Tennis News
At $2.17M Western & Southern Open - WTA Premier, Cincinnati, USA
[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 62 16 8-10
Another loss for Sania and Bethanie after winning the first set ... After dominating the first set they lost the second easily ... In match tie-break Makarova and Tatishvili proved better than our pair.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] (Q) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,390) l (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,207) 36 16
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) vs Michal Konecny (CZE,286) 64 61
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) vs (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,207)
Vishnu scored solid win against similar ranked opponent ... In the first set most crucial break taken by Vishnu in 10th game ... In the second set Vishnu broke Konecny in 4th and 6th games and completed comfortable win.
Balaji struggled against 3rd seed Russian ... Russian take early break in the first and again broke Balaji in 9th game to win this set ... In the second set Russian broke Balaji in 2nd game and 4th game to take 5-0 lead and won it comfortably ... Next Vishnu will meet this 3rd seed Russian.
At $2.17M Western & Southern Open - WTA Premier, Cincinnati, USA
[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 62 16 8-10
Another loss for Sania and Bethanie after winning the first set ... After dominating the first set they lost the second easily ... In match tie-break Makarova and Tatishvili proved better than our pair.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] (Q) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,390) l (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,207) 36 16
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) vs Michal Konecny (CZE,286) 64 61
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) vs (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,207)
Vishnu scored solid win against similar ranked opponent ... In the first set most crucial break taken by Vishnu in 10th game ... In the second set Vishnu broke Konecny in 4th and 6th games and completed comfortable win.
Balaji struggled against 3rd seed Russian ... Russian take early break in the first and again broke Balaji in 9th game to win this set ... In the second set Russian broke Balaji in 2nd game and 4th game to take 5-0 lead and won it comfortably ... Next Vishnu will meet this 3rd seed Russian.
