Tennis News

At €3.45M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 36 63 11-9

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)

Rohan-Aisam need to dig deep for this comeback victory ... After losing the first set they won the second set comfortably but faced challenge in match tie-break before winning it in extra points ... Next they r facing Bryans.
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At €2.1M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R1] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sabine Lisicki (GER) 64 26 10-8

[R2] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

This is really good win for Sania-Cara as they previously lost against same pair and Sania always had trouble in her meeting with Hingis ... After losing the second set easily Sania-Cara recovered to win the match tie-break ... Next they r facing Hantuchova-Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.
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At $50K Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan (clay)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,297) l (Q) Alexander Lobkov (RUS,323) 63 26 06
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,345) l Borna Coric (CRO,246) 46 63 67(2)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ James Clusky (IRL) vs Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Adrian Sikora (SVK) 57 46

After winning the first set Saki fail to capitalize and bundle in next two sets against Russian qualifier ... In the doubles also Saki and James lose their match in straight sets against unseeded pair.

Jeeevan miss big chance of huge upset over talented Borna Coric ... After losing the first set he made strong comeback for winning the second ... In the final set he was break up at 6-5 and had 2 match points on his serve which he failed to convert ... Borna proved too strong in tie-break.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Kurume, Japan (Grass)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,290) l Qiang Wang (CHN,282) 26 64 57

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) bt (WC) Shizuka Hisamitsu (JPN)/ Yukiho Yasuda (JPN) 63 75

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) vs (1) Jamila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Arina Rodionova (AUS)

In the singles Ankita gives creditable fighting performance against similar ranked Chinese opponent but now she need to win these matches to show progress in her career.

In the doubles expected winning start for Ankita and Samantha ... Next they r having real tough match against former top-50 and former top-100 doubles Aussie players.
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At $15K Mexico F4 futures , Morelia

[R1] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,377) bt (WC) Alan Nunez Aguilera (MEX,1679) 63 75

[R2] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,377) vs (PR) Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX,570)

Sanam's lack of match practice showing in his struggle against local wild-card player ... Next he is facing experienced local player Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) bt Sho Katayama (JPN,804) 62 60

[R2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) vs (Q) Hugo Grenier (FRA,1615)

Really dominating win by RamK against Katayama ... Next he is facing French qualifier.