Saturday, October 13, 2012

Tennis News
At $3.5M Shanghai Masters, China

[SF] (4) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Marin Cilic (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 60 62
[SF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR) 67(4) 63 10-8

Lee-Radek and Mahesh-Rohan scored contrasting win to enter in the final of Shanghai Masters ... First time 3 Indians r playing in the Masters doubles final.

Lee and Radek scored dominating win over Cilic and Melo in 58 minutes ... They won the first set without losing a single game ... In the second set also Lee and Radek broke opponent's serve thrice but lost their serve once.

In other semi-final Mahesh and Rohan had a perfect day with their serve as they didn't face a single break point ... Still Mahesh and Rohan needed comeback after losing the first set in tie-break ... The second set they won with a single break and then won close match tie-break for the victory in 1 hour 36 minutes.

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