Friday, November 09, 2012

Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles - Group B
(6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (2) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 76(5) 67(5) 10-5

Mahesh and Rohan scored important win in 1 hour 55 minutes against 2nd seed Nestor and Mirnyi to qualify for the semis ... They will mostly face Lee and Radek for the place in the final.

Both pair failed to break opponent's serve though our pair saved 7 break points ... Both pairs traded tie-breaks on similar score but in match tie-break our pair proved strong for Nestor and Mirnyi.

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At $50K Loughborough Challenger, Great Britain

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Josh Goodall (GBR)/ Jamie Murray (GBR) 76(3) 26 12-10

[F] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN)

Divij and Purav scored close win over unseeded British pair, who upset top-seed in the quarters ... In the first set they were 0-3 down before they fought back to win it in the tie-break ... In the second set our pair lost momentum which British pair won it comfortably ... In closely fought match tie-break our pair kept their focus to win it in extra points but they needed 3rd match point ... Our pair was up 9-7 then they saved a match point at 9-10 ... In the final they r facing 3rd seed Canadian-American pair.

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