Tennis News

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

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA) 57 26

[R2] (5) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Current Wimbledon champions Pospisil-Sock prove better pair than Rohan-Aisam in their straight sets win ... Pospisil-Sock r facing Lee-Radek in the second round ... Tricky match for Lee-Radek.
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At $2.6M Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, USA

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bye

Here r also they r 4th seed and having bye in the first round.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Westende-Middelkerke, Belgium

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,277) l (3) Marina Melnikova (RUS,228) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) l (3) Marina Melnikova (RUS)/ Evgeniva Rodina (RUS) 75 16 4-10

Tough matches were lined up for Ankita in the singles and doubles .. Ankita lose one-sided match in the singles against Marina Melnikova ... In the doubles Ankita-Lu were down 3-5 before winning next 4 games for winning the first set ... But afterwards Russian pair dominated the match ... They broke Raina-Lu thrice for winning the second set and then comfortably won match tie-break.
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At $15K Canada F7 Futures, Calgary

[R1] (7) Saketh Myneni (IND,430) vs Marcus Daniel (NZL,517)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Patrick Davidson (GBR) l Tyler Hochwalt (USA)/ Joshua Milton (GBR) 46 46

Interesting to see how Saki perform in the singles after his injury break.

Last week's futures title winning pair of Saki-Patrick lose their match in straight sets against Hochwalt-Milton.