Tennis News

At Australian Open 2014, Melbourne

[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,172) vs (28) Potito Starace (ITA,153)

Yuki is having decent draw in the first qualifying round, he is facing experienced and former top-30 Italian Potito Starace ... They r in the draw with WR #122 Canadian Frank Dancevic.
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At $512K APIA International Sydney, Australia

[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Jean Julien Roger(NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROM) 76(5) 67(2) 10-3

[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Treat Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR)

Rohan-Aisam scored really hard fought win against Jean Julien Roger-Horia Tecau in match tie-break ... Much needed such match for Rohan-Aisam before AO ... The first set Rohan-Aisam won in tie-break before losing the second set in tie-break but they dominated match tie-break ... Next they r facing tricky and in-form pairing of Huey-Inglot.
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At $10K Aurangabad ITF Women's Tournament, India

Singles First Round
(1) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (Q) Theiviya SELVARAJOO (MAS) 62 62
Damini SHARMA (IND) bt (Q) Sahan SHETTY (IND) 63 63
(Q) Akshara ISKA (IND) bt (Q) Vaibhavi TRIVEDI (IND) 61 64
(6) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) bt (Q) Aashima GARG (IND) 60 61
(4) Emi MUTAGUCHI (JPN) bt Arantxa ANDRADY (IND) 63 62
Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) bt (Q) Riya BHATIA (IND) 63 62
(WC) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND) bt Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) 64 61
(5) Shweta RANA (IND) bt (WC) Teertha ISKA (IND) 46 61 60
(8) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) bt Eetee MAHETA (IND) 57 62 60
Bhuvana KALVA (IND) bt (WC) Mahrukh KOKNI (IND) 62 60
(Q) Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) bt (WC) Isha BUDWAL (IND) 62 60
(3) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Vaniya DANGWAL (IND) 61 64
(7) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Sharon Sanchana PAUL (IND) 63 64
(Q) Srishti SLARIA (IND) bt Sanya MADAN (IND) 61 62
Chihiro NUNOME (JPN) bt Sharmada BALU (IND) 61 64
(2) Parthana G.THOMBARE (IND) bt Jeni PATEL (IND) 61 62

Overall expected results in the first round.