Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Tennis News
At $690K Ageon International, Eastbourne, Great Britain (WTA Premier)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) bt Darija Jurak (CRO)/ Heather Watson (GBR) 76(4) 76(3)

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) vs Monica Niculescu (ROM)/ Klara Zakopalova (CZE)

Tight winning start for Sania and Liezel as they won both sets in tie-breaks.
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At $10K Germany F5 Futures, Koeln (clay)

[R1] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,421) bt (Q) Jannis Kahlke (GER,UNR) 62 75
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,520) l (WC) Daniel Masur (GER,UNR) 26 36

[R2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,421) l Kamil Capkovic (SVK,496) 06 1-2 Retd.

Vishnu started with win but retired from the second match ... Other hand very distrubling loss of Vijay Sundar.
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At $10K Spain F18 Futures, Melilla

[R1] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1012) l Matthieu Roy (FRA,861) 26 67(2)
[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,784) l (Q) Goncalo Oliveira (POR,1923) 64 26 06

Doubles
[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) l Ricardo OJEDA Lara (ESP)/ Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete (ESP) 57 26

After their excellent run in last week's futures, where they won doubles title and Ramkumar was singles finalist, very disappointing outing for Ramkumar and Ashwin.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament - week 3, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1009) bt Magy Aziz (EGY,935) 64 62
[R1] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,709) bt (SE) Valeria Prosperi (ITA,1114) 61 64

[R2] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1009) vs (7) Taisiya Zakarlyuk (UKR,812)
[R2] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,709) vs (Q) Anna Dollar (UKR,UNR)

After losing the first round in second week Kyra and Sowjanya r back in third week ... Winning start for them and Sowjanya showing improvement in her game ... She defeated higher ranked local player in the first round.

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