Tennis News

At US Open 2013, New York, USA

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (3) Julia Goerges (GER)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Abigail Spears (USA)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) vs (8) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)
[R1] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)

Surprisingly Leander is missing from mixed doubles and his Washington Kastle partner, Martina Hingis, is partnering Mahesh.
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At $35K+H Como Challenger, Italy

[R1] Alessandro Motti (ITA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (ALT) Marco Crugnola (ITA)/ Stefano Ianni (ITA)

Purav and his Italian partner r facing alternate Italian pair.
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At $50K Bangkok-1 Challenger, Thailand

[R1] (Q) Karunuday Singh (IND,713) l (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,148) 57 36

Karunuday gave decent fighting performance against top-150 Japanese Sugita.
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At $15K Gabon F2 Futures, Libreville

[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1533) l Maxime Tchoutakian (FRA,1013) 16 06
[R1] Neishit Vakil (IND,1635) l (Q) Eric Vehovec (CAN,UNR) 26 06
[R1] (5) Vishnu Vardhan(IND,688) bt Tinotenda Chanakira (ZIM,2039) 61 61
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan(IND,375) bt Adriano Quinti (GER,1592) 61 63

[R2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan(IND,688) vs (Q) Eric Vehovec (CAN,UNR)
[R2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan(IND,375) vs Alexis KLEGOU (BEN,1382)

Doubles
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Neishit Vakil (IND) l Phenyo Matong (BOT)/ Stefan Merunka (BIH) 26 63 8-10
[R1] Medhir Goyal (IND)/ Kawach Samraat (IND) l (3) Hassan Ndayishimiye (BDI)/ Adriano Quinti (GER) 16 06
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt M'lapa Tingou Akomlo (TOG)/ Alexis Klegou (BEN) 64 61

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kokou MISSODEY (TOG)/ Daouda NDIAYE (SEN)

Expected wins for Vishnui and Jeevan ... This week they r in different draw ... Next Vishnu is facing Canadian qualifier and Jeevan is facing another lower ranked player.
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At $15K Netherlands F6 Futures, Rotterdam

[Q1] Akash WAGH (IND,UNR) bt David KARDOL (GER,UNR) 64 62
[Q2] Akash WAGH (IND,UNR) bt Eduardo VERGOPOLEM RIBEIRO (BRA,UNR) 63 62
[Q3] Akash WAGH (IND,UNR) bt Igor KHOROSHILOV (RUS,UNR) 62 63

[R1] (Q) Akash WAGH (IND,UNR) bt (LL) Pedro MOL (NED,UNR) 61 76(6)

[R2] (Q) Akash WAGH (IND,UNR) vs Maximilian DINSLAKEN (GER,959)

Doubles
[R1] Kevin BOELHOUWER (NED)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bye
[QF] Kevin BOELHOUWER (NED)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (3) Marc RATH (AUT)/ Michal SCHMID (CZE) 64 61

[SF] Kevin BOELHOUWER (NED)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs (1) Stephan FRANSEN (NED)/ Wesley KOOLHOF (NED)

After a year Akash managed to win a main-draw match in Dutch futures ... He received lucky break as his first round 7th seed Dutch opponent withdrew and his place taken by lucky loser from qualifying ... Hopefully Akash win one more match ... His second round against German opponent.

Also good win ib the doubles with his Dutch partner against 3rd seed pair.
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At $10K Egypt F22 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,546) vs Lorenzo CARERA (ITA,1953)
[R1] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,411) vs Marc ABDELNOUR (SYR,797)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bye

Bala and Ranjeet r playing in Egypt futures.
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At $10K Turkey F34 Futures, Antalya-Belconti,

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan(IND,709) vs (4) Richard GABB (GBR,552)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Tucker VORSTER (RSA) bt Alon ELIA (ISR)/ Marco SANGES (ITA) 62 76(5)

[QF] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Tucker VORSTER (RSA) vs Melik FELER (FRA)/ Alexander MERINO (PER)

Tough match for Ramkumar in the singles but winning start in the doubles