Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Tennis News

At $710K Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain - WTA Premier (Grass)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Jie Zheng (CHN) 63 63

Comfortable winning start on the grass for top-seed Cara-Sania in their grass season opener.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, England (Grass)

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) l Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 46 67(3)

Turn to be disastrous challenger as our both pairs lose in the first round ... Purav-Demoliner managed to give fight but failed to turn around against Aussie pair.
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At $50K Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,322) l (4) Denys Molchanov (UKR,265) 46 57
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,325) l (3) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,209) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN) 62 46 retd.

Saki gives a fighting performance but fail to convert in a win ... But in the doubles Saki-Jeevan retire from their match at 1 set all ... Bala give decent performance against Basilashvili.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND)/ Sharmadaa Baluu (IND) bt Polina Merenkova (UZB)/ Komola Umarova (UZB) 76(4) 61
[R1] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)/ Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO) 63 61
[R1] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND)/ Vlada Ekshibarova (UZB) bt Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Xi-Yao Wang (CHN) 64 2-0 retd.

[QF] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Rishika Sunkara (IND)/ Sharmadaa Baluu (IND)
[QF] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND)/ Vlada Ekshibarova (UZB) vs (3) Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ)/ Margarita Lazareva (RUS)

Winning start for our girls in the doubles with their respective partners.
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At $10K South Africa F3 Futures , Sun City

[R2] Ronak Manuja (IND,1364) l (4) Tyler Hochwalt (USA,617) 46 26

Doubles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Anderson Reed (USA) bt Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (RSA)/ Brandon Laubser (RSA) 63 63
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Tejas Chaukulkar (IND) l Charl Wolmarans (RSA)/ Fritz Wolmarans (RSA) 36 46

[QF] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Anderson Reed (USA) vs Benjamin Lock (ZIM)/ Courtney John Lock (ZIM)

Expected loss of Ronak in the singles but in the doubles he is having winning start with his American partner ... In the quarters they r facing Zimbabwean Lock brothers.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (4) Natasha Palha (IND,521) bt (WC) Nathania Ratih Putri Karsita (INA,UNR) 61 60
[R1] (5) Shweta Rana (IND,582) l Ho Ching Wu (HKG,866) 75 46 57

[R2] (4) Natasha Palha (IND,521) vs (WC) Beatrice Gumulya (INA,UNR)

Expected win for Natasha but in her next match she will be tested ... Shweta start with winning first set but fail to keep momentum in next two sets.

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