Friday, September 20, 2013

Tennis News

At €410K Moselle Open, Metz, France

[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA) 46 76(8) 6-10

In a serve-dominated encounter Rohan-Edouard lost against another big server pair Brunstrom-Klaasen in match tie-break ... After losing the first set Rohan-Edouard fought back and won the tie-break in extra points ... But they failed to keep momentum in the match tiebreak.
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[QF] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,477) bt (4) Alejandro Gonzalez (COL,114) 63 26 62

[SF] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,477) vs (2) Jack Sock (USA,88)

Doubles
[SF] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Danai Udomchoke (THA) 63 64

[F] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) vs (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

Yuki's dream run is continued in the singles and the doubles ... In the singles, Yuki broke Gonzalez in the first game and take 2-0 lead ... Yuki kept that advantage and again broke him in 9th game for winning the first set ... In the second set Gonzalez take advantage of Yuki's mistake and broke him in 3rd and 5th games ... Gonzalez won this set comfortably ... In the final set both players hold their respective service games till 5th game but after that Yuki became more aggressive and broke Gonzalez in 6th and 8th games for excellent victory ... Next he is facing top-100 and 2010 Junior US open champion American Jack Sock.

Yuki and Chieh-Fu Wang continues their good run in the doubles and scored straight sets victory over experienced doubles players ... In the final they r facing Colombian pair.

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At $10K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref

[SF] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) bt (6) Abdullah Maqdas (KUW,757) 36 64 63

[F] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) vs (7) Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW,726)

Doubles Final
(2) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (1) Lewis Burton (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR) 46 57

Again Saketh struggled with his service games but he fought back after losing the first set against local player ... In the final he is facing most experienced and former top-350 Kuwaiti player Mohammad Ghareeb.

Saketh and Davidson lost in the doubles final against top-seed British pair.

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At $10K Egypt F24 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[QF] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,543) l (5) Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY,542) 67(5) 64 0-1 Retd.

Prajnesh retired from his match in the third set ... After losing the first set Prajnesh foght back to won the second ... But Prajnesh retired from his match after one game of the third set.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Alger, Algeria

[SF] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) bt (6) Alina Wessel (GER) 4-0 Retd.

[F] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) vs (1) Sherazad Benamar (FRA)

Shweta's German opponent retired from the match when she was 0-4 down ... In the final Shweta is facing top-seed French girl Sherazad Benamar.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] (1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Samantha POWERS (USA) 62 63

[SF] (1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs (4) Julia VALETOVA (RUS)

Prarthana scored comfortable win over Samantha Powera and in the semis she is facing 4th seed Russian.

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