Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Tennis News
At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

[Q2] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)/ Jiri Vesely (CZE) w/o

Lucky break for Divij-Purav as their opponents gave walkover to our pair ... So with that they qualify for main-draw of Wimbledon ... Huge achievement for them, with little luck in main-draw we can expect some fireworks from them.
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At €526K Eastbourne Open, Great Britain

[QF] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l Jamie Murray (GBR)/ John Peers (AUS) 61 36 5-10

Lee-Radek faced tricky British-Aussie pair, who stretched Bryans in the quarters of Queens open (67(5) 76(9) 9-11) ... After losing the first set Murray-Peers made strong comback and won the second set ... They also dominated match tie-break against 3rd seed pair.
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At $690K Ageon International, Eastbourne, Great Britain (WTA Premier)

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Liezel Huber (USA) l Monica Niculescu (ROM)/ Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 36 63 9-11

Surprising loss of Sania- Liezel pairing against European pair in match tie-break ... So as such no grass court practice for Sania before Wimbledon.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament - week 3, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1009) bt (7) Taisiya Zakarlyuk (UKR,812) 62 61
[R2] (4) Kyra Shroff (IND,709) l (Q) Anna Dollar (UKR,UNR) 4-1 Retd.

[QF] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1009) vs Madrie Le Roux (RSA,905)

Sowjanya showing consistency in her results ... Scored another big dominating win over higher ranked Ukrainian ... Next she is facing South African girl ... Kyra retired in the first set when she was break up.

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