Tennis News
At $3.5M Shanghai Masters, China
(4) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) 67(7) 63 10-5
Lee and Radek returned well and won 50% points on Mahesh and Rohan's 2nd serve which helped them to capture their 3rd title of the season and Lee's 51st ATP tour doubles title ... Leander kept his perfect record against Mahesh in the final, 3-0 ... This was his 3rd win over Mahesh, interestingly all with Czech partners ... Last 2 titles he won against Mahesh with Lukas Dlouhy at 2009 US Open and 2010 Miami Masters.
Here in the first set both pairs traded single break but Rohan and Mahesh played important points well to win tight tie-break ... In the second set Lee and Radek saved 2 break points and converted 1 from 4 break point to win this set from 3-all ... In the match tie-break Lee and Radek take early control and won it rather comfortably.
Leander Paes - "Today was a bit more of a personal match for us three Indians. Radek came in and he made it fun for me. He relaxed, laughed, joked. Said, 'stay smooth, relaxed and have a hungry intensity'. I come up and make it fun for him and try and take over whenever I can."
"We've had a great year. It started off with a big bang. To do well early in a partnership is something that can happen. But to continue playing well right through the whole year shows the quality of tennis that we play."
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At €550K Erste Bank Open, Vienna, Austria
[R1] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,534) vs (WC) Ernests Gulbis (LAT,155)
Surprised to see Sommy's entry in Stockholm open ... He is playing with injury protected ranking ... His opponent Gulbis is talented player but erratic player ... Hopefully Somi makes sure that Gulbis need to play more balls.
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At $740K Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[R1] (3) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Darya Kustova (BLR)/ Olga Savchuk (UKR)
In her last WTA tournament of the year Sania is again playing with Nuria ... They r facing Darya Kustova and Olga Savchuk in the first round.
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At $100K Tiburon Challenger, USA
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) l Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 46 63 10-8
After losing the first set Prkash and Groth fought back to win the second ... In match tie-break Prkash and Groth were leading 5-2 but then they lost the grip over it ... Though they saved a match point but failed to save 2nd match point.
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At $25K Women's ITF Tournament, Nigeria
[R1] Kyra SHROFF (IND,536) vs (WC) Zarah RAZAFIMAHATRATRA (MAD,UNR)
[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,631) vs Maria SAKKARI (GRE,582)
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,681) vs (5) Christina DINU (ROU,301)
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND,861) vs Jia Xiang LU (CHN,613)
[R1] (Q) Nikita DESHMUKH (IND,UNR) vs (3) Conny PERRIN (SUI,295)
[R1] (Q) Arantxa ANDRADY (IND,UNR) vs (Q) Ester MASURI (ISR,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) vs Sofia Dmitrieva (RUS)/ Alexandra Riley (USA)
[R1] Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs Shivika Burman (IND)/ Nour Azzouz (EGY)
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Ushna Suhail (PAK) vs (3) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Jia Xiang Lu (CHN)
Big Indian contingent for Nigerian ITF tournament.
At $3.5M Shanghai Masters, China
Lee and Radek returned well and won 50% points on Mahesh and Rohan's 2nd serve which helped them to capture their 3rd title of the season and Lee's 51st ATP tour doubles title ... Leander kept his perfect record against Mahesh in the final, 3-0 ... This was his 3rd win over Mahesh, interestingly all with Czech partners ... Last 2 titles he won against Mahesh with Lukas Dlouhy at 2009 US Open and 2010 Miami Masters.
Here in the first set both pairs traded single break but Rohan and Mahesh played important points well to win tight tie-break ... In the second set Lee and Radek saved 2 break points and converted 1 from 4 break point to win this set from 3-all ... In the match tie-break Lee and Radek take early control and won it rather comfortably.
Leander Paes - "Today was a bit more of a personal match for us three Indians. Radek came in and he made it fun for me. He relaxed, laughed, joked. Said, 'stay smooth, relaxed and have a hungry intensity'. I come up and make it fun for him and try and take over whenever I can."
"We've had a great year. It started off with a big bang. To do well early in a partnership is something that can happen. But to continue playing well right through the whole year shows the quality of tennis that we play."
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At €550K Erste Bank Open, Vienna, Austria
[R1] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,534) vs (WC) Ernests Gulbis (LAT,155)
Surprised to see Sommy's entry in Stockholm open ... He is playing with injury protected ranking ... His opponent Gulbis is talented player but erratic player ... Hopefully Somi makes sure that Gulbis need to play more balls.
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At $740K Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia
[R1] (3) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Darya Kustova (BLR)/ Olga Savchuk (UKR)
In her last WTA tournament of the year Sania is again playing with Nuria ... They r facing Darya Kustova and Olga Savchuk in the first round.
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At $100K Tiburon Challenger, USA
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) l Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 46 63 10-8
After losing the first set Prkash and Groth fought back to win the second ... In match tie-break Prkash and Groth were leading 5-2 but then they lost the grip over it ... Though they saved a match point but failed to save 2nd match point.
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At $25K Women's ITF Tournament, Nigeria
[R1] Kyra SHROFF (IND,536) vs (WC) Zarah RAZAFIMAHATRATRA (MAD,UNR)
[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,631) vs Maria SAKKARI (GRE,582)
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,681) vs (5) Christina DINU (ROU,301)
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND,861) vs Jia Xiang LU (CHN,613)
[R1] (Q) Nikita DESHMUKH (IND,UNR) vs (3) Conny PERRIN (SUI,295)
[R1] (Q) Arantxa ANDRADY (IND,UNR) vs (Q) Ester MASURI (ISR,UNR)
Doubles
[R1] Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Kyra Shroff (IND) vs Sofia Dmitrieva (RUS)/ Alexandra Riley (USA)
[R1] Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs Shivika Burman (IND)/ Nour Azzouz (EGY)
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND)/ Ushna Suhail (PAK) vs (3) Jia-Jing Lu (CHN)/ Jia Xiang Lu (CHN)
Big Indian contingent for Nigerian ITF tournament.
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