Saturday, March 09, 2013

Tennis News
At $5.03M Indian Wells Masters, USA

[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) l Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Milos Raonic (CAN) 46 67(4)

Mahesh and Daniel lost against Lopez and Raonic in straight sets ... In the first set with a single break Lopez and Raonic won the first set ... In the second set both pair had break point chances but failed to convert but again Lopez and Raonic proved strong in tie-break.
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At $35K Kyoto Challenger, Japan


Doubles Final
(1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 64 75

Divij and Purav lifted their first challenger title of the season ... In the final they defeated 2nd seed Aussie pair in straight sets ... In the first set our pair didn't face a single break point and they converted one from three chances ... In the second set Aussie pair early break to lead 3-0 but after that our pair fought back ... They broke back to make it 4-all and then take crucial break in 11th game and then hold their serve comfortably for this title victory in an hour.
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At $10K India F2 Futures, Madurai,

Singles Semi Finals
(1) Victor CRIVOI (ROU,236) bt Filippo LEONARDI (ITA,734) 61 62
(7) N. Vijay Sunder PRASHANTH (IND,563) bt (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,420) 64 4-5 Retd.

Doubles Final
(1) Caio SILVA (BRA)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Patrick CIORCILA (ROU)/ Victor CRIVOI (ROU) 64 26 11-9

Jeevan retired from the match hopefully due to tiredness and not any injury worry ... In the final Vijay Sunder is facing top-seed Romanian.

Ranjeet won the doubles title with his Brazilian partner in close match tie-break against Romanian pair.

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