Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Tennis News
At €1.57M ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 67(2) 36

In the first set our pair saved 7 break points and wasted 2 break points on Spanish pair's serve ... But Spanish pair proved strong in tie-break ... In the second set our pair had several break points, they wasted 8 break points ... In 5th game they had 4 break points at 0-40 but they wasted and immediately Spanish pair converted break point in 6th game to take 4-2 lead ... That one break was enough for Spanish pair for clinching the set and match in 80 minutes.
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At Qatar Total Open, Doha

[R1] (8) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) 46 26

Sania and Bethanie failed to cross first hurdle and lost in the straight sets against experienced tricky pair of Raymond and Stosur ... They were 0-4 down in the second after losing the first set so no chance of fight back.
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At $15K Australia F1 Futures, Melbourne

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l (4) Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)/ Luca Vanni (ITA) 67(4) 26

I proved wrong ... Sanam and Divij lost in straight sets against Italian pair.

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