Tennis News
At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA
[R2] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)
[R2] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Juan Monaco (ARG) w/o
[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)
Mahesh and Rohan r in the quarters as their opponent gave walkover due to Monaco's toe injury ... Coincidentally their quarter-final opponents Poles also received walkover in their second round match.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) bt (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,207)
[QF] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) vs (5) Ivan Sergeyev (UKR, 216)
Doubles
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Sergei Krotiouk (RUS)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 62 63
Definetely breakthrough victory for Vishnu at the challenger level against top-200 type 3rd seed Russian Konstantin Kravchuk ... In the first set both players traded early breaks in 4th and 5th games ... Vishnu take important break on Kravchuk's serve in 8th game and then hold his serve to won the first set ... In the second set both players hold their serve comfortably till tie-break ... In tie-break Kravchuk was leading 5-3 but Vishnu won next 4 points and won this match ... Next he is facing 5th seed Ukrainian Ivan Sergeyev.
In doubles Divij and Vishnu scored very comfortable win and enter into the semis.
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At $125K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA) bt (WC) Gianluca Naso (ITA)/ Mose Navarra (ITA) 57 61 10-8
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA) vs (4) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)
Purav and Stefano scored comeback win over wild-card pair in the first round ... Next they r facing 4th seed very experienced doubles pair.
At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA
[R2] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)
[R2] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Juan Monaco (ARG) w/o
[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)
Mahesh and Rohan r in the quarters as their opponent gave walkover due to Monaco's toe injury ... Coincidentally their quarter-final opponents Poles also received walkover in their second round match.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) bt (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,207)
[QF] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,285) vs (5) Ivan Sergeyev (UKR, 216)
Doubles
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Sergei Krotiouk (RUS)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 62 63
Definetely breakthrough victory for Vishnu at the challenger level against top-200 type 3rd seed Russian Konstantin Kravchuk ... In the first set both players traded early breaks in 4th and 5th games ... Vishnu take important break on Kravchuk's serve in 8th game and then hold his serve to won the first set ... In the second set both players hold their serve comfortably till tie-break ... In tie-break Kravchuk was leading 5-3 but Vishnu won next 4 points and won this match ... Next he is facing 5th seed Ukrainian Ivan Sergeyev.
In doubles Divij and Vishnu scored very comfortable win and enter into the semis.
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At $125K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA) bt (WC) Gianluca Naso (ITA)/ Mose Navarra (ITA) 57 61 10-8
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA) vs (4) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)
Purav and Stefano scored comeback win over wild-card pair in the first round ... Next they r facing 4th seed very experienced doubles pair.
