Sunday, August 18, 2013

Tennis News

At $3.7M Western and Southern Open, Cincinnati, USA

[SF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (2) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 57 26

The 2nd seed Spanish pair saved all 5 break points they faced in the match and converte three for straights sets win over Rohan-Edouard.
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At $575K Winston-Salem Open, USA

[Q1] (7) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) bt (WC) Adam Lee (NZL,UNR) 46 63 61
[Q1] (8) Sanam Singh (IND,334) bt Sekou Bangoura (USA,675) 75 62

[Q2] (7) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) l Michal Mertinak (SVK,892) 62 36 26
[Q2] (8) Sanam Singh (IND,334) bt Jesse Witten (USA,571) 62 64

[Q3] (8) Sanam Singh (IND,334) vs (3) Thiemo De Bakker (NED,98)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
[R2] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)

Sanam scored expected back to back wins and enter into the final qualifying round ... He is facing top-100 Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker for the place in main draw.

Other hand Saketh struggled in the first qualifying round against unranked New Zealand player Adam Lee and disappointingly lost against lower ranked Slovak doubles specialist Michal Mertinak.

This week Leander is playing in preparation for US open and he is partnering Daniel Nestor ... They r having tricky match against Austrian Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer ... Rohan and Edouard r 2nd seed and r favorite for the tournament.

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At $690K New Haven Open, USA (WTA Premier)

[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL)

Sania-Jie's last chance of preparation before US open.

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