Sunday, September 15, 2013

Tennis News

At $520K St.Petersburg Open, Russia

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Victor Baluda (RUS)/ Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)

Divij-Sharan r playing at St.Petersburg Open and facing wild-card pair in the first round.
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[Q2] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) bt Punn Bodidatta (THA,2122) 61 61
[Q2] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,687) bt Hao-Yang Hu (TPE,1787) 63 60

[Q3] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) vs (5) Arata Onozawa (JPN,674)
[Q3] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,687) vs (1) UCHIYAMA, Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,358)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Yuki and Karunuday scored comfortable win and in the final qualifying they r facing real test.
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At $15K Canada F8 Futures, Toronto

Singles Final
(2) Sanam Singh (IND,379) l (1) Peter POLANSKY (CAN,235) 26 26

Top-seed Peter Polansky proved too strong for Sanam in the final ... Still creditable performance by Sanam in his first tournament after long injury break.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Singles Final
(2) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,556) l (1) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,386) 67(7) 63 57

Prarthana lost in very close match against top-seed Russian ... She had opportunity to won the first set but missed in tie-break ... After that Prarthana fought back and won the second set but lost closely fought final set.
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At $10K Egypt F24 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (4) Karim HOSSAM (EGY)/ Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY) 64 76(10)

Bala and Ranjeet lifted doubles title after beating 4th seed Egyptian pair ... After winning the first set they won the second set after long tie-break.

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