Sunday, June 16, 2013

Tennis News
At €780K Queens Open, London, Great Britain

[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 46 26

Mahesh-Rohan failed to raise their game against Bryans and lost in straight sets.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, Great Britain (grass)

Doubles Final
(4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(5) 76(3) 8-10

Heart-breaking loss for Purav-Divij against Ratiwatanas after 100 minutes match ... In this match both pairs failed to break service of opponents ... Our pair had 7 break point chances and Ratiwatanas had 5 ... Ratiwatanas won the first set in tie-break ... In the second set Purav-Divij dominated tie-break to win it ... Again very close match tie-break which Ratiwatanas won it ... Still good match practice on the grass before Wimbledon qualifying.,
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At $10K India F8 Futures, Coimbatore

Singles Final
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND) 62 5-1 Retd.

In end comfortable title victory for Jeevan ... After winning the first set easily Jeevan was up 5-1 when Vijayant conceded match due to injury.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Martos

[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) bt Jose Checa-Calvo (ESP,260) 76(5) 5-0 Retd.

[F] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) vs (1) Steven Diez (CAN,267)

Doubles Final
(2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt (4) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)/ Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso (ESP) 63 57 11-9

Ramkumar scored huge win of his career when he defeated top-275 Spanish player Jose Checa-Calvo in the semis and facing top-seed Canadian in the final ... After winning closely fought first set in tie-break Ramkumar was 5-0 leading when Jose retired due to injury.

Afterwards Ramkumar-Ashwin lifted doubles title beating 4th seed Spanish pair in match tie-break ... After winning the first set our pair lost the second set ... Both pairs fought hard in match tie-break but our pair won it in extra points.

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