Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Tennis News

At $3.57M China Open, Beijing

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,98) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP,32) 67(6) 36

Doubles
[R1] (2) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) l Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 36 36

Really disappointed after this match as big opportunity missed by Buji ... Verdasco broke Buji in 1st game and kept that advantage till 5-4 but when Verdasco was serving for the set, Buji broke him to made it 5-all ... Buji played one of his worst tie-break ... He had 4 set points when he was leading 6-2 but after that Buji lost 6 points in a row to lose the set and in that he served 3 times ... In the second set Verdasco needed only a single break which he got in 8th game on Buji's serve and completed win in 95 minutes.

In early in the match Mahesh-Robert were controlling the game, they were break up at 3-2 but afterwards Djoker and Wawrinka dominated the match ... They won four games in a row for winning the first set ... After that they won the second set with double break.

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At $15K Rwanda F1 Futures, Kigali (clay)

[R1] Kunal Anand (IND,2121) l (1) Gerald Melzer (AUT,197) 46 16
[R1] Neishit Vakil (IND,1904) l (Q) Gilles De Sousa (FRA,UNR) 16 16
[R1] (Q) Rahul Sadhwani (IND,UNR) l (6) Lorenzo Papasidero (ITA,853) 06 06

Doubles
[R1] Rahul Sadhwani (IND)/ Neishit Vakil (IND) l Anatole Bizimana (RWA)/ Mathieu Uwizeyimana (RWA) 16 36
[R1] Jannis Liniger (SUI)/ Mithun Murali (IND) bt Olivier Havugimana (RWA)/ Refiloe Molaoa (RSA) 61 61

[QF] Jannis Liniger (SUI)/ Mithun Murali (IND) vs (2) Alexander Lazov (BUL) / Yannick Mertens (BEL)

Couple of humiliating defeats for Indian players but little decent performance by Kunal Anand against top-200 Melzer.

Mithun is in the quarters of the doubles with his Swiss partner ... Next they r facing 2nd seed pair.

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At $10K Kuwait F3 Futures, Meshref

[R1] Akash Wagh (IND,1774) l Thomas Statzberger (AUT,1317) 61 06 46

Doubles
[R1] (3) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Mohammed Reda (KUW)/ Kento Tagashira (JPN) 62 63
[R1] Matias Castro (ARG)/ Akash Wagh (IND) bt Hussain Jamal (KUW)/ Abdulaziz Redha (KUW) 62 26 10-4
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND)/ Arpit Sharma (IND) l Hassan Al Mousa (KUW)/ Punn Bodhidatta (THA) 26 62 6-10

[QF] (3) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Matias Castro (ARG)/ Akash Wagh (IND)

Akash started well against similar ranked Austrian opponent ... He won the first set losing only a single game but Akash lost momentum from the second ... His challenge fizzled out from the second set which he lost without winning a single game and then lost third also without much fight.

Saketh is playing the doubles despite injury scare .. Unnecessary risking his recovery in this $10K futures ... Akash with Castro won their first round doubles match in match tie-break ... Next they r facing Saketh and Davidson.

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At $10K Spain F33 Futures, Sabadell

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,684) l Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR,741) 76(4) 36 16

This was tricky match but I was still hoping for a win for Ramkumar against this 18 yrs old talented Silva ... Ramkumar won the first set in tie-break but afterwards it looks Silva measured up RK's game ... Silva won next two sets losing only 4 games.
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At $10K Turkey F39 Futures , Antalya - Kaya-Belek

[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) bt (Q) Alexander Mozgovoy (RUS,UNR) 63 61

Prajnesh scored comfortable win against Russian qualifier.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Anjana KOMPALLY (IND) l Caroline UEBELHOER (GER) 57 36
[R1] (Q) Shivani MANCHANDA (IND) l (Q) Chantelle RIGOZZI (AUS) 06 06

[R2] (4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs (Q) Anabel OSSOMBI (UKR)

Expected losses for Indians ... So only Rishika is remaining in the draw.

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