Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tennis News
At $4.2M Miami Masters, USA

[R1] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,254) bt Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,78) 46 76(5) 62

[R2] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,254) vs (30) Feliciano Lopez (ESP,34)

Doubles
[R1] (7) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Eva Birnerova (CZE)/ Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
[R1] (7) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Christopher Kas (GER)/ Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) vs Richard Gasquet (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Paul Hanley (AUS)

In the first set Somi was struggling with his 1st serve and Donskoy take advantage of it ... Donskoy converted 7th break point and won the first set with a single break advantage ... In the second set also Donskoy broke Somi is 1st game and take 2-0 lead ... From 1-3 down Somi fought back he broke Donskoy in 6th game to brought set on the serve 4-3 ... Somi missed couple of break points in next game before taking the set in tie-break ... In the tie-break both players had multiple mini-breaks before Somi converted 1st set point on 6-5 ... After winning the second set Somi started to dominate the game ... Somi's 1st serve percentage raised to 75% and with his returning game he was troubling Donskoy ... In first 2 service games both players saved break points ... Somi broke Donskoy in 3rd game to take 2-1 lead ... Then again Somi broke him in 7th game and hold his serve for superb comeback victory ... Next he is facing Spanish Feliciano Lopez.

Doubles draw is out ... Leander is playing with Llodra and they r in top draw ... Mahesh and Rohan r in bottom draw with their respective partners.

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At $15K USA F8 Futures, Costa Mesa

[R1] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,409) bt (PR) Eduardo Peralta-Tello (MEX,922) 75 63
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,433) l Marek Michlicka (CZE,382) 46 26

[R2] (7) Sanam Singh (IND,409) vs (Q) Nicolas Meister (USA,537)

Sanam continues with his good form ... Next he is facing American qualifier ... Other hand Saketh struggled in US futures continue.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Hyderabad

Singles Second Round
(1) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) 4-2 Retd.
Napatsakorn SANKAEW (THA) bt (5) Ho Ching WU (HKG) 64 63
(3) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt Eetee MAHETA (IND) 62 64
(6) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Trisha SUNDARAM (USA) 60 61
Natasha PALHA (IND) bt (7) Varunya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) 64 76(8)
(4) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) bt Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) 62 64
Barbara LUZ (POR) bt (8) Michaela FRLICKA (GER) 64 62
(2) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt Sharmada BALU (IND) 64 63

Excellent upset win by Natasha over seeded Thai girl ... Prerna is having tough quarter-final against last week's winner Luz.

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