Saturday, June 29, 2013

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

Doubles
[R2] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Julien Knowle (AUT) bt Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Simon Stadler (GER) 36 64 64 62
[R2] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Daniel Brands (GER)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE) 63 57 76(4) 67(8) 64
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Matthew Ebden (AUS) 64 64 63
[R2] (6) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA)/ Andrea Petkovic (GER) 76(6) 36 62

[R3] (8) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Julien Knowle (AUT) vs Jesse Levine (CAN)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
[R3] (14) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (3) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
[R3] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (15) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)
[R3] (6) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Robert Farah (COL)/ Darija Jurak (CRO)
[R2] (15) Leander Paes (IND)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Alize Cornet (FRA)
[R2] (2) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Martin Emmrich (GER)/ Julia Goerges (GER)

Lee and Radek scored very comfortable win inside 2 hours against Delgado and Ebden ... They scored straight sets win breaking their opponent's serve five times and losing their serve only twice ... Lee-Radek lost their service twice in 2nd set and broke opponents thrice ... Next they r facing 15th seed Polish pair.

Mahesh-Julien recovered well after losing the first set to won this match inside 2 and half hours ... They lost the first set with a single break ... In the second set they broke Monroe-Stadler once to won it ... In the third set Monroe-Stadler broke them once but Mahesh-Julien broke them twice for winning it ... In the fourth set Mahesh-Julien dominated and won it after breaking opponents twice ... Next they r facing Canadian pair.

Yesterday when match suspended due to rain Rohan-Edouard were up 2 sets to 1 ... They needed only one set to win but Brands-Rosol had different idea ... They fought back excellently and saved couple of match points before winning the fourth set ... Rohan-Edouard recovered in the fifth and won it with a single break ... Next they r facing 3rd seed Peya and Soares.

Sania-Liezel won well fought the first set where both pairs failed to break opponent's serve ... Sania-Liezel won tight tie-break in extra points ... In the second set Pennetta-Petkovic broke Sania-Liezel in 4th game to lead 4-1 ... Sania-Liezel broke back in 7th game to make it 3-4 but Pennetta-Petkovic re-broke in 8th game and hold their serve for winning the second set ... Sania-Liezel made excellent fightback and won the final set with double break ... They broke Pennetta-Petkovic in 8th game while they serving for staying in the match ... Next they r facing Japanese-South African pair, Aoyama-Scheepers.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Delhi, India


Singles Final
(2) Ankita Raina (IND) bt Eetee Maheta (IND) 63 62

Ankita defeated 17 yrs old Eetee in straight sets and lifted her third $10K ITF tournament title ... Ankita truly deserve India's #1 singles player tag as this year she doesn't loss a single match against Indian player.

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