Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Tennis News

At US Open 2013, New York, USA

Doubles
[QF] (10) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) bt (4) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) 64 76(5)

[SF] (10) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) vs (8) Ashleigh Barty (AUS)/ Casey Dellacqua (AUS)

Really good win by Sania-Jie against current Wimbledon champions in 1 hour and 50 minutes ... In the first set Sania-Jie was up with double break at 5-2 but Su-Wei-Shuai take break in 8th game but Sania-Jie kept their single break advantage and won the set after holding their serve in 10th game ... In the second set again Sania-Jie broke opponent's in 1st game but Su-Wei-Shuai immediately broke back in 2nd game to made 1-all ... Su-Wei-Shuai broke Sania-Jie in 6th game to lead 4-2 but this time our pair immediately broke back to brought the set on serve ... In tie-breaks both pairs traded multiple mini-breaks before Sania-Jie won the match after winning point on opponent's serve ... Next in the semis-final they r facing 8th seed Aussie pair of Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua.
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At $15K Canada F7 Futures, Toronto

[QF] Viajayant Malik (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l (2) Jean-Yves Aubone (USA)/ Sekou Bangoura (USA) 16 36

Sanam-Vijayant failed to give any challenge to 2nd seed American pair.
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At $10K Egypt F23 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] (1) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,402) bt (Q) Ameur Ben Hassen (TUN,UNR) 64 64
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,1270) l (8) Ricardo Urzua-Rivera (CHI,676) 26 06
[R1] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (Q) Mina Albert (EGY,1900) 63 62

[R2] (1) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,402) vs Martin Rios-Benitez (ARG,1064)
[R2] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (Q) Mohamed Adnaoui (MAR,UNR)

Winning start for Bala and Ranjeet but Arjun thrashed by his Chilean opponent.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (3) Anna MORGINA (RUS) bt Tanisha ROHIRA (IND) 60 63
[R1] (4) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Vishesh VISHNU (IND) 62 61

[R2] (4) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Ekaterina TRETYAK (RUS)

Hopefully Prarthana perform as per or better of her seeding in this tournament.

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