in this match ... This result also means chances r brighten for Sania and Lee pairing at Olympics ... In other mixed doubles match Rohan and Jie received walkover without playing a single point ... Next they r facing 6th seed Italian pair.
Lee and Radek scored excellent win against tricky, experienced and dangerous Israeli pair ... With double break they won the first set easily ... In the second set also they take crucial break in 7th game to won it ... In the third set Israeli pair broke our pair in 6th game to take 4-2 lead but while they were serving for the set at 5-3 Lee and Radek broke back and take the set in tie-break ... In tie-break Lee and Radek take early mini-break to lead 5-2 but Israeli's broke back to make it 5-6 ... Our pair won next point on Israeli's serve to won this match.
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At $15K Indonesia F1 Futures, Jakarta
[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,432) l (3) Christopher Rungkat (INA,449) 46 36
Jeevan failed to overcome challenge of local top player but I was expecting much more fighting performance from him.
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At $10K Germany F7 Futures, Roemerberg (clay)
Doubles Final
(2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (3) Lukas Jastraunig (AUT)/ Marc Rath (AUT) 75 64
[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (4) Bastian Knittel (GER)/ Marc Sieber (GER) 64 76(5)
Sriram Balaji and Vijay Sundar lifted doubles title on the clay in German futures ... In the final they defeated 3rd seed Austrian pair in straight sets ... Terrific result on the clay for Vijay Sundar and Balaji ... They also scored good win in the semis against third seed local pair.
At The Wimbledon 2012, London, Great Britain
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR) 62 64 76(5)
[R3] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Mixed Doubles
[R2] (5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 36 16
[R2] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt Marcelo Melo (BRA)/ Vera Zvonareva (RUS) w/o
[R3] (10) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs (6) Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Sania and Mahesh lost easily in the first round of the Wimbledon ... They didn't manage to get a single break point in this match ... This result also means chances r brighten for Sania and Lee pairing at Olympics ... In other mixed doubles match Rohan and Jie received walkover without playing a single point ... Next they r facing 6th seed Italian pair.
Lee and Radek scored excellent win against tricky, experienced and dangerous Israeli pair ... With double break they won the first set easily ... In the second set also they take crucial break in 7th game to won it ... In the third set Israeli pair broke our pair in 6th game to take 4-2 lead but while they were serving for the set at 5-3 Lee and Radek broke back and take the set in tie-break ... In tie-break Lee and Radek take early mini-break to lead 5-2 but Israeli's broke back to make it 5-6 ... Our pair won next point on Israeli's serve to won this match.
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At $15K Indonesia F1 Futures, Jakarta
[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,432) l (3) Christopher Rungkat (INA,449) 46 36
Jeevan failed to overcome challenge of local top player but I was expecting much more fighting performance from him.
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At $10K Germany F7 Futures, Roemerberg (clay)
Doubles Final
(2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (3) Lukas Jastraunig (AUT)/ Marc Rath (AUT) 75 64
[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (4) Bastian Knittel (GER)/ Marc Sieber (GER) 64 76(5)
Sriram Balaji and Vijay Sundar lifted doubles title on the clay in German futures ... In the final they defeated 3rd seed Austrian pair in straight sets ... Terrific result on the clay for Vijay Sundar and Balaji ... They also scored good win in the semis against third seed local pair.
