Friday, April 19, 2013

Tennis News
At € 2.65M Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monaco


[QF] Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 64 36 5-10

In the first set Lee and Jurgen broke Bryans twice and lost their service game once ... Crucial break came in 9th game and then our pair hold for winning the set ... Bryans won the second break with single service break in 4th game ... Bryans dominated match tie-break ... Lee and Melzer struggled with their 1st serve percentage in 2nd set, only 42% after solid 75% in the first set and Bryans take full advantage of it.
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At $100K Sarasota Open, USA

[R2] (ALT) Somdev Devvarman (IND,205) bt (Q) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB,332) 64 64

[QF] (ALT) Somdev Devvarman (IND,205) vs Mischa Zverev (GER,152)

Doubles
[QF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)/ Cedrik-MarcelStebe (GER) 63 64

[SF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) vs (3) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Simon Stadler (GER)

Somdev take first break in 3rd game to lead 3-1 but Bozo broke back in 6th game to make it 3-all ... After missing few opportunities Somi take crucial break in 9th game and after that hold to won the first set ... In the second set Somi take crucial break in 3rd game and kept that one break advantage for completing the win in straight sets ... Next he is facing German Mischa Zverev.

In the doubles Buji and Bozo scored comfortable win ... In end easy straights sets win in the singles and the doubles for Buji ... In the doubles they r facing 3rd seed Monroe and Stadler in the semis.

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At Asia/Oceania final qualifying for World Junior Tennis 14/u- Girls, Kuching, Malaysia

[SF] (3) India l (1) Australia 0-3

Pranjala YADLAPALLI l Seone MENDEZ 57 46
Mihika YADAV l Aiava DESTANEE 36 16
Sruta Kirti GUNUGANTI/ Pranjala YADLAPALLI l Jaimee FOURLIS/ Seone MENDEZ 36 36

Australian side defeated Indian girls in the semis ... In the first match Pranjala lost against Aussie #2 Seone Mendez ... Pranjala gave fighting performance in 1 hour 45 minutes match ... Aussie #1 Aiava Destanee proved too strong for Mihika Yadav ... So Indian girls play Thai girls for 3rd position
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At $35K+H Mexico City challenger, Mexico

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 26 64 1-10

Failed to overcome challenge of 2nd seed ... After losing the first set Purav and Divij won the second but Cerretani and Shamasdin proved too strong in match tie-break ... So with that Mexican challenger series is over for our pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Chennai

[SF] (1) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (7) Barbara BONIC (SRB) 62 76(3)
[SF] (6) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Angelique SVINOS (AUS) 62 62

Excellent win by Ankita and Natasha over foreign players ... They r in well deserving title match.

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