Tennis News
At Australian open 2013, Melbourne
[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,237) l Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,263) 36 64 46
Terrible start of 2013 for Yuki ... He lost against lower ranked Italian in the first round qualifying ... Yuki struggled with his services in this match, Fabbiano had many break point opportunities ... In the first set both players hold their respective service games till seventh game but Fabbiano take crucial break in 8th game and then hold his serve to win this set ... In the second set Yuki broke Fabbiano's serve in 6th game and take 4-2 lead but Yuki failed to win this set when he was serving for the set ... Fabbiano broke Yuki's serve when he was 3-5 down but this time Yuki immediately broke him in 1oth game and won the second set ... In the decider also Yuki struggled with his service games ... Fabbiano take crucial and only break of the set in 5th game ... After that Fabbiano hold comfortably his service games for upset win in 2 hours.
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At $690K Apia International Sydney, Australia
[QF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) l Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 26 57
In the first set Petrova and Srebotnik broke Huber and Sania in 1st and 3rd games to take 4-0 lead ... That double break advantage was enough for winning the first set for Petrova and Srebotnik ... In the second set again Petrova and Srebotnik take first break in 7th game to lead 4-3 ... This time Sani and Huber broke immediately in next game to make it 4-all ... But Petrova and Srebotnik take crucial break in 11th game and then hold their serve for the victory.
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At $436K Apia International Sydney, Australia
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) bt (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 36 76(2) 10-8
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) w/o (Radek injury)
[QF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) vs (4) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
Lee and Radek gave walkover to their Spanish opponent as Radek sustained back injury in the singles.
Terrible start for Nestor and Mahesh ... They lost the first set against local wild-card pair ... In the second set Mahesh and Nestor had a set point in 10th game which they failed to convert ... But in tie-break Nestor and Mahesh dominated to win it comfortably ... Nestor and Mahesh used their experience in match tie-break and scored tight win over local pair .. Next they r facing 4th seed Mirnyi and Tecau.
At Australian open 2013, Melbourne
[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,237) l Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,263) 36 64 46
Terrible start of 2013 for Yuki ... He lost against lower ranked Italian in the first round qualifying ... Yuki struggled with his services in this match, Fabbiano had many break point opportunities ... In the first set both players hold their respective service games till seventh game but Fabbiano take crucial break in 8th game and then hold his serve to win this set ... In the second set Yuki broke Fabbiano's serve in 6th game and take 4-2 lead but Yuki failed to win this set when he was serving for the set ... Fabbiano broke Yuki's serve when he was 3-5 down but this time Yuki immediately broke him in 1oth game and won the second set ... In the decider also Yuki struggled with his service games ... Fabbiano take crucial and only break of the set in 5th game ... After that Fabbiano hold comfortably his service games for upset win in 2 hours.
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At $690K Apia International Sydney, Australia
[QF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) l Nadia Petrova (RUS)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 26 57
In the first set Petrova and Srebotnik broke Huber and Sania in 1st and 3rd games to take 4-0 lead ... That double break advantage was enough for winning the first set for Petrova and Srebotnik ... In the second set again Petrova and Srebotnik take first break in 7th game to lead 4-3 ... This time Sani and Huber broke immediately in next game to make it 4-all ... But Petrova and Srebotnik take crucial break in 11th game and then hold their serve for the victory.
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At $436K Apia International Sydney, Australia
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) bt (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 36 76(2) 10-8
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) w/o (Radek injury)
[QF] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) vs (4) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
Lee and Radek gave walkover to their Spanish opponent as Radek sustained back injury in the singles.
Terrible start for Nestor and Mahesh ... They lost the first set against local wild-card pair ... In the second set Mahesh and Nestor had a set point in 10th game which they failed to convert ... But in tie-break Nestor and Mahesh dominated to win it comfortably ... Nestor and Mahesh used their experience in match tie-break and scored tight win over local pair .. Next they r facing 4th seed Mirnyi and Tecau.
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