Tennis News
At €3.36M Madrid Masters, Spain (red clay)
[R2] (8) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Tommy Haas (GER)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) 57 16
[R2] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (ALT) Juan Monaco (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 63 36 10-5
[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Rohan and Mahesh needed match tie-break for a win against Argentine pair ... Next they r facing French-Polish pair, who scored upset win over 4th seed Aisam and Rojer in the second round.
But Lee and Jurgen lost against Lee's previous partner Radek and Tommy Haas in straight sets.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) bt Denis Matsukevitch (RUS,607) 76(6) 63
[SF] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) vs (7) Albot Radu (MDA,246)
In the first set both players exchanged early break but after that both hold their respective service games to take the set in tie-break ... In tight tie-break Denis saved a set point at 5-6 on his serve but Ka$h take mini-break on his next serve to take 7-6 lead ... Ka$h won next point on his serve for winning the first set ... In the second set Ka$h take early break and kept that lead till the end for straight sets win ... Next he is facing 7th seed Albot Radu for place in the final.
Now also stakes r high for next 2 matches as Wimbledon qualifying entry depend on these two victories ... Go Ka$h.
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At $15K India F5 Futures, Rohtak
Singles Quarter Finals
(5) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) 62 64
(4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (6) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) 61 46 63
(3) Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 63 60
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (Q) Anvit BENDRE (IND) 61 60
Doubles Semi Finals
(1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 64 62
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 36 61 10-5
Only upset was Balaji's loss against Vijayant but considering Balaji's recent poor form I would not call it upset.
At €3.36M Madrid Masters, Spain (red clay)
[R2] (8) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Tommy Haas (GER)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) 57 16
[R2] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (ALT) Juan Monaco (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 63 36 10-5
[QF] (6) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Rohan and Mahesh needed match tie-break for a win against Argentine pair ... Next they r facing French-Polish pair, who scored upset win over 4th seed Aisam and Rojer in the second round.
But Lee and Jurgen lost against Lee's previous partner Radek and Tommy Haas in straight sets.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) bt Denis Matsukevitch (RUS,607) 76(6) 63
[SF] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) vs (7) Albot Radu (MDA,246)
In the first set both players exchanged early break but after that both hold their respective service games to take the set in tie-break ... In tight tie-break Denis saved a set point at 5-6 on his serve but Ka$h take mini-break on his next serve to take 7-6 lead ... Ka$h won next point on his serve for winning the first set ... In the second set Ka$h take early break and kept that lead till the end for straight sets win ... Next he is facing 7th seed Albot Radu for place in the final.
Now also stakes r high for next 2 matches as Wimbledon qualifying entry depend on these two victories ... Go Ka$h.
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At $15K India F5 Futures, Rohtak
Singles Quarter Finals
(5) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) 62 64
(4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (6) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) 61 46 63
(3) Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 63 60
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (Q) Anvit BENDRE (IND) 61 60
Doubles Semi Finals
(1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 64 62
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 36 61 10-5
Only upset was Balaji's loss against Vijayant but considering Balaji's recent poor form I would not call it upset.
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