Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Tennis News
At US Open 2012, Flushing Meadows, USA

Men's Doubles
[QF] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 62 1-0

Rain disrupted schedule at US Open ... Many matches cancelled or suspended ... Lee and Radek started strongly and won the first set 6-2 but match stopped when our pair was leading 1-0 in the second.
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At $50K Shanghai-1 Challenger, China

[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,402) bt (WC) Zhe Li (CHN,361) 64 62
[R1] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,188) bt Matt Reid (AUS,285) 76(5) 64
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,263) l Michael Yani (USA,228) 57 46

[R2] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,188) vs (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,402)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Yu Chang (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 36 76(7) 10-6

In the first set Yuki was struggling with his serve ... Yuki saved a break point in 9th game and three more break points on his serve in 11th game before holding his serve ... In tie-break Yuki was up with double mini-breaks after 7 points ... He converted 3rd set point for winning the set ... Better serving from Yuki in the second set ... He didn't face a single break point and broke Reid in 1st game of the second set and that was enough to win this set.

Good start by Sanam against higher ranked local player, Zhe Li ... Sanam broke Zhe in 7th game for winning the first set ... In the second set Sanam broke Zhe in 1st game to take lead ... Sanam again broke Zhe in 7th game and take double break lead ... He hold his serve in 8th game to completed comfortable win ... Next he is facing Yuki.

Vishnu ad toughest opponent in the first round and Vishnu failed to overcome the challenge ... In the first set Vishnu lost his serve in 11th game for losing the set ... In the second set in 7th game Vishnu lost 4 points on a row from 40-15 to lose the game ... That one break was enough for Yani for winning the set and match.

Yuki and Divij were on verge of losing before turning this match in their favor ... In the first set Chinese pair take crucial break in 8th game for winning this set ... In the second set Yuki lost his serve in 5th game, 2-4 ... Our pair fought back to broke Chinese in 8th game, 4-all ... In tie-break Yuki and Divij saved a match point at 5-6 before converting second set point for winning this set ... In match tie-break our pair was down with double mini-break at 1-5 but after that our pair won 9 points from next 10 points for completing excellent victory.

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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, Esfahan (clay)

[R2] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,375) bt Ashkan Dabiri (IRI) 60 61
[R2] (5) N.Vijay Sundar Prasanth (IND,633) bt Chandril Sood (IND,1466) 63 60
[R2] (4) Ranjeet Virali Murugesan (IND,492) bt (Q) Mohammed Mohazebnia (IRI,UNR) 75 62

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,375) vs (7) Sarvar Ikramov (UZB,661)
[QF] (5) N.Vijay Sundar Prasanth (IND,633) vs Issam Al Tawil (SYR,1500)
[QF] (4) Ranjeet Virali Murugesan (IND,492) vs (8) Shahin Khaledan (IRI,1284)

Doubles
[QF] Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) bt Rouzbeh Kamran (IRI)/ Farshad Talavar (IRI) 46 76(3) 10-5
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali Murugesan (IND) bt Mo Niaki (CAN)/ Anoosha Shahgholi (IRI) w.o.

[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali Murugesan (IND) vs Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND)

Expected wins for our players.

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