Tennis News

At $690K New Haven Open, USA

[QF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt Katalin Marosi (HUN)/ Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) 64 36 10-8

[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)/ Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

Sania and Jie needed match tie-break for completing their win against this unseeded pair ... But at least they r winning matches which r required for their US open preparations ... Next in the semis they r facing Spanish pair.
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At $575K Winston-Salem Open, USA

[QF] (1) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Paul Hanley (AUS)/ John Peers (AUS) 64 64

[SF] (1) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (WC) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

Leander-Daniel scored straight sets win over Australian pair Hanley-Peers ... In the semis they r facing American-Danish wild-card pair.

Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin withdrew from the tournament due to ankle sprain to Roger-Vasselin.
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At $15K Canada F6 Futures, Winnipeg

[R1] (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND,451) bt (WC) Kevin KYLAR (CAN,UNR) 63 36 64

[R2] (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND,451) vs (Q) Cameron NORRIE (GBR,1346)

Doubles
[QF] Dimitar KUTROVSKY (BUL)/ Vijayant MALIK (IND) l (1) Ante PAVIC (CRO)/ Milan POKRAJAC (CAN) 36 26

Surprisingly tougher match for Vijayant against local junior player ... Next he is facing another junior player British qualifier Norrie.

In the doubles Vijayant and his Bulgarian partner lost against top seed pair.
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At $15K Gabon F1 Futures, Libreville

[R2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan(IND,681) bt Sagar Ahuja (IND,1533) 61 62
[R2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan(IND,377) bt (Q) Sylvain Anibie (CIV,UNR) 60 60

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan(IND,377) vs (5) Vishnu Vardhan(IND,681)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt M'lapa Tingou Akomlo (TOG)/ Kokou Missodey (TOG) 61 75
[QF] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Tal Eros (ISR) bt (3) Matias Castro (ARG)/ Hassan Ndayishimiye (BDI) 64 62

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Alexis KLEGOU (BEN)/ Arthur SURREAUX (FRA)
[SF] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Tal Eros (ISR) vs (2) Sam BARRY (IRL)/ Elie ROUSSET (FRA)

Expected dominating wins by Jeevan and Vishnu ... In the quarter finals Jeevan and Vishnu r facing each other.

In the doubles also Sagar-Tal scored upset win over third seed and join Jeevan-Vishnu in the semis.
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At $10K Turkey F33 Futures, Izmir

[R2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,720) bt Romain Bauvy (FRA,1102) 61 63

[QF] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan(IND,720) vs (6) Borna Coric (CRO,749)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ) l Melik FELER (FRA)/ Alexander MERINO (PER) 36 63 12-14

Ramkumar's real test begins from quarter final ... He is facing 16 yrs old Croatian, who is junior WR #6 and last week's futures champion in Turkey.

In the doubles Ramkumar and his Kazakh partner lost match tie-break in extra points after missing couple of match points.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

Singles Second Round
(1) Keren Shlomo (ISR) bt Eetee Maheta (IND) 62 62
Katherine Ip (HKG) bt Ho Ching Wu (HKG) 64 46 63
(4) Prathana G. Thombare (IND) bt (Q) Chun-Yan He (CHN) 62 62
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) bt (6) Hua-Chen Lee (TPE) 26 63 63
(7) Shweta Rana (IND) bt (Q) Likitha Shetty (IND) 64 62
Bhuvana Kalva (IND) bt (3) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) 64 64
(8) Julia Moriarty (AUS) bt Xi-Yao Wang (CHN) 62 46 63
(2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt (WC) Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (IND) 60 26 76(2)

Really good upset wins by young Bhuvana Kalva and veteran Rushmi Chakravarthi against their seeded opponents in the second round.