Tennis News

At $2.37M Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (4) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Kveta Peschke (CZE) 75 63

[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (1) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN)

Sania and Cara stormed in the semi-final with straight sets win over 4th seed pair Groenefeld-Peschke ... In the semi-final they r facing top-seed Chinese-Taiwani pair.
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At $567.5K Thailand Open, Bangkok

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniele Bracciali (ITA) bt Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 67(4) 76(8) 10-8

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniele Bracciali (ITA) vs (3) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ John Peers (AUS)

In the first set both pairs traded single break but in the tie-break Colombian pair proved strong for Lee-Daniele ... In the second set also Lee-Daniele were early break down after losing serve in 3rd game, 1-2, but they broke Colombian in 6th game to made it 3-all ... Lee-Daniele had 2 set points on Colombian's serve in 10th game but they failed to convert ... In tie-break Lee-Daniele were mini-break down at 2-5 but they immediately broke back ... Lee-Daniele saved 2 match points in this long tie-break before converting 5th set point ... In match tie-break both pairs exchanged lead early but then both pairs were neck to neck ... Lee-Daniele take lead after mini-break on 16th point, 9-7, and converted 2nd match point on their serve for hard fought win after 2 hours and 3 minutes .. In the semi-final they r facing 3rd seed Murray-Peers.
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At $984K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[QF] (ALT) Somdev Devvarman / Rik De Voest (IND/RSA) bt (2) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 36 64 10-7

[SF] (ALT) Somdev Devvarman / Rik De Voest (IND/RSA) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

Buji-Rik scored upset win over 2nd seed Benneteau-Zimonjic in comeback victory ... Buji-Rik lost the first set against Benneteau-Zimo but after that they fought back to won the second set with a single break ... Buji-Rik kept their momentum in match tie-break and enter into the semis after winning it ... Next they r facing South American pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[R2] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,310) bt Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,548) 61 62

[QF] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,310) vs (3) Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR,245)

Doubles
[QF] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Anna SMOLINA (RUS) l Basak ERAYDIN (TUR)/ Melis SEZER (TUR) 26 26
[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR) l (2) Michaela HONCOVA (SVK)/ Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR) 26 64 7-10

Ankita scored convincing win over her Japanese opponent and with that I think she has guaranteed her place in top-300 when next rankings get updated ... Bravo Ankita ... Next she is facing top-250 Ukrainian Vasylyeva.

But in the doubles Nidhi and Ankita lost their matches with their respective partners ... Ankita-Deniz stretched their 2nd seed opponents to match tie-break.
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At $15K Burundi F1 Futures, Bujumbura (clay)

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,329) bt (8) Mark Fynn (ZIM,1059) 61 57 63

[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,329) vs (4) Lukas Jastraunig (AUT,628)

Doubles
[SF] (2) Yannick MERTENS (BEL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (3) Alexander LAZOV (BUL)/ Jannis LINIGER (SUI) 63 60

[F] (2) Yannick MERTENS (BEL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) vs (4) Mark FYNN (ZIM)/ Hassan NDAYISHIMIYE (BDI)

Surprisingly Zimbabwean Fynn stretched Jeevan to three sets ... After losing the first set easily Fynn surprised Jeevan after winning the second ... Jeevan recovered and won the final set ... In the semis he is facing 4th seed Austrian ... In the doubles Jeevan-Yannick r in the final with dominating win after losing only three games ... In the final they 4 facing 4th seed Fynn-Ndayishimiye, who upset top-seed Austrian pair.
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At $10K Egypt F26 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) bt Maxi Pongratz (AUT,1176) 63 62

[QF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) vs (4) Ivan Nedelko (RUS,451)

Comfortable win for Prajnesh ... Next he is facing 4th seed Russian Nedelko.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] (1) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Linda DUBSKA (CZE) 60 60

[QF] (1) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Viktoriya BOGOSLOVSKAYA (RUS)

Very dominating win by Rishika against Czech girl ... Next she is facing Russian girl, who upset 6th seed.