Monday, August 20, 2012

Tennis News
At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA

[F] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 46 46

Mahesh and Rohan lost against 4th seed Lindstedt and Tecau in the straight sets.
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At $637K New Haven Open - WTA Premier, Yale, USA

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Paola Suarez (ARG) vs Andreja Klepac (SLO)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL)

This week Sania is playing with Argentine Paola Suarez in New Haven open.
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At $553K Winston-Salem Open, USA

[Q3] Sanam Singh (IND,415) l (7) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,102) 76(8) 36 36

Sanam started well breaking Stakhovsky in 1st game and was leading 2-0 ... Stakhovsky broke Sanam in 8th game and then both players hold their service games til tie-break ... In tie-break Sanam missed a set point but converted 2nd to win tight first set ... Stakhovsky played better in next two sets ... He won the second set with double break and won the decider with a single break ... Still creditable performance by Sanam against top-100 player.
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At $50K+H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Olivier Charroin (FRA) vs Lorenzo Giustino (ITA)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO)

This week Purav is back with Charroin in Segovia challenger.

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,...