Tennis News

At French Open 2014, Paris, France (Red clay)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) vs (4) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)
[R1] (2) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)

Mixed doubles draw is out and our both pairs having tricky matches on the clay.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Balikpapan, Indonesia

[R1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,288) vs Sharmadaa Baluu (IND,651)
[R1] Shweta Rana (IND,577) vs (5) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA,345)
[R1] Natasha Palha (IND,522) vs (Q) Abbie Myers (AUS,1004)
[R1] (Q) Sneha Padamata (IND,1179) vs (Q) Leah Daw (AUS,1210)

Doubles
[R1] Leah Daw (AUS)/ Shweta Rana (IND) l Xiaorong Dong (CHN)/ Boyan Wang (CHN) 26 16
[R1] (3) Sharmadaa Baluu (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Miyabi Inque (JPN)/ Mai Minokoshi (JPN) 64 63
[R1] (4) Natasha Palha (IND)/ Zuzana Zlochova (SVK) l Yihong Li (CHN)/ Lin Zhu (CHN) 26 67(5)

[QF] (3) Sharmadaa Baluu (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Tomoko Dokei (JPN)/ Ayaka Okuno (JPN)

In the doubles Ankita start with win partnering Baluu against Japanese pair ... In the quarters also they r facing another Japanese pair.
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At $10K Thailand F5 Futures, Bangkok

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,343) bt David Sofaer (HKG,929) 62 62
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,992) l (WC) Phassawit Burapharitta (THA,2075) 64 67(4) 36
[R1] (2) Karunuday Singh (IND,409) l (Q) Andre Dome (USA,1348) 0-1 retd.

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,343) vs Pruchya Isarow (THA,812)

Doubles
[R1] Shotaro GOTO (JPN)/ Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) l Xin GAO (CHN)/ Bowen OUYANG (CHN) 26 61 7-10
[R1] (2) Ryan AGAR (AUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Yuichi ITO (JPN)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 61 63

[QF] (2) Ryan AGAR (AUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Sanchai RATIWATANA (THA)/ Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL (THA)

Only RamK start with comfortable win but KU retires from his match due to ongoing injury ... Kaza's poor run continues.
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At $10K Guam F1 Futures, Tumon

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,302) bt (Q) Koichi Sano (JPN,UNR) 62 64
[R1] Neeraj Elangovan (IND,1667) bt (WC) Daniel Llarenas (GUM,UNR) 75 64

[R2] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,302) vs Thomas Shubert (USA,1646)
[R2] Neeraj Elangovan (IND,1667) vs (8) Woong-Sun Jun (KOR,970)

Winning start for Jeevan and Neeraj ... Tough match for Neraj in the second round.
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At $10K South Africa F1 Futures , Sun City

[R1] Ronak MANUJA (IND,1363) bt Joshua LUCK (RSA,UNR) 76(0) 62
[R1] Akash WAGH (IND,1033) l Juan Cruz ESTEVARENA (ARG,1628) 67(5) 26
[R1] Sagar AHUJA (IND,1698) l Tuki JACOBS (NAM,UNR) 36 26

[R2] Ronak MANUJA (IND,1363) vs (6) Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA,754)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) l Brandon LAUBSER (RSA)/ Tucker VORSTER (RSA) 67(3) 16
[R1] Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Stefan MERUNKA (CRO) l Francois KELLERMAN (RSA)/ Okkie KELLERMAN (RSA) 36 46

Poor outing for Indians as only Ronak win his match ... In the doubles also Ronak-Akash lose against local pair.