Tennis News
At Davis Cup - Asia/ Oceania (1st Round Play-off), Chandigarh, India
The AITA decide to chose new-look team for Davis cup tie against New Zeland ... Leander Paes and Somdev Devvarman making themselves unavailable for the tie ... Lee chose to make himself unavailable for Davis Cup play as he was caught up with the World Team Tennis competition in the United States and Sommy said he wasn't fit enough for Davis Cup commitment at the moment ... Other hand AITA decided to drop Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the team on disciplinary grounds after their spat with them in Olympics doubles team selection fiasco.
AITA short-listed six members for the tie - Yuki Bhambri(191), Vishnu Vardhan (285), Saketh Myneni (387), Sriram Balaji (390), Sanam Singh (415) and Divij Sharan (1310) ... Final four members selection will be completed before 2nd september, which in ITF deadline.
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At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA
[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 64 36 10-8
[SF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 63
[F] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
Mahesh and Rohan scored two excellent wins and enter into the final ... In the quarters they defeated 3rd seed Poles ... After winning the first set our pair lost the second but our pair played better to win match tie-break ... In the semis they faced unseeded pairing of Dodig and Melo, who upset Lee and Radek in the second round ... Our pair won this match in the straight set ... In the final they r facing 4th seed pair of Lindstedt and Tecau.
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At $553K Winston-Salem Open, USA
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,415) bt Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL,348) 26 61 61
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,469) l (5) Benjamin Becker (Ger,90) 26 06
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,415) bt (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS,71) 76(3) 5-2 Retd.
[R3] Sanam Singh (IND,415) vs (7) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,102)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)
Sanam Singh scored two upset wins and enter into the final qualifying round ... In the first round he defeted Colombian Cabal ... After losing the first set he came back strongly to won final two sets comfortably ... In the second qualifying round he scored huge upset win over WR £71 Australian Matthew Ebden ... Though Ebden retired in the second round Sanam was controlling the match at that time ... He won the first set in tie-break and in the second was leading with double break ... In the final qualifying round he is facing Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky.
At Davis Cup - Asia/ Oceania (1st Round Play-off), Chandigarh, India
The AITA decide to chose new-look team for Davis cup tie against New Zeland ... Leander Paes and Somdev Devvarman making themselves unavailable for the tie ... Lee chose to make himself unavailable for Davis Cup play as he was caught up with the World Team Tennis competition in the United States and Sommy said he wasn't fit enough for Davis Cup commitment at the moment ... Other hand AITA decided to drop Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the team on disciplinary grounds after their spat with them in Olympics doubles team selection fiasco.
AITA short-listed six members for the tie - Yuki Bhambri(191), Vishnu Vardhan (285), Saketh Myneni (387), Sriram Balaji (390), Sanam Singh (415) and Divij Sharan (1310) ... Final four members selection will be completed before 2nd september, which in ITF deadline.
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At $3.43M Western & Southern Open - ATP World Tour Masters, Cincinnati, USA
[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 64 36 10-8
[SF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 63
[F] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (4) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
Mahesh and Rohan scored two excellent wins and enter into the final ... In the quarters they defeated 3rd seed Poles ... After winning the first set our pair lost the second but our pair played better to win match tie-break ... In the semis they faced unseeded pairing of Dodig and Melo, who upset Lee and Radek in the second round ... Our pair won this match in the straight set ... In the final they r facing 4th seed pair of Lindstedt and Tecau.
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At $553K Winston-Salem Open, USA
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,415) bt Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL,348) 26 61 61
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,469) l (5) Benjamin Becker (Ger,90) 26 06
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,415) bt (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS,71) 76(3) 5-2 Retd.
[R3] Sanam Singh (IND,415) vs (7) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,102)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)
Sanam Singh scored two upset wins and enter into the final qualifying round ... In the first round he defeted Colombian Cabal ... After losing the first set he came back strongly to won final two sets comfortably ... In the second qualifying round he scored huge upset win over WR £71 Australian Matthew Ebden ... Though Ebden retired in the second round Sanam was controlling the match at that time ... He won the first set in tie-break and in the second was leading with double break ... In the final qualifying round he is facing Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky.
