Sunday, August 25, 2013

Tennis News

At $690K New Haven Open, USA


Doubles Final
(3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt (2) Annabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/ Katrina Srebotnik (SLO) 63 64

Sania-Jie scored huge upset win against very experienced doubles players to lift title at Yale ... This was Sania's 17th WTA doubles title and 3rd this year, and Jie Zheng's 15th WTA doubles title and 1st in over two years ... After winning the first set our pair was cruising in the second ... They were up 5-2 and had 2 match points on opponent's serve but they lost focus ... They refocused and completed win in 10th game after saving break point ... Good preparation for Sania and Jie before their US open campaign.
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At $575K Winston-Salem Open, USA


Doubles Final
(1) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Treat Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) 76(10) 75

Leander-Daniel lifted their first title together, this was Lee's 52nd title and Daniel's 81st ... Also this week Daniel become the first doubles player to reach the 900 match wins milestone (902-358 match record) ... Also Daniel-Leander become first aged 40 pair to lift ATP doubles title ... This was the first title of the season for Leander and also for Daniel.

The final was very close as scoreline suggested ... Our pair faced 11 break points but they saved 10 out of it and that was crucial factor of the match ... Our pair won the first set after long tie-break after saving few set points ... In the second set also Huey-Inglot fought hard but experienced Lee-Daniel take crucial break in the end for title win.

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At $50K Bangkok Challenger, Thailand

[Q1] (2) Karunuday Singh (IND,713) bye
[Q1] (5) Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1296) bye

[Q2] (2) Karunuday Singh (IND,713) bt Khunjan Nawakarn (THA,UNR) 62 60
[Q2] (5) Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1296) l Suthinan Tanthaseraneewat (THA,UNR) 16 26

[Q3] (2) Karunuday Singh (IND,713) vs (8) Punn Bodhidutta (THA,2058)

Doubles
[R1] Karunuday Singh (IND)/ Tyler Howchwalt (USA) vs Warit Sornbutnark (THA)/ Kittipong Wachiramanowong (THA)

Happy to see Karunuday taking advantage of weaker draw but Abhijeet failed to take.
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At $15K Chinese Taipei F1 Futures, Taipei City

[SF] Yuki Bhambri(IND,591) bt (WC) Yu Cheng Yu (TPE,1508) 62 62

[F] Yuki Bhambri (IND,5913) l (4) Huang Liang Chi (TPE,245) 64 57 retd.

Yuki's struggle with fitness continues ... In the final after one set all he retired from the match, don't know if due to cramps or any sort of injury ... Yuki really need to work hard on his fitness as he again showed with his performance that fit Yuki is a talent which can achieve top-100 rank on the tour.

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