Sunday, June 02, 2013

Tennis News
At French Open 2013, Paris (red clay)

Doubles
[R1] (7) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Alize Cornet (FRA)/ Virginie Razzano (FRA) 63 64

[R2] (7) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Lauren Davis (USA)/ Megan Moulton-Levy (USA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)/ Daniele Bracciali (ITA) 75 63

[R2] Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (8) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Sania-Bethanie started with straight sets win over French pair ... In the second round they r facing American pair.

Lee and Jelena started with straight sets win in MXD first round ... Next they r facing 8th seed pairing of Liezel Huber-Marcelo Melo.

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At $100K+H Caltanissetta Challenger, Italy

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,188) vs (PR) Eduardo Schwank (ARG,316)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs (4) Renzo Olivo (ARG)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG)

Buji is playing against former top-50 Argentine player in the first round but after injury break Schwank is on the tour from May ... So after good performance at French open Buji is favorite in this match.

Buji is playing doubles with Serbian partner, Dusan Lajovic, and they r facing 4th seed Argentine pair.

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At $75K Nottingham Challenger - 1, Great Britain

[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,314) bt (WC) Alexander Jhun (GBR,1872) 62 60

[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,314) bt (1) Dustin Brown (GER,191) 63 62

[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,314) vs Greg Jones (AUS,298)

Expected easy win in the first qualifying round but next he faced top-seed and top-200 German Dustin Brown ... He scored superb confident upset win against Dustin ... Next match is against grass court specialist Aussie player.
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At $35K+H Furth Challenger, Germany (red clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)

Divij-Purav pairing is back on the tour and they r playing in Furth challenger ... They r 3rd seed and facing Andrej Martin-Hans Podlipnik-Castillo in the first round.

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