Thursday, September 13, 2012

Tennis News
At Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I Relegation Play-off 2012, Chandigarh, India

Day One
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) vs Daniel King-Turner (NZL,382)
[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,262) vs Jose Statham (NZL,317)

Day Two
[R3] Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Artem Sitak (NZL)/ Michael Venus (NZL)

Day Three
[R4] Yuki Bhambri (IND,179) vs Jose Statham (NZL,317)
[R5] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,262) vs Daniel King-Turner (NZL,382)

India decide to play safe and last night added WR #94 Divij in the team as doubles specialist ... Today announcing team for match-up for day one our captain SP Misra decided to stick with rankings of the players ... Despite Sanam's good form in last few weeks SP Misra decided to play Vishnu as the second singles player ... Not a bad choice but sometime I feel we need to see form of the player in Davis cup matches ... Wishing good luck for our young team.
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At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger, Turkey

[SF] Drew Courtney (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ John Peers (AUS) 67(4) 4-3

Purav and Drew lost the first set in tie-break against 2nd seed.
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At $10K Vietnam F4 Futures, Binh Duong

[R2] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,937) l (6) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,658) 46 16
[R2] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,982) bt (2) Arata ONOZAWA (JPN,561) 63 62

[QF] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,982) vs (6) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,658)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Tom SCHONENBERG (GER)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) l (2) Nuttanon KADCHAPANAN (THA) / Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) 46 36

Sidharth scored very comfortable upset win over 2nd seed and 550-type Japanese player Onozawa in the second round ... Next he is facing 6th seed Nam, who defeated 2 Indian players in his first 2 rounds.
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At $10K Spain F28 Futures, Legnica

[R1] Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND,1182) bt (8) Guillermo Gomez-Diaz (ESP,884) 67(1) 2-3 Retd.

[R2] Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND,1182) vs (Q) Manuel Mazzella (ITA,1878)

Doubles
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Cristian Florentin VOINEA (ROU) bt Sergio MAGRO MORENO (ESP)/ Inigo SANTOS ALVAREZ DE MO (ESP) 63 61

[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Cristian Florentin VOINEA (ROU) l (2) Miguel-Angel LOPEZ JAEN (ESP)/ Oriol ROCA BATALLA (ESP) 26 46

Mohit Mayur got lucky break as his seeded opponent withdrew in the second set while leading in the match ... Mohit Mayur lost in doubles quarters with his Romanian partner.

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