Tennis News
At Asia/Oceania Zone Group I - Davis Cup 2013,
Draw is out for Asia/Oceania Zone Group I and we r 4th seeded ... In the first round India is facing South Korea ... Luckily this time we r having all home matches to qualify to the World Group Playoffs ... If we win against Korea from February 1-3, 2013 then we mostly face Japan (or Indonesia) from April 5-7, 2013.
AITA announced to hold the tie in New Delhi at the R K Khanna Tennis Stadium from February 1 to 3.
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At €1.9M Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland
[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (ALT) Robin Haase (NED)/ Dick Norman (BEL) 57 62 12-14
Another shocking loss for Rohan and Mahesh against alternate pairing of Haase and Norman ... After losing the first set Rohan and Mahesh made strong comeback winning the second set easily ... In match tie-break they failed to keep momentum and lost in extra points.
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At $100K+H Seoul Challenger, South Korea
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,181) bt (3) Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,119) 64 76(5)
[R1] (Q) Divij Sharan (IND,1310) l (6) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,135) 26 75 46
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,181) vs (WC) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,612)
Yuki scored big win against Dima, who was in great form after winning back to back challengers in Turkey last month and reaching QF at Tokyo ATP this month.
In the first set Yuki faced 6 break points on his serve but he saved 5 but he broke Dima's serve twice from 4 break points to win this set ... In the second set Yuki didn't face a single break point but he failed to convert 5 break points on Dima's serve ... In tie-break Dima double faulted to give Yuki min-break, 5-3 ... While serving for the match Yuki double faulted at 6-4 but Yuki again take mini-break on Dima's serve converting 2nd match point ... Next Yuki is facing Korean wild-card youngster, who scored easy upset win against Alexander Kudryavtsev.
Divij started with breaking Sugita in 2nd game to lead 2-0 but after that Sugita won next 6 games to win the set breaking Divij thrice ... In the second set Divij saved 7 break points and converted only break point in 12th game to win this set ... In the final set Sugita take crucial break in 7th game and kept that advantage to win this match.
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At $25K Lagos Women's ITF Tournament, Nigeria
[R1] Kyra Shroff (IND,540) bt (Q) Chinenye Ndidi Izuogo (NGR,UNR) 60 60
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND,675) l (7) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,346) 26 67(4)
[R1] Shivika Burman (IND,861) l (5) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO,299) 36 36
[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND,634) l Viktoriya Tumova (BUL,599) 26 36
[R1] (Q) Arantxa Andrady (IND,UNR) l Anja Prislan (SLO,520) 06 16
[R1] (Q) Nikita Deshmukh (IND,UNR) l (2) Channel Simmonds (RSA,177) 06 06
[R2] Kyra Shroff (IND,540) vs (6) Cristina Dinu (ROU,319)
Doubles
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Sofia Dmitrieva (RUS) bt Osariemen Airhunmwunde (NGR)/ Rita Obasigie (NGR) 61 61
[R1] Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Nour Azzouz (EGY)/ Ushna Suhail (PAK) 64 60
[R1] Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) l (2) Cristina Dinu (ROU)/ Tadeja Majeric (SLO) 62 57 3-10
[QF] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Sofia Dmitrieva (RUS) vs (1) Conny Perrin (SUI)/ Chanel Simmonds (RSA)
[QF] Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs (3) Jia Xiang LU (CHN)/ Jia-Jing LU (CHN)
Expected easy win for Kyra, who won without losing a single game ... In doubles Rishika and her Israeli partner Ester started with easy win ... Next they r facing 3rd seed Chinese pair.
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At $15K India F13 Futures, Mumbai
[R1] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,272) bt Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,823) 64 57 63
[R1] Mate PAVIC (CRO,463) bt (Q) Rakshay THAKKAR (IND,1358) 36 62 62
[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,907) bt (Q) Sebastian OFNER (AUT,UNR) 60 64
[R1] (8) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,446) bt Reid CARLETON (USA,511) 4-1 Retd.
[R1] (4) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,372) bt N Vijay Sunder PRASHANTH (IND,534) 62 67(2) 62
[R1] (Q) Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE,1880) bt Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE,941) 61 64
[R1] Nicolas REISSIG (AUT,505) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1122) 63 63
[R1] (5) Saketh MYNENI (IND,387) bt (Q) Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND,1917) 62 61
[R1] (7) Vijayant MALIK (IND,421) bt (Q) William KENDALL (USA,UNR) 64 75
[R1] (WC) Purav RAJA (IND,1272) bt (Q) Jatin DAHIYA(IND,1668) 61 60
[R1] James MARSALEK (GBR,572) bt (Q) Lakshit SOOD (IND,1900) 61 62
[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,321) bt Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1044) 75 64
[R1] (6) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,400) bt (WC) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1178) 62 63
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1082) bt (Q) Peng Chih HSUEH (TPE,UNR) 63 62
[R1] (WC) Arjun KADHE (IND,1404) bt (WC) Kunal ANAND (IND,1267) 63 60
[R1] (2) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,303) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND,926) 63 61
Doubles
[R1] (1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt (WC) Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND) 60 64
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Rakshay THAKKAR (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 63 62
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 62 67(4) 10-8
[R1] (WC) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 62 75
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 75 64
[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE)/ James MARSALEK (GBR) 61 75
[R1] Mate PAVIC (CRO)/ Nicolas REISSIG (AUT) bt (wC) Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) 62 63
[R1] (2) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)/ Christopher RUNGKAT (INA) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND)
Impressive start for young Arjun Kadhe in the singles and doubles ... Bala won tricky match against Ramkumar ... Other hand expected easy win for Jeevan.
At Asia/Oceania Zone Group I - Davis Cup 2013,
Draw is out for Asia/Oceania Zone Group I and we r 4th seeded ... In the first round India is facing South Korea ... Luckily this time we r having all home matches to qualify to the World Group Playoffs ... If we win against Korea from February 1-3, 2013 then we mostly face Japan (or Indonesia) from April 5-7, 2013.
AITA announced to hold the tie in New Delhi at the R K Khanna Tennis Stadium from February 1 to 3.
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At €1.9M Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland
[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (ALT) Robin Haase (NED)/ Dick Norman (BEL) 57 62 12-14
Another shocking loss for Rohan and Mahesh against alternate pairing of Haase and Norman ... After losing the first set Rohan and Mahesh made strong comeback winning the second set easily ... In match tie-break they failed to keep momentum and lost in extra points.
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At $100K+H Seoul Challenger, South Korea
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,181) bt (3) Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,119) 64 76(5)
[R1] (Q) Divij Sharan (IND,1310) l (6) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,135) 26 75 46
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,181) vs (WC) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,612)
Yuki scored big win against Dima, who was in great form after winning back to back challengers in Turkey last month and reaching QF at Tokyo ATP this month.
In the first set Yuki faced 6 break points on his serve but he saved 5 but he broke Dima's serve twice from 4 break points to win this set ... In the second set Yuki didn't face a single break point but he failed to convert 5 break points on Dima's serve ... In tie-break Dima double faulted to give Yuki min-break, 5-3 ... While serving for the match Yuki double faulted at 6-4 but Yuki again take mini-break on Dima's serve converting 2nd match point ... Next Yuki is facing Korean wild-card youngster, who scored easy upset win against Alexander Kudryavtsev.
Divij started with breaking Sugita in 2nd game to lead 2-0 but after that Sugita won next 6 games to win the set breaking Divij thrice ... In the second set Divij saved 7 break points and converted only break point in 12th game to win this set ... In the final set Sugita take crucial break in 7th game and kept that advantage to win this match.
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At $25K Lagos Women's ITF Tournament, Nigeria
[R1] Kyra Shroff (IND,540) bt (Q) Chinenye Ndidi Izuogo (NGR,UNR) 60 60
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND,675) l (7) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,346) 26 67(4)
[R1] Shivika Burman (IND,861) l (5) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO,299) 36 36
[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND,634) l Viktoriya Tumova (BUL,599) 26 36
[R1] (Q) Arantxa Andrady (IND,UNR) l Anja Prislan (SLO,520) 06 16
[R1] (Q) Nikita Deshmukh (IND,UNR) l (2) Channel Simmonds (RSA,177) 06 06
[R2] Kyra Shroff (IND,540) vs (6) Cristina Dinu (ROU,319)
Doubles
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Sofia Dmitrieva (RUS) bt Osariemen Airhunmwunde (NGR)/ Rita Obasigie (NGR) 61 61
[R1] Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Nour Azzouz (EGY)/ Ushna Suhail (PAK) 64 60
[R1] Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) l (2) Cristina Dinu (ROU)/ Tadeja Majeric (SLO) 62 57 3-10
[QF] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Sofia Dmitrieva (RUS) vs (1) Conny Perrin (SUI)/ Chanel Simmonds (RSA)
[QF] Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs (3) Jia Xiang LU (CHN)/ Jia-Jing LU (CHN)
Expected easy win for Kyra, who won without losing a single game ... In doubles Rishika and her Israeli partner Ester started with easy win ... Next they r facing 3rd seed Chinese pair.
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At $15K India F13 Futures, Mumbai
[R1] (1) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,272) bt Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,823) 64 57 63
[R1] Mate PAVIC (CRO,463) bt (Q) Rakshay THAKKAR (IND,1358) 36 62 62
[R1] Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,907) bt (Q) Sebastian OFNER (AUT,UNR) 60 64
[R1] (8) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,446) bt Reid CARLETON (USA,511) 4-1 Retd.
[R1] (4) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,372) bt N Vijay Sunder PRASHANTH (IND,534) 62 67(2) 62
[R1] (Q) Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE,1880) bt Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE,941) 61 64
[R1] Nicolas REISSIG (AUT,505) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1122) 63 63
[R1] (5) Saketh MYNENI (IND,387) bt (Q) Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND,1917) 62 61
[R1] (7) Vijayant MALIK (IND,421) bt (Q) William KENDALL (USA,UNR) 64 75
[R1] (WC) Purav RAJA (IND,1272) bt (Q) Jatin DAHIYA(IND,1668) 61 60
[R1] James MARSALEK (GBR,572) bt (Q) Lakshit SOOD (IND,1900) 61 62
[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,321) bt Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1044) 75 64
[R1] (6) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,400) bt (WC) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1178) 62 63
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1082) bt (Q) Peng Chih HSUEH (TPE,UNR) 63 62
[R1] (WC) Arjun KADHE (IND,1404) bt (WC) Kunal ANAND (IND,1267) 63 60
[R1] (2) Christopher RUNGKAT (INA,303) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND,926) 63 61
Doubles
[R1] (1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Purav RAJA (IND) bt (WC) Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND) 60 64
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Rakshay THAKKAR (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 63 62
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 62 67(4) 10-8
[R1] (WC) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Sunil-Kumar SIPAEYA (IND) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 62 75
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 75 64
[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE)/ James MARSALEK (GBR) 61 75
[R1] Mate PAVIC (CRO)/ Nicolas REISSIG (AUT) bt (wC) Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) 62 63
[R1] (2) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE)/ Christopher RUNGKAT (INA) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ Vivek SHOKEEN (IND)
Impressive start for young Arjun Kadhe in the singles and doubles ... Bala won tricky match against Ramkumar ... Other hand expected easy win for Jeevan.
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