Tennis News
At 4.8M China Open, Beijing
[QF] (5) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Julia Goerges (GER)/ Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 46 64 16-14
In the quarters Sania and Nuria faced unseeded pair of Goerges and Zahlavova Strycova, who upset 4th seed King and Shvedova in previous round ... In the first set Sania and Nuria had 10 break point chances abut they managed to convert only 2 ... Other hand Goerges and Zahlavova Strycova had 5 break points and they converted 3 to win this set ... In the second set our pair had 4 break points and converted 2 ... Our pair failed to saved one break point but one break advantage was enough for taking this quarter-final in match tie-break ... In the match tie-break Sania and Nuria take early mini-break and they kept this advantage despite exchanging mini-breaks ... Our pair wasted match point on their serve at 9-8 then Goerges and Zahlavova Strycova saved another match point on their own serve at 9-10 ... More drama when Sania was serving for the match at 13-12, she failed to win a point on both serve and they were down 13-14 ... Sania and Nuria won next 2 points on opponent's serve and converted this 6th match point.
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At $1.2M Japan Open, Tokyo
[R1] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 64 64
[QF] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Andy Murray (GBR)/ Jamie Murray (GBR)
Started with comfortable straight sets win ... In the quarters they r facing Murray brothers, Andy and Jamie.
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At $100K Sacramento Challenger, USA
Doubles
[R1] Drew Courtney (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Dennis Kudla (USA)/ Tim Smyczek (USA) 61 67(5) 13-11
[QF] Drew Courtney (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Devin Britton (USA)/ Austin Krajicek (USA)
Happy to see Purav is sticking with Drew ... Good tight win for them in match tie-break against good challenger level American pair.
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At $15K Australia F9 Futures, Esperance
[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,385) bt Logan Mackenze (NZL,1337) 64 64
[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,385) vs Adam Feeney (AUS,451)
Doubles
[SF] Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (3) Adam Feeney (AUS)/ Zach Itzstein (AUS) 16 67(6)
Saketh is in singles quarter-final with straight sets victory and next facing 6th seed local player ... But in doubles he failed to continue with their winning way with his American partner against 3rd seed Aussie pair.
At 4.8M China Open, Beijing
[QF] (5) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Julia Goerges (GER)/ Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 46 64 16-14
In the quarters Sania and Nuria faced unseeded pair of Goerges and Zahlavova Strycova, who upset 4th seed King and Shvedova in previous round ... In the first set Sania and Nuria had 10 break point chances abut they managed to convert only 2 ... Other hand Goerges and Zahlavova Strycova had 5 break points and they converted 3 to win this set ... In the second set our pair had 4 break points and converted 2 ... Our pair failed to saved one break point but one break advantage was enough for taking this quarter-final in match tie-break ... In the match tie-break Sania and Nuria take early mini-break and they kept this advantage despite exchanging mini-breaks ... Our pair wasted match point on their serve at 9-8 then Goerges and Zahlavova Strycova saved another match point on their own serve at 9-10 ... More drama when Sania was serving for the match at 13-12, she failed to win a point on both serve and they were down 13-14 ... Sania and Nuria won next 2 points on opponent's serve and converted this 6th match point.
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At $1.2M Japan Open, Tokyo
[R1] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 64 64
[QF] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Andy Murray (GBR)/ Jamie Murray (GBR)
Started with comfortable straight sets win ... In the quarters they r facing Murray brothers, Andy and Jamie.
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At $100K Sacramento Challenger, USA
Doubles
[R1] Drew Courtney (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Dennis Kudla (USA)/ Tim Smyczek (USA) 61 67(5) 13-11
[QF] Drew Courtney (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Devin Britton (USA)/ Austin Krajicek (USA)
Happy to see Purav is sticking with Drew ... Good tight win for them in match tie-break against good challenger level American pair.
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At $15K Australia F9 Futures, Esperance
[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,385) bt Logan Mackenze (NZL,1337) 64 64
[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,385) vs Adam Feeney (AUS,451)
Doubles
[SF] Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (3) Adam Feeney (AUS)/ Zach Itzstein (AUS) 16 67(6)
Saketh is in singles quarter-final with straight sets victory and next facing 6th seed local player ... But in doubles he failed to continue with their winning way with his American partner against 3rd seed Aussie pair.
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