Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Tennis News

At $456K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND,308) l (4) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS,64) 26 16

Doubles
[R1] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Illya Marchenko (UKR)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 46 76(1) 11-9
[R1] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Sam Querrey (USA) bt Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) 46 63 10-5

[QF] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Adil Shamasdin (CAN)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
[QF] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Sam Querrey (USA) vs (2) Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt gave lesson of playing on the grass to Prakash in his thumping win ... In the doubles Prakash started with a win partnering Sam Querrey ... After losing the first set they made excellent comeback to win the second and then comfortably won match tie-break ... Next tough match against 2nd seed French pair.

Divij scored memorable first win on the tour partnering Ivo Karlovic in hard fought match ... After losing the first set they needed tie-break for winning the second ... In match tie-break Divij-Ivo were 4-9 down and they won 7 next points saving 5 match points for excellent win against Ukrainians ... In the quarters they r facing Canadian-Aussie pair, who upset 3rd seed American pair in the first round.

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At $75K Beijing Challenger, China

[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Hiroki Kondo (JPN) bt Kaden Hensel (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 64 36 10-2

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Hiroki Kondo (JPN) vs Yu Chang (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN)

Good winning start for Vishnu in the doubles with Hiroki though they needed match tie-break ... Next they r facing local Chinese pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Getxo, Spain (clay)

[R2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,664) l Gaia Sanesi (ITA,656) 36 06

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Klartje Libbens (BEL) l Jacqueline Cabaz Avad (ESP)/ Cornelia Lister (ESP) 76(7) 46 4-10

Tame loss for Rutuja in the singles ... She also lost in the doubles after winning the first set.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) bt Nathania Ratih Putri Karsita (INA,UNR) 63 60

Expected winning start for Kanika.

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