Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Tennis News

At €410K Moselle Open, Metz, France

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Eric Butorac (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA) 61 76(4)

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Simon Stadler (GER)

Rohan-Edouard started with straight sets win though after winning the first set easily their American opponents strtched them to tie-break ... In the quarter they r facing German-American pair.
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At $520K St.Petersburg Open, Russia

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (WC) Victor Baluda (RUS)/ Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) 67(6) 46

Divij-Purav lost in the first round against Russian wild-card pair ... After losing close tie-break our pair failed to produce comeback in the second ... Expected victory for our pair.
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At $10K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref

[R1] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1787) bt Sidharth Rawat (IND,1089) 76(2) 75

[R2] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) vs Jordan (ubiergo (FRA,1491)
[R2] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1787) vs Soichiro Moritani (JPN,1990)

Doubles
[R1] Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) l Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Jordan Ubiergo (FRA) 26 36

[QF] (2) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Carlos Capel (ESP)/ Jaume Santo-Valdivieso (ESP) 63 60

Qualifier Akash produced excellent hard fought win over countryman Sidharth Rawat ... Really good win by Akash against big server Sidharth ... Next he is facing similar ranked Japanese opponent, his 3rd seed French opponent retired from the match ... Good opportunity for Akash to go deep in this tournament.

In the doubles Saketh and his American partner r in the semis with comfortable win but Kaza-Wagh pair lost in the first round.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Alger, Algeria

[R1] (8) Shivika Burman (IND) bt (WC) Sanaa Benkaddour (ALG) 60 62
[R1] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) bt (Q) Doria Khetib (ALG) 60 60

[R2] (8) Shivika Burman (IND) vs Fatima Zohra BOUKEZZI (ALG)
[R2] (WC) Victoria Chehal (IND) vs Mia Nicole EKLUND (FIN)
[R2] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) vs Nikita Deshmukh (IND)

Expected easy wins for Shivika and Shweta.
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At $10K USA F24 Futures, Costa Mesa

Doubles
[R1] (4) Evan Song (USA)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Andrew Diefenbach (USA)/ Brett Van Linge (USA) 61 46 11-9

[QF] (4) Evan Song (USA)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) vs Deiton Baughman (USA)/ Joseph Digiulio (USA)

Turned to be tough first round win for 4th seed pair of Evan Song-Ashwin as they won match tie-break on extra points ... In the quarters they r facing another American pair.

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