Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Tennis News

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

Doubles
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 76(3) 67(5) 36 64 57

[R3] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (11) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) bt Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Jocelyn Rae (GBR) 64 75

[R3] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) vs Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

Rohan-Aisam tried comeback in the match as they won the fourth set ... But they failed to keep momentum and lost decider against Sock-Pospisil.

After losing his men's doubles match Rohan play his MXD match ... And this time he wins with his Czech partner Andrea Hlavackova in straight sets beating British pair.

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At $50K Winnetka Challenger, USA

[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,125) bt (WC) Jared Hiltzik (USA,1629) 64 62
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,371) l Takanayi Garanganga (ZIM,296) 06 63 26

[R2] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,125) vs Austin Krajicek (USA,212)

Sanam fail to win against his Zimbabwean opponent ... Garanganga take the first set without losing a single game ... Sanam fought back to win the second set but Garanganga take control back and comfortably won the final set.

Not as such convincing win for Buji against 1600+ ranked local wild-card player but still we can say he start with a win ... Next he is facing American Austin Krajicek.

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

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Margot Carter (GBR) bt Victoria Smirnova (BEL)/ Anastasia Smirnova (BEL) 61 61

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Margot Carter (GBR) vs Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Andreea Mitu (ROU)

Expected winning start in the doubles for Ankite-Carter against 15 yrs old Smirnova twins ... Next they r facing Uzbek-Romanian pair, who scored upset win over 3rd seed pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Middelburg, Netherlands

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,352) l Evgeniya Rodina (RUS,293) 06 26

Prarthana fail to challenge her Russian opponent in the first round.
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At $10K Thailand F8 futures, Bangkok

[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,1217) l (WC) Chayoanon KAEWSUTO (THA,2150) 46 36
[R1] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1428) bt Ronit Singh BISHT (IND,1154) 36 64 retd.

[R2] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1428) vs Phassawit BURAPHARITTA (THA,954)

Arjun score upset win over Ronit but disappointing loss of Sasi against local wild-card player ... Arjun facing top-1000 local player in the next round.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) bt (Q) Theresa KLEINSTEUBER (GER,983) 60 63

[R2] Shweta RANA (IND,565) vs Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN,787)
[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) vs Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA,635)

good authoritative win by Prerna against German player.

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