Tennis News
At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA
[R2] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 64 5-10
Lee and Radek lost in match tie-break in their first match together after two months ... After losing the first set they fought back to win the second but Melo and Dodig was much better in match tie-break.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) l (5) Ivan Sergeyev (UKR, 216) 67(6) 57
Doubles
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 46 76(2) 8-10
Though Vishnu lost this match still he gave heartening performance ... Liked the way he kept fighting after losing very closely fought the first set ... Vishnu lost his serve in 1st game but he immediately broke back ... Vishnu missed a break point chance in 8th game ... In tie-break Sergeyev was leading 3-5 but Vishnu take mini-break back and was leading 6-5 on his serve ... Vishnu failed to win a point on his serve and Sergeyev converted 1set set point to win the set ...In the second set both players hold their respective serves till 11th games ... Sergeyev managed to break Vishnu in 12th game and won the match when Vishnu was serving for the staying in the match.
Taipei pair broke Vishnu in 10th game and won the first set ... In this set Taipei pair didn't face a single break point and other hand our pair saved 6 break points from 7 ... Vishnu and Divij played tight second set and won it in tie-break but Taipei pair won close match ti-break.
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At $125K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA) l (4) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK) 26 67(10)
After losing the first set Purav and his Italian partner Stefano played lot better in the second to take it in tie-break ... In tie-break Dlouhy and Mertinak used all their experience and won this long tie-break.
At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA
[R2] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 64 5-10
Lee and Radek lost in match tie-break in their first match together after two months ... After losing the first set they fought back to win the second but Melo and Dodig was much better in match tie-break.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) l (5) Ivan Sergeyev (UKR, 216) 67(6) 57
Doubles
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 46 76(2) 8-10
Though Vishnu lost this match still he gave heartening performance ... Liked the way he kept fighting after losing very closely fought the first set ... Vishnu lost his serve in 1st game but he immediately broke back ... Vishnu missed a break point chance in 8th game ... In tie-break Sergeyev was leading 3-5 but Vishnu take mini-break back and was leading 6-5 on his serve ... Vishnu failed to win a point on his serve and Sergeyev converted 1set set point to win the set ...In the second set both players hold their respective serves till 11th games ... Sergeyev managed to break Vishnu in 12th game and won the match when Vishnu was serving for the staying in the match.
Taipei pair broke Vishnu in 10th game and won the first set ... In this set Taipei pair didn't face a single break point and other hand our pair saved 6 break points from 7 ... Vishnu and Divij played tight second set and won it in tie-break but Taipei pair won close match ti-break.
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At $125K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA) l (4) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK) 26 67(10)
After losing the first set Purav and his Italian partner Stefano played lot better in the second to take it in tie-break ... In tie-break Dlouhy and Mertinak used all their experience and won this long tie-break.
