Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Tennis News

At US Open 2013, New York, USA

Doubles
[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (5) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 61 67(3) 64

[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Lee-Radek completed win in three sets against Aisam-Rojer ... In this match Lee-Radek didn't lost their service games and broke Aisam-Rojer thrice ... Lee-Radek won the first set comfortably with double break ... In the second set despite break points both pairs failed to break opponent ... Aisam-Rojer played better tie-break and won it comfortably ... Lee-Radek won the final set with a single break ... In the semis they r facing top-seed Bryans, repeat of last year's final but this time hoping for different result.
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At $50K St. Remy Challenger, France

[R1] (Q) Purav Raja (IND,925) l Michal Konecny (CZE,335) 36 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Guilherme Clezar (BRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Josselin Ouanna (FRA) 75 46 4-10

Fighting performance by Purav in his loss against top-350 Czech player ... But in the doubles poor result for Purav with his Brazilian partner ... Unseeded French pair defeated them in match tie-break.
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At $15K Canada F7 Futures, Toronto (clay)

[R1] (3) Viajayant Malik (IND,452) l Pavel Krainik (CAN,827) 46 75 67(5)

Vijayant failed to overcome local challenge and lost in topsy-turvy match ... After losing the first set Viajaynt fought back and won the second set ... But he failed to win tie-break in the decider.
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At $10K Egypt F23 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

Doubles
[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Adham ELGANAINY (EGY)/ Seong-Gook OH (KOR) 61 61
[R1] Karim Scremin Ashraf EL HAWAN (BRA)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) l Julian TUROSIENSKI (POL)/ Rafal TEURER (POL) 16 06
[R1] Francesco BESSIRE (ITA)/ Arjun KADHE (IND) bt Mehdi ABID (TUN)/ Skander MANSOURI (TUN) 63 36 10-3

[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Julian TUROSIENSKI (POL)/ Rafal TEURER (POL)
[QF] Francesco BESSIRE (ITA)/ Arjun KADHE (IND) vs Marlon OLIVEIRA (BRA)/ Martin RIOS-BENITEZ (ARG)

Good win by Arjun and his Italian partner in the doubles.

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