At €1.36M ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 67(4) 62 9-11
Rohan-Aisam were upset by Brunstrom-Nieminen in first round ... In first set both pairs had a single break before tie-break ... In tie-break Brunstrom-Nieminen proved better to won it ... In second set ROhan-Aisam dominated and with double break they won it comfortably ... In match tie-break also Rohan-Aisam were cruising when leading 7-2 but after that Brunstrom-Nieminen provided superb comeback and they won 9 points from next 11 points for completing upset win.
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At 2.4M Qatar Total Open, Doha (WTA Premier 5)
[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye
[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE)/ Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)
Big Premier tournament is started and Sania-Cara r 4th seed ... After receiving bye in first round they r facing (beautiful) Pliskova twins in second round.
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At $50K Kolkata Challenger, India
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,657) l (Q) Ti Chen (TPE,284) 36 26
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) bt (Q) Liang Chi-Huang (TPE,285) 46 63 61
[R1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,292) l (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,127) 46 26
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) vs (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,127)
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,100) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,201)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 76(3) 76(1)
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) l Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Blaz Rola (SLO) 36 75 7-10
[QF] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Lucas Pouille (FRA)/ Go Soeda (JPN)
[QF] (WC) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
In the beginning Yuki struggled to convert break points ... Yuki lost first set with a single break of serve ... In the second set Yuki broke Huang twice for winning it ... Till then Yuki had only 2 out of 11 break point conversion rate ... In the decider Yuki changed gear he broke Huang in 1st, 3rd and 5th games to lead 5-0 ... In 6th game on his serve Yuki missed 3 match points before losing it but again he broke Huang in 7th game converting 5th match point ... Overall good comeback win after shaky start for Yuki ... Next he is facing 3rd seed Russian Evgeny Donskoy ... Saketh gave decent fight till 4-all but Donskoy broke Saki in 9th game and then hold his serve for winning first set ... In second set Donskoy was more dominating and won it with double break ... Other hand expected loss of Vishnu, who is out of match practice due to injury and his longish break from the tennis.
Interesting matches in the second round of the singles for Indians as all Chennai challenger semi-finalists r facing each other ... Yuki against Donskoy and Buji against Kudryavtsev.
Divij-Vishnu scored really good win against 3rd seed pair of Buji-Purav ... In first set Divij-Vishnu were up 3-1 with a break but Purav-Buji fought back to made 3-all ... In tie-break Divij-Vishnu used their better services in their advantage and won it ... In the second set also both pairs hold their respective service games till 12th game ... Here also in tie-break Divij-Vishnu used their services in advantage and won it comfortably ... Next they r facing Taipei Davis cup pair.
Last week' title winner pair of Yuki-Venus lost in the first round against Nedovyesov-Rola ... After losing first set Yuki-Venus fought back in the second ... They saved match point at 4-5 and then broke opponent's serve in 11th game for winning second set ... But somehow they failed to overcome challenge of Nedovyesov-Rola in match tie-break ... In a way good break for Yuki after double crown last week before big $100K challenge in Delhi.
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 67(4) 62 9-11
Rohan-Aisam were upset by Brunstrom-Nieminen in first round ... In first set both pairs had a single break before tie-break ... In tie-break Brunstrom-Nieminen proved better to won it ... In second set ROhan-Aisam dominated and with double break they won it comfortably ... In match tie-break also Rohan-Aisam were cruising when leading 7-2 but after that Brunstrom-Nieminen provided superb comeback and they won 9 points from next 11 points for completing upset win.
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At 2.4M Qatar Total Open, Doha (WTA Premier 5)
[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye
[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE)/ Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)
Big Premier tournament is started and Sania-Cara r 4th seed ... After receiving bye in first round they r facing (beautiful) Pliskova twins in second round.
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At $50K Kolkata Challenger, India
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,657) l (Q) Ti Chen (TPE,284) 36 26
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) bt (Q) Liang Chi-Huang (TPE,285) 46 63 61
[R1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,292) l (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,127) 46 26
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) vs (3) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,127)
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,100) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,201)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 76(3) 76(1)
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) l Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Blaz Rola (SLO) 36 75 7-10
[QF] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Lucas Pouille (FRA)/ Go Soeda (JPN)
[QF] (WC) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
In the beginning Yuki struggled to convert break points ... Yuki lost first set with a single break of serve ... In the second set Yuki broke Huang twice for winning it ... Till then Yuki had only 2 out of 11 break point conversion rate ... In the decider Yuki changed gear he broke Huang in 1st, 3rd and 5th games to lead 5-0 ... In 6th game on his serve Yuki missed 3 match points before losing it but again he broke Huang in 7th game converting 5th match point ... Overall good comeback win after shaky start for Yuki ... Next he is facing 3rd seed Russian Evgeny Donskoy ... Saketh gave decent fight till 4-all but Donskoy broke Saki in 9th game and then hold his serve for winning first set ... In second set Donskoy was more dominating and won it with double break ... Other hand expected loss of Vishnu, who is out of match practice due to injury and his longish break from the tennis.
Interesting matches in the second round of the singles for Indians as all Chennai challenger semi-finalists r facing each other ... Yuki against Donskoy and Buji against Kudryavtsev.
Divij-Vishnu scored really good win against 3rd seed pair of Buji-Purav ... In first set Divij-Vishnu were up 3-1 with a break but Purav-Buji fought back to made 3-all ... In tie-break Divij-Vishnu used their better services in their advantage and won it ... In the second set also both pairs hold their respective service games till 12th game ... Here also in tie-break Divij-Vishnu used their services in advantage and won it comfortably ... Next they r facing Taipei Davis cup pair.
Last week' title winner pair of Yuki-Venus lost in the first round against Nedovyesov-Rola ... After losing first set Yuki-Venus fought back in the second ... They saved match point at 4-5 and then broke opponent's serve in 11th game for winning second set ... But somehow they failed to overcome challenge of Nedovyesov-Rola in match tie-break ... In a way good break for Yuki after double crown last week before big $100K challenge in Delhi.
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