Friday, September 07, 2012

Tennis News
At US Open 2012, Flushing Meadows, USA

Men's Doubles
[SF] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (6) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 6-6 Retd.

[F] (5) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan(USA)

Lee and Radek take 4-2 lead but Spanish pair broke back to make it 5-all ... At 6-all Spanish pair conceded defeat due to leg injury to Marc Lopez ... Tough luck for Spanish pair ... In the final our pair facing Bryans ... Hoping repeat result of Australian open final.
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At $50K Shanghai-1 Challenger, China

[QF] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,402) l (1) Yen-Hsun Lee (TPE,80) 26 36

Doubles
[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 76(4) 46 6-10

[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN)

Sanam failed to produce much fight against top-seed Yen-Hsun ... In the first set Yun won 4 games in a row from 2-all to win ... In the second set Yun take crucial break early in the set and completed win in straight sets.

In the first set Chinese pair broke our serve in 1st game but immediately broke back to make it 1-all ... In tie-break we were 4-2 up before losing 5 points in a row to lose the set ... In the second set we take early break against Chinese pair and kept that advantage for winning the set ... In match tie-break both pairs traded early mini-break but from 6-all Yuki and Divij won next 4 points and completed victory.

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

Doubles Final
(2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali Murugesan (IND) bt Sarvar Ikramov (UZB)/ Sergey Shipilov (UZB) 61 61

After shocking exit in the singles Balaji lifted back to back title in the doubles at Iranian futures ... In the final our pair dominated Uzbek pair and winning the title losing only two games.

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