Sunday, July 15, 2012

Tennis News

India's 25 yrs old former Davis cup player and former ITF junior top-4 player, Karan Rastogi declared retirement due to persistent injuries ... Last three years he was struggling with a nerve deformation in his left leg ... He is planning to start academy in the future ... Best wishes for his future endeavors.
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At €1M bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships, Hamburg, Germany

[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Bruno Soares (BRA)/ Alexander Waske (GER)

This week at German tennis championship Rohan and Mahesh r top-seed.
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At $740K Mercury Insurance Open, Carlsbad, USA

[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Sania is also playing Premier tournament in USA with Bethanie ... They r in the top draw and can face top-seed pair in the second round.
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At $50K Penza Challenger, Russia

[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,220) vs Divij Sharan (IND,1066)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Victor Baluda (RUS)/ Oleksandr Nedovyesov (UKR)

Good opportunity for Yuki to earn more ranking points but Divij is unlucky to face Yuki in the first round ... Divij is top-seed in the doubles with Yuki.
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At $50K An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)

[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND,462) vs Kento Takeuchi (JPN,479)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,397) vs (2) Grega Zemlja (SLO,123)

Doubles
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Jeevan is having tough first round in his first challenger against second seed ... Vijayant is having winnable match against similar ranked Japanese.

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...