Tennis News

At US Open 2013, New York, USA

Doubles
[R1] (10) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt Annika Beck (GER)/ Monica Puig (PUR) 62 62
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) l Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 36 67(4)
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)/ Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 64 76(4)
[R1] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Igor Sijsling (NED) 61 75

[R2] (10) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Katalin Marosi (HUN)/ Megan Moulton-Levy (USA)
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Daniel Brands (GER)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)
[R2] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andy Ram (ISR)

Mahesh Bhupathi's glittering career in men's doubles grad slam got over with the first round loss against Nestor-Pospisil at US open ... He won 4 men's doubles grand slams (2 French open, 1 Wimbledon and 1 US open) and also won 8 mixed doubles grand slam titles (2 each at all 4 grand slams) in his career ... He is still having chance of winning 9th mixed doubles title with Martina Hingis in this US open ... In the men's doubles Canadian pair proved too strong, Nestor won the title last week with Leander ... He kept his winning momentum with Pospisi and won the second set in tie-break.

Divij scored his first grand slam victory with his Taiwani partner Yen-Hsun Lu ... They defeated experienced Dutch pair in straight sets ... Next they r facing another very experienced Israeli pair Jonathan Erlich-Andy Ram, who upset 11th seeds in the first round.

Leander-Radek scored tight two sets win over tricky pairing of Jarkko Nieminen and Dmitry Tursunov ... Next they r facing Daniel Brands-Philipp Oswald.

Sania-Jie started with dominating win over Beck-Puig losing only 4 games ... Next they r facing Hungarian-American pair Katalin Marosi-Megan Moulton-Levy, against same pair Sania-Jie needed match tie-brake for win at New Haven Open ... Hopefully this time easier outing for Sania-Jie.
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At $15K Gabon F2 Futures, Libreville

[QF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan(IND,688) l (4) Sam Barry (IRL,543) 76(4) 26 57
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan(IND,375) bt Matias Castro (ARG,1248) 63 61

[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan(IND,375) vs Elie Rousset (FRA,533)

Doubles
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Bar Tzuf Botzer (ISR)/ Rudy Coco (FRA) 61 64

[F] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Sam Barry (IRL)/ Elie Rousset (FRA)

Vishnu need to win these matches to improve his ranking ... After winning the first set in tie-break he lost the second set easily but gave fighting performance in the third before losing it ... Other hand Jeevan scored comfortable win losing only 4 games ... In the semis he is facing 3rd seed Frenchman.

In the doubles Jeevan-Vishnu enter into the final with convincing win ... In the final they r facing top seed Irish-French pair Sam Barry-Elie Rousset.
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At $15K Chinese Taipei F2 Futures, Taipei City

[R2] (5) Yuki Bhambri(IND,593) bt Dayne Kelly (AUS,897) 76(3) 64

[QF] (5) Yuki Bhambri(IND,593) vs (3) Yuichi Ito (JPN,546)

Good fighting win by Yuki against former top-300 type Dayne Kelly in the second round ... In the quarters he is facing 3rd seed Japanese Yuichi Ito.
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At $15K Netherlands F6 Futures, Rotterdam

[R2] (Q) Akash WAGH (IND,UNR) l Maximilian DINSLAKEN (GER,959) 06 36

Doubles
[SF] Kevin BOELHOUWER (NED)/ Akash WAGH (IND) l (1) Stephan FRANSEN (NED)/ Wesley KOOLHOF (NED) 57 36

Disappointed by this one sided loss of Akash against this below 950 ranked German opponent ... In the doubles semis Akash and his dutch partner gave decent fight to top-seed Dutch pair.
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At $10K Egypt F22 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R2] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Nizar Belmati (MAR,2029) 62 61
[R2] (2) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,402) bt (Q) Mohmed Adnaoui(MAR,UNR) 76(6) 63

[QF] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (8) Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY,663)
[QF] (2) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,402) vs (7) Issam Haitham Taweel (SYR,690)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Tarek EL ESAWY (EGY)/ Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY) 61 75

[SF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (3) Mohamed ADNAOUI (MAR)/ Julian TUROSIENSKI (POL)

Agan Bala stretched in his match by unranked qualifier ... Next he is facing top-700 Syrian player ... Ranjeet completed another dominating win ... He is facing top-675 Egyptian player ... In the doubles also they r in the semis and facing 3rd seeds.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Ankita Raina (IND) bt Xi-Yao Wang (CHN) 61 62
Bhuvana Kalva (IND) bt Natasha Palha (IND) 75 64
Matilda Hamlin (SWE) bt Mahitha Dadi Reddy (IND) 63 64
(6) Akari Inoue (JPN) bt (2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) 64 61

Good to see Bhuvana continued with her good run and join Ankita in the semis ... But disappointed by Rishika's loss against her Japanese opponent.
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At $10K Turkey F34 Futures, Antalya-Belconti,

[QF] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Tucker VORSTER (RSA) bt Melik FELER (FRA)/ Alexander MERINO (PER) 63 63

[SF] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Tucker VORSTER (RSA) vs Dekel BAR (ISR)/ Tobias BLOMGREN (SWE)

Ramkumar and his South African partner r in the semis in the doubles.