Monday, May 06, 2013

Tennis News
At €3.36M Madrid Masters, Spain (red clay)

[R1] (8) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bye

This week at Madrid our both pairs r seeded ... Lee and Jurgen r in top draw with top-seed Bryans ... Mahesh and Rohan r in bottom draw and may face 4th seed Aisam and Rojer in the quarters.

Lee and Jurgen can face Radek Stepanek and Tommy Haas in the second round if Radek and Tommy wins their first round match against big serving pair of Raonic and Dimitrov.

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At €4M Madrid Open, Spian (WTA Premier)

[R1] (5) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)

WTA Premier tournament is also going on ... Bethanie and Sania r 6th seeded but facing really tricky mach on the clay against experienced Hantuchova and Medina Garrigues.
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At $125K Kunming Challenger, China,

(3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)

This week they r participating in another big $125K challenger at Kunming ... Facing Taipei pair in the first round.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,404) vs (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,187)
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) vs Antoine Benneteau (FRA,375)

Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Nigmat Shofayziyev (UZB)

Vishnu having tough first round against 3rd seed Russian Kravchuk but Ka$h is facing similar ranked French opponent ... Easy winning start for Ka$h and Vishnu against local wild-card pair.

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