Thursday, July 10, 2014

Tennis News

At €486K Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Michal Mertinak (SLO) 76(0) 46 10-8

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)

Purav-Marcelo start with a win against Golubev-Mertinak ... After dominating the first set tie-break our pair faild to win the second ... In the second set at 4-5 they saved 3 set points from 0-40 but failed to hold the serve ... Despite losing the second et our pair kept focus in the match tie-break ... And converted 3t\rd match point for good win ... Next they r facing Spanish-Austrian pair of Garcia-Lopez and Oswald, who scored dominating win over top-seed pair Colin Fleming and Mariusz Fyrstenberg.
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At $474K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) l Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 57 36

Australian Davis cup pair prove too strong for Divij-Donald ... They stretched Australians in the first set but after that Australians dominated the second set.
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At $10K Thailand F9 futures, Bangkok

[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,317) l (6) Dayne KELLY (AUS,649) 36 retd.

Doubles
[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) l (1) Ti CHEN (TPE)/ Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA) 46 46
[QF] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) l (3) Pruchya ISAROW (THA) / Nuttanon KADCHAPANAN (THA) 36 63 6-10
[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) w/o

[SF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) l (3) Pruchya ISAROW (THA) / Nuttanon KADCHAPANAN (THA) 26 46

Turn to be poor day for Indians.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Getxo (clay)

[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) bt Dante Gennaro (ARG,900) 75 61

[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs (6) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP,586)

Doubles
[SF] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (3) Sergio MARTOS GORNES (ESP)/ Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP) 64 63

[F] (1) David PEREZ SANZ (ESP)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Joao DOMINGUES (POR)/ Jose Anton SALAZAR MARTIN (ESP)

Another impressive win by RamK on clay against Argentine Gennaro ... Next he is facing Spanish guy Toledo Bague.
In the doubles RamK and his partner Perez Sanz are in the doubles final with convincing win over 3rd seed Spanish pair ... In the final they r facing unseeded Portuguese-Spanish pair.

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