Monday, March 25, 2013

Tennis News
At $4.2M Miami Masters, USA

[R3] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,254) l (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB,1) 26 46

Doubles
[R2] (7) Michael Llodra (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 67(6) 67(4)
[R2] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) l Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 36 36

Good performance by Somi against WR #1 with his own style of game ... In the first set Somi was struggled with unforced errors and lost his serve twice before losing the set ... In the second set Somi raised his game and played really well on his own service game ... He also managed to put pressure on Novak's second serve with his returns ... Somi faced only a single break point which Novak converted showing quality of top player ... But pathetic commentrators were on FOX sports who were making mockery of Somi ... Overall decent week for Somi with couple of wins in main-draw before facing Djoker.

Other hand Lee and Mahesh lost in the second round with their respective partners ... Lee and Llodra lost both sets in tie-break but Mahesh and Daniel failed to produce much fight against their opponents.

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At $100K+H Le Gosier Challenger, Guadeloupe

[Q1] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND,436) bt Adil Shamasoin (CAN,UNR) 75 60

[Q2] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND,436) vs (8) Gianni Mina (FRA,701)
Very weak qualifying draw ... Sanama and Yuki should play here with Prakash ... Expected easy win for Prakash.
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At $35K+H San Luis Potosi Challenger, Mexico

[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,1151) l (6) Christopher Diaz-Figueroa (GUA,499) 26 16

Happy to see Divij is taking advantage of 4 weeks of challengers in Mexico ... He lost easily in the singles qualifying but hoping better results in the doubles.

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