Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Tennis News

At Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England

Doubles Group B
[M3] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepaneck (CZE) l (6) David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 46 67(5)
[M4] (2) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) bt (4) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 36 64 10-5

Now last match is very important for Lee-Radek for the semi-final qualification ... In their second match they lost against in-form Spanish pair Marrero-Verdasco in straight sets ... After losing the first set Lee-Radek stretched Spanish pair to tie-break but failed to won it.
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At $50K Knoxville Challenger, USA

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,289) l (5) Donald Young (USA,97) 46 26
[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,368) bt Nils Langer (GER,357) 61 64

[R2] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,368) vs (5) Donald Young (USA,97)

Doubles
[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l (1) Samuel Groth (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 36 46

Sanam continues with his excellent form from qualifying and scored impressive win against similar ranked Nils Langer in straight sets ... Sanam dominated the first set and was leading 5-2 but lost his serve at 5-3 but he again broke Langer in 10th game for winning the match ... Next he is facing American Donald Young, who defeated Saketh in straight sets ... This week Saketh failed to overcome top-100 challenge and lost easily against Young.

Saketh lost in the doubles with Sanam against top-seed ... Top-seed Aussie pair proved strong for our pair.

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At €64K Ortisei Challenger, Italy

[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Martin Fischer (AUT)/ Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 76(6) 62

In the first set Purav-Divij missed 6 break point chances but they won tight tie-break ... They dominated the second set and won it with double break ... So they r in the semis.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Vinaroz , Spain (clay)

[QF] (2) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Ai Wen Zhu (CHN) bt Carmen Lopez-Rueda (ESP)/ Alice Savoretti (ITA) 2-0 Retd.

[SF] (2) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Ai Wen Zhu (CHN) vs Ana Belzunce-Crompin (ESP)/ Olga Parres Azcoitia (ESP)

Easy win as their opponents retired after two games ... In the semis Sowjanya and Zhu r facing 3rd seed Spanish pair.

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