Tennis News
At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA
[R1] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye
Lee and Radek r back as pair after almost 2 months gap ... They r in top draw with top-seed Nestor and Mirnyi ... Mahesh and Rohan r also in top draw with third seed Poles.
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At $2.17M Western & Southern Open - WTA Premier, Cincinnati, USA
[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
Sania and Bethanie r in top draw with top-seed.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[Q3] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,472) bt Sergei Krotiouk (RUS,614) 75 57 75
[R1] (Q) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,390) vs (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,207)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Adrian Sikora (SVK) 63 64
Balaji won almost three hours long final qualifying against experienced Krotiouk ... In the first set until 11 games both players hold their service games but while serving for staying in the set Krotiouk failed to hold his serve ... In the second set also both players were holding their service game but this time Krotiouk take crucial break in 11th game on Balaji's serve ... Then Krotiouk hold to won this set ... First 2 sets trend continued in the final set ... Again both players were holding their respective service games ... Again like the first set Balaji take crucial break on Krotiouk's serve in 12th game to complete fighting win ... In the first round he is facing 3rd seed Russian Kravchuk.
In doubles Divij and Vishnu had comfortable winning start against Slovak pair.
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At $125K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA) vs (WC) Gianluca Naso (ITA)/ Mose Navarra (ITA)
Purav and his Italian partner r facing wild-card Italian pair where veteran Mose Navarra is playing.
At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA
[R1] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye
Lee and Radek r back as pair after almost 2 months gap ... They r in top draw with top-seed Nestor and Mirnyi ... Mahesh and Rohan r also in top draw with third seed Poles.
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At $2.17M Western & Southern Open - WTA Premier, Cincinnati, USA
[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
Sania and Bethanie r in top draw with top-seed.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[Q3] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,472) bt Sergei Krotiouk (RUS,614) 75 57 75
[R1] (Q) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,390) vs (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,207)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Adrian Sikora (SVK) 63 64
Balaji won almost three hours long final qualifying against experienced Krotiouk ... In the first set until 11 games both players hold their service games but while serving for staying in the set Krotiouk failed to hold his serve ... In the second set also both players were holding their service game but this time Krotiouk take crucial break in 11th game on Balaji's serve ... Then Krotiouk hold to won this set ... First 2 sets trend continued in the final set ... Again both players were holding their respective service games ... Again like the first set Balaji take crucial break on Krotiouk's serve in 12th game to complete fighting win ... In the first round he is facing 3rd seed Russian Kravchuk.
In doubles Divij and Vishnu had comfortable winning start against Slovak pair.
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At $125K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA) vs (WC) Gianluca Naso (ITA)/ Mose Navarra (ITA)
Purav and his Italian partner r facing wild-card Italian pair where veteran Mose Navarra is playing.
