Tennis News

At 2013 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals - u14, Prostejov, Czech Republic (clay)

Boys - Group B
India l (5) Argentina 0-3

Alex SOLANKI l Juan Bautista OTEGUI 26 26
Nitin Kumar SINHA l Camilo UGO CARABELLI 16 16
Nitin Kumar SINHA/ Alex SOLANKI l Juan Bautista OTEGUI/ Tomas ETCHEVERRY 67(6) 26

Girls - Group C
India bt (6) Spain 2-1

Mihika YADAV l Paula ARIAS MANJON 06 06
Pranjala YADLAPALLI bt Eva GUERRERO ALVAREZ 63 63
Pranjala YADLAPALLI/ Himani MOR bt Paula ARIAS MANJON/ Noelia BOUZO ZANOTTI 62 36 61

Our boys lost easily against 5th seed Argentine boys.

But our girls scored upset of the day when they defeated Spanish girls ... In the first match Mihika failed to win a single game against Paula Arias Manjon but again Pranjala Yadlapalli fought back and won the second rubber ... In the doubles Indians played Himani Mor with Pranjala ... Our pair won the first set but Spanish pair fought to won the second ... After 10 minutes break our pair recovered well and won the final set comfortably for upset win ... In the final group match they r facing Peru.
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At $3.5M Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Begemann (GER) l Jerzy Janowicz (POL)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) 67(4) 46

Rohan needed regular partner rather than playing with makeshift partner ... Shocking scene for WR #3 doubles player, who lost in the first round.
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At $2.34M Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

[R1] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt Natalie Grandin (RSA)/ Darija Jurak (CRO) 46 76(5) 10-2

[R2] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL)

Unexpectedly tough match for Sania and Jie ... After losing the first they needed tie-break for winning the second set ... In match tie-break Sania-Jie dominated ... Next they r facing Oksana Kalashnikova and Alicja Rosolska.
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At $15K China F6 Futures , Zhangjiagang

[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,327) l Toshihide MATSUI (JPN,576) 36 67(5)
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,530) l (7) Hyeon CHUNG (KOR,510) 46 36

Doubles
[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Zhao CAI (CHN)/ Jun Nan TAO (CHN) 63 61

[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (3) Hyeon CHUNG (KOR)/ Ji Sung NAM (KOR)

Very disappointed by Bala's loss ... He needs to win these matches to progress in his career ... Chung is better player than Ranjeet so no surprise in that loss.
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At $10K Turkey F31 Futures, Izmir

[R2] (7) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,713) l Tucker VORSTER (RSA,778) 67(3) 36

Doubles
[R1] David PEL (NED)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Damiano DI IENNO (ITA)/ Lorenzo FRIGERIO (ITA) 75 76(5)

[QF] David PEL (NED)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (4) Vaja UZAKOV (UZB)/ Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ)

I was hoping for a win against South African but Ramkumar lost in the straight sets ... Tight win in the doubles.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

[R1] Mahitha Dadi Reddy (IND) bt Fiona Codino (FRA) 76(2) 61
[R1] Anushka Bhargava (IND) l Dianne Hollands (NZL) 06 36

[R2] Mahitha Dadi Reddy (IND) vs Linda PRENKOVIC (GER)

Doubles
[QF] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND)/ Shivika BURMAN (IND) l (4) Alessia CAMPLONE (ITA)/ Pauline PAYET (FRA) 16 06

Good win by Mahitha against French girl ... Next she is facing German girl.