Monday, June 30, 2014

Tennis News

At The Wimbledon 2014, London, Great Britain (Grass)

Doubles
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 76(3) 67(5) 36 postponed due to rain

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (6) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 4-3 postponed due to rain
[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l Eric Butorac (USA)/ Timea Babos (HUN) 61 26 36

Rohan-Aisam facing tough time against big serving Pospisil-Sock ... After winning the first set in tie-break Rohan-Aisam lose next set in tie-break and then third set also with a break.

Lee-Cara get upset from Butorac-Babos in the second round of MXD ... Lee-Cara started well winning the first set easily but after that they lost the focus to lose next two sets easily.

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At $125K+H Braunschweig Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs (WC) Daniel Masur (GER)/ Alexander Zverev (GER)

Bala receive wild-card of doubles with German Petzschner in this big Braunschweig Challenger and they r facing another wild-card pair in the first round.
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At $50K Winnetka Challenger, USA

[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,125) vs (WC) Jared Hiltzik (USA,1629)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,371) vs Takanayi Garanganga (ZIM,296)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/ Denis Kudla (USA) 16 67(7)

Hoping for better results from Buji in this challenger ... They r having tough first round in the doubles.

Sanam-Buji lose their doubles match in straight sets against 2Ks ... After losing the first set they tried fightback but 2Ks kept their cool for winning long tie-break.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Denain, France

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,286) vs (1) Kristina Kucova (SLO,156)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Margot Carter (GBR) vs Victoria Smirnova (BEL)/ Anastasia Smirnova (BEL)

Ankita is having tough match against top-seed Kucova ... In the doubles Ankita is playing with experienced doubles British player Carter and they r facing 15 yrs old Belgian Smirnova twins.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Middelburg, Netherlands

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,352) vs Evgeniya Rodina (RUS,293)

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sviatlana Pirazhenka (BLR) vs Lisanne Van Riet (NED)/ Monique Zuur (NED)

Tough first round for Prarthana ... In the doubles Prarthana-Pirazhenka is playing Dutch pair.
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At $10K Thailand F8 futures, Bangkok

[R1] (LL) Chandril SOOD (IND,1342) l (4) Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA,608) 46 36
[R1] (LL) Christopher MARQUIS (IND,1563) l Pruchya ISAROW (THA,1108) 63 26 36
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1103) l (7) Ryan AGAR (AUS,710) 16 0-1 retd.
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1217) vs (WC) Chayoanon KAEWSUTO (THA,2150)
[R1] Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1154) vs (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1428)
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1147) bt Akash WAGH (IND,1039) 63 26 62
[R1] (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,563) l (WC) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,2218) 26 06

[R2] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1147) vs (WC) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,2218)

Doubles
[R1] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) 62 46 10-7
[R1] (4) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) l Punn BODHIDATTA (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 46 36
[R1] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 57 64 10-5
[R1] Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Robert RUMLER (CZE) bt (2) Ryan AGAR (AUS)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 75 76(0)

[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) vs Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Robert RUMLER (CZE)

I m speechless by Vishnu's poor performance ... No comment on the performance of others.

In the doubles Vishnu start with a win his young partner over Sood brothers ... Mohit-Sasi also start with a win over another all Indian pair of Kaza-Marquis ... Arjun with his Czech partner Rumler score huge upset win over 2nd seed Aussie-Japanese pair in close two sets ... But 4th seed Akash-Ronit lose their match against local Thai pair.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Shweta RANA (IND,565) bt (WC) Plobrung PLIPUECH (THA,1233) 61 76
[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND,507) l Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,497) 06 64 26
[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) vs (Q) Theresa KLEINSTEUBER (GER,983)

Expected win for Shweta and Natasha give fighting performance against her Japanese opponent.

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