Tennis News
At €780K Queens Open, London, Great Britain
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (5) Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 76(5) 46 10-4
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Our pair in the semis with match super tie-break win over local pair ... After winning the first set in tie-break Rohan-Mahesh lost the second with a single break ... Our pair dominated match tie-break, which they won losing only 4 points ... In the semis they r facing in-form Bryans.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, Great Britain (grass)
[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,140) l Steve Johnson (USA,120) 36 46
Doubles
[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Go Soeda (JPN)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA) 76(5) 75
[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 67(8) 63 10-8
[F] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
Match between two 2 times NCAA champions didn't live as per expectations ... Johnson won the first set with a single break ... In the second set also Johnson broke Buji in 1st game and then take another break to lead 4-1 ... When Johnson was serving for the match at 5-2 Buji tried fightback ... He broke Johnson in 8th game and then hold his serve ... But he wasn't third time lucky for another comeback and Johnson hold his serve for a win ... Still creditable performance by Buji in last two weeks, he reached in the semis of big challengers on clay and grass ... From next week he will try his luck at Wimbledon qualifying.
Divij-Purav completed quarter-final win and then they played semis late in evening against top-seed pair ... After losing the first set in tie-break they made strong comeback to won the second ... They managed to keep momentum in match tie-break and won this tight tie-break ... Good win against good grass court players ... In the final they r facing Ratiwatanas.
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At $10K India F8 Futures, Coimbatore
Singles Semi Finals
(3) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) 75 61
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (5) Karunuday SINGH (IND) 63 63
Doubles Final
(2) Keith-Patrick CROWLEY (RSA)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 63 62
Jeevan scored very good win over Karunuday ... Vijayant kept his upperhand over Bala ... In the doubles Arun-Prakash managed to lift his first doubles title of this future series.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Martos
[QF] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,980) l (1) Steven Diez (CAN,267) 26 46
[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) bt Matthieu Roy (FRA,861) 62 63
[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) vs Jose Checa-Calvo (ESP,260)
Doubles
[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Alejandro Augusto Bueno (ESP)/ Marcos Giraldi Requena (ESP) 64 16 10-4
[F] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) vs (4) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)/ Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso (ESP)
Ramkumar scored another comfortable win over Frenchman and enter into the semis ... He is facing top ranked player of the tournament Jose Checa-Calvo ... Ashwin produced decent fight against top-seed Canadian.
Ashwin-Ramkumar r in the doubles final ... In the semis they scored match tie-break victory over Spanish pair ... In the final they r facing 4th seed Spanish pair.
At €780K Queens Open, London, Great Britain
[QF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (5) Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 76(5) 46 10-4
[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)
Our pair in the semis with match super tie-break win over local pair ... After winning the first set in tie-break Rohan-Mahesh lost the second with a single break ... Our pair dominated match tie-break, which they won losing only 4 points ... In the semis they r facing in-form Bryans.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, Great Britain (grass)
[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,140) l Steve Johnson (USA,120) 36 46
Doubles
[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Go Soeda (JPN)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA) 76(5) 75
[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 67(8) 63 10-8
[F] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
Match between two 2 times NCAA champions didn't live as per expectations ... Johnson won the first set with a single break ... In the second set also Johnson broke Buji in 1st game and then take another break to lead 4-1 ... When Johnson was serving for the match at 5-2 Buji tried fightback ... He broke Johnson in 8th game and then hold his serve ... But he wasn't third time lucky for another comeback and Johnson hold his serve for a win ... Still creditable performance by Buji in last two weeks, he reached in the semis of big challengers on clay and grass ... From next week he will try his luck at Wimbledon qualifying.
Divij-Purav completed quarter-final win and then they played semis late in evening against top-seed pair ... After losing the first set in tie-break they made strong comeback to won the second ... They managed to keep momentum in match tie-break and won this tight tie-break ... Good win against good grass court players ... In the final they r facing Ratiwatanas.
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At $10K India F8 Futures, Coimbatore
Singles Semi Finals
(3) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) 75 61
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (5) Karunuday SINGH (IND) 63 63
Doubles Final
(2) Keith-Patrick CROWLEY (RSA)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 63 62
Jeevan scored very good win over Karunuday ... Vijayant kept his upperhand over Bala ... In the doubles Arun-Prakash managed to lift his first doubles title of this future series.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Martos
[QF] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,980) l (1) Steven Diez (CAN,267) 26 46
[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) bt Matthieu Roy (FRA,861) 62 63
[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) vs Jose Checa-Calvo (ESP,260)
Doubles
[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Alejandro Augusto Bueno (ESP)/ Marcos Giraldi Requena (ESP) 64 16 10-4
[F] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) vs (4) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)/ Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso (ESP)
Ramkumar scored another comfortable win over Frenchman and enter into the semis ... He is facing top ranked player of the tournament Jose Checa-Calvo ... Ashwin produced decent fight against top-seed Canadian.
Ashwin-Ramkumar r in the doubles final ... In the semis they scored match tie-break victory over Spanish pair ... In the final they r facing 4th seed Spanish pair.
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