At Asia-Oceania Zone Group II - Fed Cup 2014, Astana, Kazakhstan (4th - 8th February)
India bt New Zealand 2-1
Prarthana G. THOMBARE bt Dianne HOLLANDS 61 64
Ankita RAINA l Marina ERAKOVIC 16 26
Sania MIRZA/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE bt Marina ERAKOVIC/ Abigail GUTHRIE 75 61
Indians used All Black girls weakness to their advantage smartly (hats off to Captain Sania) for entering in the semis ... They r facing Hong Kong, who is coached by our own Karan Rastogi.
In first match Prarthana scored comfortable win against Hollands ... As expected Erakovic proved too strong to Ankita ... In the doubles Sania played masterstroke of playing Prarthana with her and it gave rich dividends ... Sania-Prarthana scored straight sets win over Erakovic-Guthrie.
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At $50K Chennai Challenger, India
[QF] (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Jordi Samper-Montana (ESP,227) w/o
[QF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,174) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA,196) 36 62 62
[QF] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) l Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,238) 06 26
[QF] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,388) l (2) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,130) 57 46
[SF] (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,174)
[SF] (2) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,130) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,238)
Doubles
[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Blaz Rola (SLO) bt Steven Diez (CAN)/ Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) 63 62
[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)/ Agustin Velotti (ARG) 62 63
[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Blaz Rola (SLO) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Marek Semjan (SVK)
[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (3) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
Without playing a single ball Buji in the semis as his Spanish opponent Jordi Samper-Montana gave walkover due to injury ... Other hand Yuki had tricky match against 19 yrs old talented Frenchman Lucas Pouille ... In first set Yuki take 1st break in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but Pouille broke immediately in next game to made 2-all ... Pouille broke Yuki in 8th game to take 5-3 lead and after that hold his service game for winning the set ... In second set Pouille broke Yuki in 1st game but this time Yuki broke him in 2nd game to made it 1-all ... In 5th game Yuki saved 2 break points from 15-40 before holding his serve ... After that Yuki broke Pouille in 6th and 8th games to take match in decider ... Again in 1st game Yuki failed to hold but this time also he broke Pouille in next game, 1-all ... Same story of second set repeated in this set also, from 2-all Yuki won next 4 games for winning this match ... Next he is facing Buji for the place in the final ... This is first match between current India #1 and #2.
Sanam failed to challenge Donskoy's serve and that was difference in this quarter final match ... In first set both players hold their service games till 11th game without facing single break point but Donskoy broke Sanam in 12th game for winning it ... In second set Donskoy take early break and was lead 2-5 at that time Sanam hold his serve to made it 3-5 ... First time in the match Sanam broke Donskoy in 9th game to brought set on serve ... But Sanam failed to hold his serve in next game while serving for staying in the match ... Overall good tournament for Sanam as he won 5 matches in a row before losing to former top-100 player Donskoy.
Kudryavtsev was playing in zone and didn't gave smallest chance to Saki ... Saki got blown away with onslaught from Kudryavtsev and managed to win only 2 games in his loss ... Still decent week for Saki.
Our remaining two pairs r in the semis with comfortable wins ... Yuki-Venus had comfortable outing against Fabbiano-Velotti ... Bala-Rola showed their upset win over Ratiwatanas wasn't fluke and scored comfortable win over Diaz-Munoz-De La Nava.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
[R2] Natasha Palha (IND,594) l (Q) Magali Kempen (BEL,UNR) 26 36
Shocking loss of Natasha against un-ranked 16 yrs old Belgian Magali Kempen after her win against top-seed Russian in the first round.
India bt New Zealand 2-1
Prarthana G. THOMBARE bt Dianne HOLLANDS 61 64
Ankita RAINA l Marina ERAKOVIC 16 26
Sania MIRZA/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE bt Marina ERAKOVIC/ Abigail GUTHRIE 75 61
Indians used All Black girls weakness to their advantage smartly (hats off to Captain Sania) for entering in the semis ... They r facing Hong Kong, who is coached by our own Karan Rastogi.
In first match Prarthana scored comfortable win against Hollands ... As expected Erakovic proved too strong to Ankita ... In the doubles Sania played masterstroke of playing Prarthana with her and it gave rich dividends ... Sania-Prarthana scored straight sets win over Erakovic-Guthrie.
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At $50K Chennai Challenger, India
[QF] (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Jordi Samper-Montana (ESP,227) w/o
[QF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,174) bt Lucas Pouille (FRA,196) 36 62 62
[QF] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) l Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,238) 06 26
[QF] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,388) l (2) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,130) 57 46
[SF] (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,174)
[SF] (2) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,130) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,238)
Doubles
[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Blaz Rola (SLO) bt Steven Diez (CAN)/ Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) 63 62
[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)/ Agustin Velotti (ARG) 62 63
[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Blaz Rola (SLO) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Marek Semjan (SVK)
[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (3) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
Without playing a single ball Buji in the semis as his Spanish opponent Jordi Samper-Montana gave walkover due to injury ... Other hand Yuki had tricky match against 19 yrs old talented Frenchman Lucas Pouille ... In first set Yuki take 1st break in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but Pouille broke immediately in next game to made 2-all ... Pouille broke Yuki in 8th game to take 5-3 lead and after that hold his service game for winning the set ... In second set Pouille broke Yuki in 1st game but this time Yuki broke him in 2nd game to made it 1-all ... In 5th game Yuki saved 2 break points from 15-40 before holding his serve ... After that Yuki broke Pouille in 6th and 8th games to take match in decider ... Again in 1st game Yuki failed to hold but this time also he broke Pouille in next game, 1-all ... Same story of second set repeated in this set also, from 2-all Yuki won next 4 games for winning this match ... Next he is facing Buji for the place in the final ... This is first match between current India #1 and #2.
Sanam failed to challenge Donskoy's serve and that was difference in this quarter final match ... In first set both players hold their service games till 11th game without facing single break point but Donskoy broke Sanam in 12th game for winning it ... In second set Donskoy take early break and was lead 2-5 at that time Sanam hold his serve to made it 3-5 ... First time in the match Sanam broke Donskoy in 9th game to brought set on serve ... But Sanam failed to hold his serve in next game while serving for staying in the match ... Overall good tournament for Sanam as he won 5 matches in a row before losing to former top-100 player Donskoy.
Kudryavtsev was playing in zone and didn't gave smallest chance to Saki ... Saki got blown away with onslaught from Kudryavtsev and managed to win only 2 games in his loss ... Still decent week for Saki.
Our remaining two pairs r in the semis with comfortable wins ... Yuki-Venus had comfortable outing against Fabbiano-Velotti ... Bala-Rola showed their upset win over Ratiwatanas wasn't fluke and scored comfortable win over Diaz-Munoz-De La Nava.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
[R2] Natasha Palha (IND,594) l (Q) Magali Kempen (BEL,UNR) 26 36
Shocking loss of Natasha against un-ranked 16 yrs old Belgian Magali Kempen after her win against top-seed Russian in the first round.
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