Tennis News
At French Open 2013, Paris (red clay)
[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,188) l (2) Roger Federer (SUI,3) 26 16 16
As expected Roger came out all cylinders firing ... He broke Buji in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... After losing 8 points in a row Buji won his 1st point of the match on his serve in 3rd game ... Somi hold his serve on love and had couple of break points on Roger's serve but Roger hit couple of big second serve to hold ... Roger again broke Buji in 5th game to lead 4-1 ... After that both players hold their respective service game and Roger won the first set in 23 minutes ... In the second set Somi started with holding his service game but after that it was one way traffic as Roger won eleven games in a row ... He won the second set in 31 minutes ... Somi missed couple of game points in 4th game after leading 40-15 due to unforced errors ... At last Somi managed to win his first game of the third set in 6th game ... Roger won the third set in 28 minutes for one-sided victory.
In this match Federer played his A game ... He showed all range of shots from back of the court ... Played his powerful forehands and sublime backhands ... Roger was looking fit and played high quality tennis ... Roger is in great touch and with favorable draw he will be definitely in the final ... Today Somi wasn't played badly but FedEx was too good ... Somi hit few excellent passing shots and cross-court winners in this match.
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At $10K India F6 Futures, Chennai
Singles Second Round
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt (Q) Lakshit SOOD (IND) 63 62
(6) Bumpei SATO (JPN) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) 64 60
(3) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 62 62
(Q) Garvit BATRA (IND) bt (7) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) 46 76(2) 76(5)
Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bt (5) Keith-Patrick CROWLEY (RSA) 62 64
(4) Toshihide MATSUI (JPN) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 64 61
(8) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 26 64 61
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 76(4) 64
Doubles Quarter Finals
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Tushar MANDLEKAR (IND) 64 63
Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt (4) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 63 62
(3) Toshihide MATSUI (JPN)/ Bumpei SATO (JPN) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 62 61
(2) Keith-Patrick CROWLEY (RSA)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 64 62
Another impressive win by young Garvit in very long match against Kaza, Garvit won last two sets in tie-break after losing the first set ... Prajnesh also scored upset win over South African ... Karunuday lost first set against Abhijeet before recovering.
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At $10K Thailand F2 Futures, Bangkok
[R2] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,300) bt (Q) Blake MOTT(AUS,1265) 64 63
[QF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,300) vs (6) Yuichi ITO (JPN,638)
Doubles
[QF] Patrick DAVIDSON (USA)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) l Elbert SIE (INA)/ David Agung SUSANTO (INA) 46 16
Expected comfortable straight sets win for Saketh against Aussie qualifier ... Next he is facing Japanese opponent.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Karshi, Uzbekistan
[R1] Sharmada BALU (IND,UNR) bt Polina MERENKOVA (UZB,UNR) 63 62
[R2] Sharmada BALU (IND,UNR) vs (2) Alyona SOTNIKOVA (UKR,363)
Good to see Sharmada is playing in Uzbek ... Last week also she scored first round win ... Here also she take advantage of weaker opponent.
At French Open 2013, Paris (red clay)
[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,188) l (2) Roger Federer (SUI,3) 26 16 16
As expected Roger came out all cylinders firing ... He broke Buji in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... After losing 8 points in a row Buji won his 1st point of the match on his serve in 3rd game ... Somi hold his serve on love and had couple of break points on Roger's serve but Roger hit couple of big second serve to hold ... Roger again broke Buji in 5th game to lead 4-1 ... After that both players hold their respective service game and Roger won the first set in 23 minutes ... In the second set Somi started with holding his service game but after that it was one way traffic as Roger won eleven games in a row ... He won the second set in 31 minutes ... Somi missed couple of game points in 4th game after leading 40-15 due to unforced errors ... At last Somi managed to win his first game of the third set in 6th game ... Roger won the third set in 28 minutes for one-sided victory.
In this match Federer played his A game ... He showed all range of shots from back of the court ... Played his powerful forehands and sublime backhands ... Roger was looking fit and played high quality tennis ... Roger is in great touch and with favorable draw he will be definitely in the final ... Today Somi wasn't played badly but FedEx was too good ... Somi hit few excellent passing shots and cross-court winners in this match.
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At $10K India F6 Futures, Chennai
Singles Second Round
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt (Q) Lakshit SOOD (IND) 63 62
(6) Bumpei SATO (JPN) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) 64 60
(3) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 62 62
(Q) Garvit BATRA (IND) bt (7) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) 46 76(2) 76(5)
Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bt (5) Keith-Patrick CROWLEY (RSA) 62 64
(4) Toshihide MATSUI (JPN) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 64 61
(8) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 26 64 61
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 76(4) 64
Doubles Quarter Finals
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Tushar MANDLEKAR (IND) 64 63
Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt (4) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 63 62
(3) Toshihide MATSUI (JPN)/ Bumpei SATO (JPN) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) 62 61
(2) Keith-Patrick CROWLEY (RSA)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 64 62
Another impressive win by young Garvit in very long match against Kaza, Garvit won last two sets in tie-break after losing the first set ... Prajnesh also scored upset win over South African ... Karunuday lost first set against Abhijeet before recovering.
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At $10K Thailand F2 Futures, Bangkok
[R2] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,300) bt (Q) Blake MOTT(AUS,1265) 64 63
[QF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,300) vs (6) Yuichi ITO (JPN,638)
Doubles
[QF] Patrick DAVIDSON (USA)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) l Elbert SIE (INA)/ David Agung SUSANTO (INA) 46 16
Expected comfortable straight sets win for Saketh against Aussie qualifier ... Next he is facing Japanese opponent.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Karshi, Uzbekistan
[R1] Sharmada BALU (IND,UNR) bt Polina MERENKOVA (UZB,UNR) 63 62
[R2] Sharmada BALU (IND,UNR) vs (2) Alyona SOTNIKOVA (UKR,363)
Good to see Sharmada is playing in Uzbek ... Last week also she scored first round win ... Here also she take advantage of weaker opponent.
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