At $2.37M Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan (WTA Premier)
Doubles Final
Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Chan Hao-Ching (TPE)/ Liezel Huber (USA) 46 60 11-9
First time Sania and Cara played together and they lifted the title as Japan open in very entertaining match ... After losing the first set Sania-Cara fought back and won the second set in 27 minutes without losing a single game ... In match tie-break both pairs were fighting hard ... Sania-Cara was 2 match points down at 7-9 but afterwards they won 4 points in a row to lift the title ... This was Sania's 18th WTA doubles title and Cara's 56th WTA doubles title.
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At $5.2M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)
[R1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Kimiko Date-Kuumm (JPN)/ Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
Sania-Cara r 8th seed and facing Date-Krumm and Scheepers in the first round
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At $3.57M China Open, Beijing
[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) bt (2) Robin Haase (NED,60) 26 64 60
[Q2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA,85) 36 76(5) 63
[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP,32)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) vs John Isner (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)
[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
Buji scored superb back to back comeback wins over higher ranked opponents and enter into the main-draw of China open ... So this qualification also give Buji 20 ranking points ... In the first round Buji is playing against former top-10 Spanish player Fernando Verdasco.
In the final qualifying round Buji struggled in the first set and managed to win only 3 points on Lorenzi's serve but after that Buji produced another excellent comeback ... In the second set Buji lost his serve in 7th game, 3-4, but he immediately broke Lorenzi to made it 4-all ... In 11th game Buji saved 3 break points before holding his serve and then won tie-break to take the match into the decider ... In the third set Buji saved a break point before holding his serve in 2nd game and then he broke Lorenzi in 3rd game to take 2-1 lead ... Again Buji broke Lorenzi in 9th game when he was serving for staying in the match for excellent win ... Before then in the first round Buji scored upset win over @60 ranked Robin Haase ... After losing the first set easily Buji fought back and won the second set ... In the third set Haase struggled with his first serve as he managed only 27% ... Buji take full advantage of it and won this set without losing a single games.
This wee Leander is playing with Nestor and they r top-seed ... They r facing American big serving pair of Isner and Querrey ... Mahesh and Robert Lindstedt r second seed and facing really tricky pair of Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka.
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At $1.4M Japan Open, Tokyo
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Juan Monaco (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Rohan-Edouard r playing at Japan open and they r facing Argentine pair in the first round.
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At $100K Sacramento Challenger, USA
[R1] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1131) l Greg Ouellette (USA,726) 36 1-3 Retd.
Ashwin retired from the match due to back injury.
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At $10K Egypt F26 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh
[SF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) bt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY,540) 76(5) 63
[F] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) l (2) Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP,250) 06 06
Prajnesh is in the final of Egypt futures ... He scored straight sets win over local player ... Prajnesh won the tight first set in tie-break before winning the second set convincingly ... In the final he faced 2nd seed and top-250 Spanish player.
Turned to be forgettable final for Prajnesh ... Enrique Lopez-Perez gave him double bagel in the final ... Really shocking scoreline in the final for Prajnesh.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
[SF] (1) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l (3) Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA) 26 61 46
Rishika failed to overcome Italian challenge ... After losing the first set Rishika tried fightback after winning the second set comfortably but she failed to kept her momentum in the decider.
Doubles Final
Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Chan Hao-Ching (TPE)/ Liezel Huber (USA) 46 60 11-9
First time Sania and Cara played together and they lifted the title as Japan open in very entertaining match ... After losing the first set Sania-Cara fought back and won the second set in 27 minutes without losing a single game ... In match tie-break both pairs were fighting hard ... Sania-Cara was 2 match points down at 7-9 but afterwards they won 4 points in a row to lift the title ... This was Sania's 18th WTA doubles title and Cara's 56th WTA doubles title.
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At $5.2M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)
[R1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Kimiko Date-Kuumm (JPN)/ Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
Sania-Cara r 8th seed and facing Date-Krumm and Scheepers in the first round
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At $3.57M China Open, Beijing
[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) bt (2) Robin Haase (NED,60) 26 64 60
[Q2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA,85) 36 76(5) 63
[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP,32)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) vs John Isner (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)
[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
Buji scored superb back to back comeback wins over higher ranked opponents and enter into the main-draw of China open ... So this qualification also give Buji 20 ranking points ... In the first round Buji is playing against former top-10 Spanish player Fernando Verdasco.
In the final qualifying round Buji struggled in the first set and managed to win only 3 points on Lorenzi's serve but after that Buji produced another excellent comeback ... In the second set Buji lost his serve in 7th game, 3-4, but he immediately broke Lorenzi to made it 4-all ... In 11th game Buji saved 3 break points before holding his serve and then won tie-break to take the match into the decider ... In the third set Buji saved a break point before holding his serve in 2nd game and then he broke Lorenzi in 3rd game to take 2-1 lead ... Again Buji broke Lorenzi in 9th game when he was serving for staying in the match for excellent win ... Before then in the first round Buji scored upset win over @60 ranked Robin Haase ... After losing the first set easily Buji fought back and won the second set ... In the third set Haase struggled with his first serve as he managed only 27% ... Buji take full advantage of it and won this set without losing a single games.
This wee Leander is playing with Nestor and they r top-seed ... They r facing American big serving pair of Isner and Querrey ... Mahesh and Robert Lindstedt r second seed and facing really tricky pair of Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka.
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At $1.4M Japan Open, Tokyo
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Juan Monaco (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Rohan-Edouard r playing at Japan open and they r facing Argentine pair in the first round.
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At $100K Sacramento Challenger, USA
[R1] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1131) l Greg Ouellette (USA,726) 36 1-3 Retd.
Ashwin retired from the match due to back injury.
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At $10K Egypt F26 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh
[SF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) bt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY,540) 76(5) 63
[F] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) l (2) Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP,250) 06 06
Prajnesh is in the final of Egypt futures ... He scored straight sets win over local player ... Prajnesh won the tight first set in tie-break before winning the second set convincingly ... In the final he faced 2nd seed and top-250 Spanish player.
Turned to be forgettable final for Prajnesh ... Enrique Lopez-Perez gave him double bagel in the final ... Really shocking scoreline in the final for Prajnesh.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
[SF] (1) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l (3) Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA) 26 61 46
Rishika failed to overcome Italian challenge ... After losing the first set Rishika tried fightback after winning the second set comfortably but she failed to kept her momentum in the decider.
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