Sunday, August 10, 2014

Tennis News

At $3.1M Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati Masters, USA

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,132) l (14) Tim Smyczek (USA,104) 16 36

Doubles
[R1] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Buji played this match after long five and half hours flight and that reflected in his performance as he lost one-sided match against Tim Smyczek.

In the doubles Lee-Radek receive bye as seeded ... Next they r facing winner between Rohan-Aisam and Pospisil-Sock.

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At $2.4M Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

Doubles Final
(4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l (1) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA) 67(4) 36

Sania-Cara lose in tight match against WR #1 Italian pair ... Sania-Cara had their chances in this match ... In the first set Sania-Cara were leading 5-4 and 30-all, but failed to win the set ... In the second set they broke Italian in 1st game to lead 2-0 and in 3rd game they had a break point to lead 3-0 ... But again they failed to convert and lose six games from next seven games.
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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

Doubles Final
(4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l (WC) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) 36 64 9-11

Wild-card pairing of Ruben Bemelmans and Laurynas Grigelis win the doubles title after beating Purav and Sanam in extra points match tie-break ... After losing the first set Purav-Sanam fought back to win the second set ... But they failed to keep momentum in match tie-break and lose close match tie-break.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures, Edwardsville

Singles Final
(1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) l Mitchell Frank (USA,606) 67(5) 26

Doubles Final
(2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Patrick Davidson (GBR) bt (1) Bjorn Fratangelo (USA)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA) 63 64

Yuki lose against current UVa top player and #2 NCAA ranked player Mitchell Frank in straight sets ... Till final Yuki had comfortable wins so expecting another win for Yuki ... But Mitchell showed his class and after winning the first set in tie-break he dominated the match.

Saketh lifts the doubles title with his partner Patrick Davidson beating top-seed American pair comfortably in straight sets.

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