At $3.7M Western and Southern Open, Cincinnati, USA
[QF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) 63 67(3) 10-8
[SF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (2) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
In the first set Rohan-Edouard broke Lee-Radek three times and lost their serve once for winning it comfortably ... In the second set Lee-Radek were break up at 4-2 but Rohan-Edouard broke back and made it 4-all ... In tie-break from 2-3 Lee-Radek won next 5 points and in that taking double mini-break for winning this set ... In match tie-break Rohan-Edouard take early mini-break to lead 3-2 but Lee-Radek broke back to brought on serve, 3-4 ... Lee-Radek take mini-break on 11th point to lead 6-5 but this time Rohan-Edouard broke back on 13th point to made it 6-7 ... Lee-Radek take another mini-break on 15th point to lead 8-7 but immediately on next point Rohan-Edouard broke back for 8-all and then take another mini-break to lead 9-8 ... Rohan-Edouard converted on the first match point for exciting win ... In the semi final Rohan-Edouard r facing 2nd seed Spanish pair Granollers-Lopez.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Westende-Middelkerke, Belgium (hard court)
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND,352) l (6) Katerina Vankova (CZE,306) 26 06
Czech girl Katerina Vankova proved too strong for Ankita, in this match Ankita managed to win only two games.
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At $15K China F7 Futures , Tianjin
[QF] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,396) l (7) Ji Sung NAM (KOR,462) 75 67(3) 26
Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (3) Hyeon CHUNG (KOR)/ Ji Sung NAM (KOR) 63 62
Bala lost against talented Korean Ji Sung Nam ... After winning the first set with a single break Bala failed to won the second set in tie-break ... Nam dominated the third for upset win.
Bala-Ranjeet won their second doubles title in two weeks of China futures ... In the final Bala-Ranjeet started well with winning the first set ... In the second set our pair take break in 5th and 7th games to complete comfortable win.
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At $15K Poland F3 Futures, Bydgoszcz (red clay)
[QF] (8) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,530) l (3) Rui MACHADO (POR,358) 63 16 Retd.
Prajnesh started well against former top-60 Rui and won the first set but after losing the second set Prajnesh retired from the match ... Hopefully nothing another serious injury scare.
[QF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) 63 67(3) 10-8
[SF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (2) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
In the first set Rohan-Edouard broke Lee-Radek three times and lost their serve once for winning it comfortably ... In the second set Lee-Radek were break up at 4-2 but Rohan-Edouard broke back and made it 4-all ... In tie-break from 2-3 Lee-Radek won next 5 points and in that taking double mini-break for winning this set ... In match tie-break Rohan-Edouard take early mini-break to lead 3-2 but Lee-Radek broke back to brought on serve, 3-4 ... Lee-Radek take mini-break on 11th point to lead 6-5 but this time Rohan-Edouard broke back on 13th point to made it 6-7 ... Lee-Radek take another mini-break on 15th point to lead 8-7 but immediately on next point Rohan-Edouard broke back for 8-all and then take another mini-break to lead 9-8 ... Rohan-Edouard converted on the first match point for exciting win ... In the semi final Rohan-Edouard r facing 2nd seed Spanish pair Granollers-Lopez.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Westende-Middelkerke, Belgium (hard court)
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND,352) l (6) Katerina Vankova (CZE,306) 26 06
Czech girl Katerina Vankova proved too strong for Ankita, in this match Ankita managed to win only two games.
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At $15K China F7 Futures , Tianjin
[QF] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,396) l (7) Ji Sung NAM (KOR,462) 75 67(3) 26
Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (3) Hyeon CHUNG (KOR)/ Ji Sung NAM (KOR) 63 62
Bala lost against talented Korean Ji Sung Nam ... After winning the first set with a single break Bala failed to won the second set in tie-break ... Nam dominated the third for upset win.
Bala-Ranjeet won their second doubles title in two weeks of China futures ... In the final Bala-Ranjeet started well with winning the first set ... In the second set our pair take break in 5th and 7th games to complete comfortable win.
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At $15K Poland F3 Futures, Bydgoszcz (red clay)
[QF] (8) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,530) l (3) Rui MACHADO (POR,358) 63 16 Retd.
Prajnesh started well against former top-60 Rui and won the first set but after losing the second set Prajnesh retired from the match ... Hopefully nothing another serious injury scare.
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