Tennis News
At 4.8M China Open, Beijing
Doubles Final
(5) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 57 57
In the first set both pairs traded 5 breaks but crucial break taken by Makarova and Vesnina in 12th game to win this set ... Same story repeated in the second set ... Again both pairs traded 5 breaks and crucial break taken by Makarova and Vesnina in 12th game to win the match.
Still this was a good result for Sania considering her last few months performance on WTA tour.
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At $1.2M Japan Open, Tokyo
[SF] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 63 61
[SF] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
Lee and Radek scored very comfortable win over unseeded Bracciali and Cermak losing only 4 games ... In the final they r facing 4th seed Peya and Soares.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,533) l (1) Oleksandr Nedovyesov (UKR,227) 46 67(3)
[Q1] Vijayant Malik (IND,428) l Alexander Bury (BLR,642) 36 26
[Q1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,267) bt (WC) Sardor Rakhimov (UZB,UNR) 64 62
[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,1312) l Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA,1260) 62 67(6) 36
[Q1] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,355) bt (WC) Pavel Tsoy (UZB,UNR) 62 62
[Q2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,267) vs Germain Gigounon (BEL,435)
[Q2] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,355) vs Aleksandre Metreveli (GRO,929)
Only Vishnu and Sanam managed win against local wild-card players ... After losing the first set Somi was up 3-0 in the second set ... After that he had 2 set points on his serve (40-15) at 5-3 but he lost 4 points in a row to lose the game and then lost match in tie-break.
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At $100K Tiburon Challenger, USA
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,919) bt Jason Jung (USA,593) 63 64
[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,1277) l (7) Ante Pavic (CRO,420) 36 76(3) 26
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,919) vs (2) Taro Daniel (JPN,336)
Expected win for Prakash against 600 around American in straight sets ... Next he is facing 2nd seed top-325 type Japanese player Taro Daniel.
Purav gave fighting performance against 7th ranked Croatian ... He fought back after losing the first set to win the second set in tie-break but Pavic proved strong for him in the decider.
At 4.8M China Open, Beijing
Doubles Final
(5) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 57 57
In the first set both pairs traded 5 breaks but crucial break taken by Makarova and Vesnina in 12th game to win this set ... Same story repeated in the second set ... Again both pairs traded 5 breaks and crucial break taken by Makarova and Vesnina in 12th game to win the match.
Still this was a good result for Sania considering her last few months performance on WTA tour.
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At $1.2M Japan Open, Tokyo
[SF] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 63 61
[SF] (1) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
Lee and Radek scored very comfortable win over unseeded Bracciali and Cermak losing only 4 games ... In the final they r facing 4th seed Peya and Soares.
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At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,533) l (1) Oleksandr Nedovyesov (UKR,227) 46 67(3)
[Q1] Vijayant Malik (IND,428) l Alexander Bury (BLR,642) 36 26
[Q1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,267) bt (WC) Sardor Rakhimov (UZB,UNR) 64 62
[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,1312) l Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA,1260) 62 67(6) 36
[Q1] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,355) bt (WC) Pavel Tsoy (UZB,UNR) 62 62
[Q2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,267) vs Germain Gigounon (BEL,435)
[Q2] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,355) vs Aleksandre Metreveli (GRO,929)
Only Vishnu and Sanam managed win against local wild-card players ... After losing the first set Somi was up 3-0 in the second set ... After that he had 2 set points on his serve (40-15) at 5-3 but he lost 4 points in a row to lose the game and then lost match in tie-break.
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At $100K Tiburon Challenger, USA
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,919) bt Jason Jung (USA,593) 63 64
[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,1277) l (7) Ante Pavic (CRO,420) 36 76(3) 26
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,919) vs (2) Taro Daniel (JPN,336)
Expected win for Prakash against 600 around American in straight sets ... Next he is facing 2nd seed top-325 type Japanese player Taro Daniel.
Purav gave fighting performance against 7th ranked Croatian ... He fought back after losing the first set to win the second set in tie-break but Pavic proved strong for him in the decider.
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