Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Katalin Marosi (HUN) 76(4) 36 61
[R3] (2) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Eric Butorac (USA)/ Alize Cornet (FRA) 61 75

[QF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Vera Dushevina (RUS)
[QF] (2) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (8) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

Rohan-Jie enter into the quarter-final of mixed doubles with three sets win over European pair ... In the first set both pairs failed to break service of opponent but Rohan-Jie played better tie-break and won the set ... In the second set Brunstrom-Marosi broke Jie's serve and kept that break advantage for winning this set ... In the final set Rohan-Jie broke opponent's serve twice to lead 5-1 ... While serving for the match they saved 3 break point before converting 5th match point.

Sania with Horia joins Rohan and his partner Jie in the quarters ... Sania-Horia defeated conqueror of Lee-Zheng in straight sets ... The first set dominated by Sania-Horia, with double break they won it in 17 minutes ... In the second set both pairs traded early break but Sania-Horia take crucial break in 11th game and then comfortably hold for completing the victory.

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At $50K Winnetka Challenger, Illinois, USA

[R2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) bt Saketh Myneni (IND,281) 61 62

[QF] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,136) vs Steve Johnson (USA,98)

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Adam Feeney (AUS) l (1) James Cerretani (USA)/ Chris Guccione (AUS) 46 46
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt Kevin King (USA)/ Juan-Carlos Spir (COL) 63 63

[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (2) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Tennys Sandgren (USA)

Buji gave tennis lesson to Saketh in his very comfortable win ... Buji lost only three games in this match but still decent Challenger level start for Saketh as he scored a win in his first match ... Buji having quarter final against Steve Johnson, with whom Buji is having poor record.

Saketh and his partner Feeney lost in the doubles against top-seed pair ... But Yuki-Venus scored win over unseeded King-Spir combination in straight sets ... Much needed match practice for Yuki after his injury break ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Krajicek-Sandgren.

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At $125K+H Sparkassen Open 2013, Braunschweig, Germany

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Andreas Siljestrom (SWE)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) 26 46

Purav and Divij failed to keep their winning momentum and lost rather easily against Siljestrom and Zelenay.
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At $15K Germany F8 Futures , Kassel (clay)

[R1] (3) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Yannik Reuter (BEL) l Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Kristijan Mesaros (CRO) 46 06

One sided loss for Vijay Sundar and his partner in the doubles.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) bt (4) Angelique Svinos (AUS,799) 62 61

[R2] (Q) Kanika Vaidya (IND,UNR) vs Sanae Ohta (JPN,1061)

Doubles
[R1] Misa Kinoshita (JPN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) bt (3) Haine Ogata (JPN)/ Sanae Ohta (JPN) 16 75 10-2

[QF] Misa Kinoshita (JPN)/ Kanika Vaidya (IND) vs Nozomi Fujioka (JPN)/ Michika Ozeki (JPN)

Qualifier Kanika earn her first WTA point with dominating upset win over 17 yrs old talented 4th seed Australian Svinos ... Next she is facing Japanese girl Sanae Ohta ... In the doubles also Kanika r in the quarters with her Japanese partner ... They scored upset win over 3rd seed Japanese pair.

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