Tennis News

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

Doubles
[R3] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt (11) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 64 67(5) 64 75

[QF] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs (3) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] (6) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 63 63

[R3] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) l Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 63 57 36
[R3] (6) Horia Tecau (ROU)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (10) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Casey Dellacqua (AUS)

Lee-Radek enter into the quarters with four sets win over 11th seed Rojer-Tecau ... They win the first set with a single break but Rojer-Tecau fought back to win the second set in tie-break ... Lee-Radek recover and win next two sets ... Next they r facing Nestor-Zimo.

Sania-Tecau comfortably completes their victory in rain-marred match from last three days ... Next they r facing 10th seed British-Aussie pair.

Rohan-Andrea lose their third round mixed doubles match after winning the first set ... They failed to win the second set and then Elgin-Rodionova controlled the match for winning final set.
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At $125K+H Braunschweig Challenger, Germany

[R1] (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) l (WC) Daniel Masur (GER)/ Alexander Zverev (GER) 76(5) 36 5-10

Bala and Petzschner started with winning the first set in tie-break but after that Masur-Zverev dominated the match for comeback win.
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At $50K Winnetka Challenger, USA

[R2] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,125) l Austin Krajicek (USA,212) 36 46

Buji's terrible for continues and here Krajicek defeated him in convincingly ... I fear that in near future we can expect free fall in rankings for Buji.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Denain, France

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,286) l (1) Kristina KUCOVA (SLO,156) 26 57

Doubles
[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Margot Carter (GBR) l Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Andreea Mitu (ROU) 36 26

Ankita give creditable fighting against top-seed Kucova in her loss.

In the doubles also Eastern European pair prove too strong for Ankita-Carter.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Middelburg, Netherlands

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sviatlana Pirazhenka (BLR) l Lisanne Van Riet (NED)/ Monique Zuur (NED) 36 63 8-10

Prarthana-Sviatlana tried fightback after losing the first set but Dutch pair wins match tie-break.
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At $10K Thailand F8 futures, Bangkok

[R2] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1428) l Phassawit BURAPHARITTA (THA,954) 16 57
[R2] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,1147) l (WC) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,2218) 46 26

Doubles
[QF] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (1) Ti CHEN (TPE)/ Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA) 64 46 10-6
[QF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Robert RUMLER (CZE) 46 64 10-2

[SF] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs Christopher RUNGKAT (INA)/ David Agung SUSANTO (INA)
[SF] Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) vs Dane CHUNTRARUK (THA)/ Pruchya ISAROW (THA)

Our both players lose their singles matches in straight sets.

In the doubles Vishu-Kumara score upset win over top-seed pair ... Mohit-Sasi join them in the semis with win over Arjun-Robert.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R2] Shweta RANA (IND,565) l Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN,787) 57 06
[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,677) l Nungnadda WANNASUK (THA,635) 16 26

Our girls also lose their second round matches.