Monday, July 09, 2012

Tennis News
At The Wimbledon 2012, London, Great Britain

Mixed Doubles
[F] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) l (2) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 36 75 46

[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Liezel Huber (USA) 75 36 63

Another loss in the final for Elena and Leander ... They were runner-up at Australian open also ... In the final Lee failed to hold his serve in 6th game when Elena made couple of unforced errors near net ... Other hand Mike and Lisa's superior serving helped them to win this set ... In the second set Americans take early break when they broke Elena in 3rd game and were on path to win this match in straight sets ... But from 3-5 down Lee and Elena won next 4 games and take the match in decider ... First they broke Mike in 10th game when he was serving for the championship at 5-4 and then broke Lisa in 1th game to win thi set ... In the final set Lee lost his serve in the opening game but immediately Lisa failed to hold her serve and the set came back on serve ... The crucial break Lisa and Mike take on 7th game when they broke Elena and then easily hold their next service games to win desering title.

Before this in the semi-final Lee and Elena scored upset win ove top-seed American pairing Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber ... In the first set Lee and Elena were 2-4 down but they crawled back ... After breaking American's serve in 7th game they take crucial break in 11th game to win the first set ... In the second set Americans take early break in 4th game to win this ... In the decider Lee and Elena take crucial break in4th game on Huber's serve and then hold their service games to complete the victory.

Table Tennis News

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