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At €598,535 Open 13, Marseille, France
[R2] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,354) l Bernard Tomic (AUS,46) 36 57
Tomic started positively breaking Somi in 1st game ... Somi needed to save 3 break points from 0-40 in 3rd game before holding the serve ... Somi missed 3 break points on Tomic's serve in 4th game ... Some broke back breaking Tomic's serve in 6th game, 3-all ... But after that Tomic blitzed through next three games breaking Somi twice and won the first set in 35 minutes ... In the second set both players were holding respective serves still 5th game ... Tomic broke Somi's serve in 6th game after converting 2nd break point to lead 4-2 ... In 9th game when Tomic was serving for the match at 5-3 Somi take break to bring set on the serves, 4-5 ... After that both players hold their respective service games but at 5-6 when Somi was serving for staying in the match Tomic take crucial break and won this match in 1 hour 13 minutes.
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At $2M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, UAE)
[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (5) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Liezel Huber (USA)
[QF] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE)
Happy to see Sania and Bethanie take advantage of lucky break as top-seed Vesnina-Makarova have withdrawn ... After straight sets win they r facing Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova in the quarters.
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At $25K Women's ITF Tournament, Muzzafarnagar, India
(1) Tadeja Majeric (SLO) bt (Q) Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) 62 61
(Q) Varunya Wongteanchai (THA) bt (Q) Eetee Maheta (IND) 62 64
Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Nicole Clerico (ITA) 63 63
(8) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA) bt (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 57 62 76(5)
(3) Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL) bt (WC) Resha Chandak (IND) 60 60
(Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) bt (WC) Sharmada Balu (IND) 75 60
Nicole Rottmann (AUT) bt (Q) Shweta Rana (IND) 63 60
(7) Veronika Kapshay (UKR) bt (WC) Ankita Raina (IND) 46 64 61
(5) Basak Eraydin (TUR) bt Melis Sezer (TUR) 64 63
Melanie Klaffner (AUT) bt Justyna Jegiolka (POL) 62 64
Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) bt (Q) Napatsakorn Sankaew (THA) 60 75
Tamara Curovic (SRB) bt (4) Sung-Hee Han (KOR) 61 64
(6) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) bt (WC) Grisha Arora (IND) 60 60
(Q) Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt Kyra Shroff (IND) 63 61
So-Ra Lee (KOR) bt Anna Shkudun (UKR) 46 75 75
(2) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)bt Keren Shlomo (ISR) 64 36 75
Really good win by Rishika against higher ranked Italian Clerico ... Prerna also scored upset win over Kyra ... Prarthana and Ankita gave fighting performance against their seeded opponents.
At €598,535 Open 13, Marseille, France
[R2] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,354) l Bernard Tomic (AUS,46) 36 57
Tomic started positively breaking Somi in 1st game ... Somi needed to save 3 break points from 0-40 in 3rd game before holding the serve ... Somi missed 3 break points on Tomic's serve in 4th game ... Some broke back breaking Tomic's serve in 6th game, 3-all ... But after that Tomic blitzed through next three games breaking Somi twice and won the first set in 35 minutes ... In the second set both players were holding respective serves still 5th game ... Tomic broke Somi's serve in 6th game after converting 2nd break point to lead 4-2 ... In 9th game when Tomic was serving for the match at 5-3 Somi take break to bring set on the serves, 4-5 ... After that both players hold their respective service games but at 5-6 when Somi was serving for staying in the match Tomic take crucial break and won this match in 1 hour 13 minutes.
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At $2M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, UAE)
[R1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (5) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Liezel Huber (USA)
[QF] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE)
Happy to see Sania and Bethanie take advantage of lucky break as top-seed Vesnina-Makarova have withdrawn ... After straight sets win they r facing Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova in the quarters.
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At $25K Women's ITF Tournament, Muzzafarnagar, India
(1) Tadeja Majeric (SLO) bt (Q) Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) 62 61
(Q) Varunya Wongteanchai (THA) bt (Q) Eetee Maheta (IND) 62 64
Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Nicole Clerico (ITA) 63 63
(8) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA) bt (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 57 62 76(5)
(3) Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL) bt (WC) Resha Chandak (IND) 60 60
(Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) bt (WC) Sharmada Balu (IND) 75 60
Nicole Rottmann (AUT) bt (Q) Shweta Rana (IND) 63 60
(7) Veronika Kapshay (UKR) bt (WC) Ankita Raina (IND) 46 64 61
(5) Basak Eraydin (TUR) bt Melis Sezer (TUR) 64 63
Melanie Klaffner (AUT) bt Justyna Jegiolka (POL) 62 64
Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) bt (Q) Napatsakorn Sankaew (THA) 60 75
Tamara Curovic (SRB) bt (4) Sung-Hee Han (KOR) 61 64
(6) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) bt (WC) Grisha Arora (IND) 60 60
(Q) Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt Kyra Shroff (IND) 63 61
So-Ra Lee (KOR) bt Anna Shkudun (UKR) 46 75 75
(2) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)bt Keren Shlomo (ISR) 64 36 75
Really good win by Rishika against higher ranked Italian Clerico ... Prerna also scored upset win over Kyra ... Prarthana and Ankita gave fighting performance against their seeded opponents.
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