Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Tennis News
At Australian Open 2013, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (5) Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) bt Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 36 62 10-5
[R2] (2) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Matthew Ebden (AUS) 36 26

[QF] (5) Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Matthew Ebden (AUS)

Superb comeback victory by Mahesh and Nadia against tricky opponents ... In the first set Mahesh and Nadia were double break down 0-5 ... They won next 3 games breaking Srebotnik's serve but Zimo hold his serve for winning the first set ... In the second set Mahesh and Nadia broke Srebotnik's serve in 4th game and take 4-1 lead and again they broke Srebotnik in 8th game to win this set comfortably ... In match tie-break both pairs exchanged early mini-breaks but from 3-all Nadia and Mahesh take control ... They won 7 points from next 9 points and won this match.

Lee and Elena struggled with local wild-card pair and lost in 57 minutes ... After exchanging breaks early Australian take crucial break in 8th game and then hold their serve to win the first set ... In the second set also Aussie pair take early break and then they broke again in 7th game to lead 5-2 ... After that Aussie pair comfortably hold their serve for dominating win over 2nd seed ... Next they r facing Mahesh and Nadia in the quarters.

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