Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Tennis News

At $984K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) l (Q) Matteo Viola (ITA,140) 36 36

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib (MAS) vs (2) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 26 26

Indian Wells qualifying result repeated again ... In that match also Some struggled against Matteo and same happened in this 76 minutes match ... From the game it looks Matteo is having upper hand in their duel, in this match also he exploited Buji's patience with his consistent game ... Buji struggled with his service game and Matteo take advantage of it breaking him 2nd and 4th game to lead 4-0 ... Buji broke him in 5th game to reduced it to 2-4 but Matteo hold his service games for winning the first set ... In the second set Buji broke him in 2nd game to lead 3-0 but after wards shockingly Buji lost his serve thrice for losing six games in a row ... Buji was so frustrated that he argued with chair umpire and showing anger on the court ... In the end disappointing loss for Buji.

Expected loss for Yuki and his unranked Malaysian partner against seasoned players ... Still $2k+ pay cheque for Yuki.

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At $567.5K Thailand Open, Bangkok

[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) l Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)/ Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 62 36 8-10

Disappointing start for Mahesh-Robert in their start of Asian leg ... They won the first set comfortably but after that they lost control over the match and lost match in match tie-break ... Hopefully they perform better in China.
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At $50K Napa Challenger, USA

[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,375) l Bobby Reynolds (USA,145) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l Denis Kudla (USA)/ Donald Young (USA) 26 26

Matches were tough but I was expecting little better performance from Sanam in the singles and the doubles.
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At $15K Burundi F1 Futures, Bujumbura (clay)

[R1] Kunal Anand (IND,2121) l (5) Alexander Lazov (BUL,643) 06 16
[R1] Neishit Vakil (IND,1904) l Jannis Liniger (SUI,1990) 06 06

Doubles
[R1] Rahul SADHWANI (IND)/ Neishit VAKIL (IND) l (4) Mark FYNN (ZIM)/ Hassan NDAYISHIMIYE (BDI) 26 26

Expected horrible losses.
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At $10K Egypt F26 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,UNR) l (Q) Igor Sobolta (UKR,UNR) 62 36 36
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) bt Marlon Oliveira (BRA,1235) 62 46 62

Prajnesh needed three sets against Brazilian for a win.
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At $10K Kuwait F2 Futures, Meshref

[R1] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,321) bt Arpit Sharma (IND,1650) 60 61
[R1] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1774) l (7) Torsten Wietoska (GER,656) 76(5) 36 06
[R1] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1310) l Thomas Statzberger (AUT,1317) 16 16

Only Saketh won his match and Akash's fitness issues came ahead ... He won the first set in tie-break but after that his German opponent only lost 3 games for winning the match.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Shivani MANCHANDA (IND) l Samantha KOELLIKER (SUI) 06 06
[R1] Anjana KOMPALLY (IND) l (8) Evgeniya SVINTSOVA (RUS) 06 06

Wow, our both players lost with double bagel.

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