Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Tennis News
At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

Doubles
[R1] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Julien Knowle (AUT) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG)/ Albert Ramos (ESP) 62 67(5) 64 62
[R1] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 76(5) 62 76(6)
[R1] (6) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Renata Voracova (CZE)/ Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 36 61

[R2] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Julien Knowle (AUT) vs Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Simon Stadler (GER)
[R2] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Daniel Brands (GER)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE)

Mahesh-Julien started well after breaking opponents twice for winning the first set but Mayer-Ramos fought back in the second and won it in tie-break .... In the third set Mahesh-Julien broke opponent's in 7th game and then won 10th game after few deuces to win this set ... After winning the third set Mahesh-Julien dominated the fourth and won it with double break ... Next they r facing Monroe and Stadler, who defeated Purav and Divij in the first round.

Rohan-Edouard faced stiff resistant from Nieminen-Tursunov in the first set ... Our pair manged to win this set in tie-break ... After that Rohan-Edouard dominated the second which they won with double break ... Nieminen-Tursunov fought hard and take the third set in tie-break ... They were early mini-break up but Rohan-Edouard saved a set point at 5-6 and won next 3 points to complete the victory ... Next they r facing German-Czech pairing of Brands and Rosol.

Sania-Liezel won the first set with a single break but they lost the second set against Czech pair ... In the final set Sania-Liezel broke Czech opponents in 2nd and 4th games to lead 5-0 ... Czech pair won next game before losing the match.

Radek Stepanek retired in his singles second round match ... Tough luck for Leander in men's doubles.

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At $10K Germany F7 Futures, Roemerberg (clay)

[R1] (6) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,572) l (Q) Lukas Finzelberg (GER,UNR) 16 26

Poor loss against unranked player so Vishnu's struggle of comeback continues.
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At $15K+H Netherlands F3 Futures, Breda (clay

[R1] (4) Ariel Behar (URU)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 26 67(4)

Disappointing Dutch futures for Jeevan.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Delhi, India

Singles Second Round
Shreya Pasricha (IND) bt (1) Mai Minokoshi (JPN) 75 76(5)
Eetee Maheta (IND) bt (7) Naomi Totka (HUN) 61 62
(Q) Ambika Pande (IND) bt (4) Prerna Bhambri (IND) 3-0 Retd.
(8) Natasha Palha (IND) bt Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 60 62
(6) Shweta Rana (IND) bt (Q) Sneha Padamata (IND) 64 62
(3) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Adnya Naik (IND) 60 64
(5) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt (Q) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND) 62 63
(2)Ankita Raina (IND) bt (Q) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) 36 76(7) 63

Huge upset wins by Shreya against top-seed Japanese girl and Eetee against 7th seed Hungarian girl ... Prerna retired from her match ... Ankita produced excellent comeback against experienced Rushmi to show her improved confidence on her own game.

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