Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Tennis News
At US Open 2012, Flushing Meadows, USA

[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,189) bt (8) Horacio Zeballos (ARG,109) 46 63 76(5)

[Q2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,189) vs Maxime Authom (BEL,193)

Zeballos broke Yuki in 3rd game to take early lead ... In 7th game Yuki saved 4 break points to hold his serve but Zeballos won the first set with a single break ... Yuki served better in the second set and broke Zeballos in 8th game to won this set ... In the final set Yuki broke Zeballos in 1st game and take 2-0 lead but Zeballos broke back in 4th game to make it 2-2 ... Then both players hold their serves comfortably till tie-break ... In the tie-break Zeballos was leading with early mini-break on 3rd point but when Zeballos was serving at 4-3 Yuki won both points on Zeballos's serve to take lead, 5-4 ... Zeballos take mini-break back after winning 10th point but Yuki won next point on his serve for his first match point ... Yuki converted it winning point on Zeballos's serve and completed upset win over 8th seed Argentine ... Next he is facing similar ranked Belgian Maxime Authom for the place in the final qualifying round.
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At $50K+H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Olivier Charroin (FRA) bt Lorenzo Giustino (ITA)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO) 64 60

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Olivier Charroin (FRA) vs Julien Obry (FRA)/ Boris Pashanski (SRB)

Good dominating winning start for Purav and Olivier.
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At Spain F25 $10K Futures,

[Q1] (3) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1257) bye
[Q2] (3) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1257) bt Bruno PEDROSA (POR,UNR) 60 3-0 Retd.
[Q3] (3) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1257) bt Aleksei NERUSHENKO (ESP,UNR) 63 62

[R1] (Q) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1257) vs (Q) Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP,1494)

Good chance for Mohit Mayur to earn ATP point after qualifying.

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,...