Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2014, Melbourne

Doubles
[R1] Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 26 46
[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)/ Daniel Gimeno Traver (ESP) 62 75
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 46 63 64

[R2] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (10) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)
[R2] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (2) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)/ James Duckworth (AUS)
[R1] (8) Elena Vesnina (RUS)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)/ David Marrero (ESP)
[R1] (6) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) vs Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)
[R1] (2) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/ Treat Huey (PHI)

Winning debute for Yuki with his partner Venus in the grandslam men's doubles main-draw ... They scored straight sets win over more experienced Spanish pair ... After winning the first set easily Yuki-Venus stretched little by their Spanish opponents in the second ... But in end comfortable win for Yuki-Venus ... Next they r facing 10th seed pairing of Rojer-Tecau.

Divij-Lu had really tough match against in-form and current Chennai open champions Brunstrom-Nielsen ... In this match Brunstrom-Nielsen proved too strong for Divij-Lu.

Mahesh-Rajeev made strong comeback after losing the first set ... They won the second set and then broke opponents in 5th game of the third set to take lead ... Mahesh-Rajeev saved couple of break points in 8th game before holding their serve ... After that they kept their one break advantage and completed victory ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Peya-Soares.

Interesting pairing in mixed doubles as Lee and Mahesh r in same draw ... Mahesh is partnering Lee's former partner Elena Vesnina and Lee is partnering Mahesh's former partner Daniela Hantuchova ... Sania is again partnering Horia Tecau ... Rohan is having very strong partner in Katarina Srebotnik and they r 2nd seed.

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