Thursday, February 21, 2013

Tennis News
At €598,535 Open 13, Marseille, France

[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Colin Fleming (GBR) bt James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 63 67(2) 10-7

[SF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Colin Fleming (GBR) vs (3) Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)

Rohan and Colin won the first set comfortably ... In the second our pair had couple of break points in the 1st game but failed to convert ... After that both pairs hold their serves comfortably to take the set in tie-break but Rohan and Colin lost tie-break easily ... Rohan and Colin were down with mini-break at 5-7 but after that they won next 5 points winning 2 points on opponent's serve ... Good victory, next they r facing 3rd seed Julian Knowle and Filip Polasek.
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At $2M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, UAE

[QF] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE) 64 64

[SF] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Cara Black (ZIM)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

Again straight sets win for Sania and Bethanie in the quarters and with this win they qualify for the semis Next they r facing experienced Cara Black and her partner Anastasia Rodionova.
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At $25K Women's ITF Tournament, Muzzafarnagar, India

[R2] Rishika Sunkara (IND,545) l (8) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA,356) 46 46
[R2] (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,742) l (3) Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL,275) 76(5) 26 36
[R2] (Q) Prerna Bhambri (IND,639) bt (6) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO,321) 57 61 63

[QF] (Q) Prerna Bhambri (IND,639) vs (2) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA,264)

Terrific comeback win by Prerna against top-325 Jakupovic ... Simply impressive stuff and definitely first-time she is in the quarters of $25K tournament ... Next she is facing 2nd seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn.

In other matches Nidhi started well after winning the first set against top-275 Bulgarian player Aleksandrina Naydenova but failed to keep momentum.

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