Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Tennis News

At US Open 2014, New York, USA

[Q1] (30) Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) bt Laurynas Grigelis (LTU,257) 64 61
[Q1] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,390) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA,228) 61 76(3)

[Q2] (30) Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) vs James McGee (IRL,195)
[Q2] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,390) vs (7) Andreas Beck (GER,115)

Yuki start with authoritative win against Laurynas Grigelis ... In the first set Yuki broke Laurynas in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but lost his service game in next game, 2-all ... Yuki again broke Laurynas in 7th game to lead 4-3 and then kept that advantage for wining the set ... In the second set Yuki broke Laurynas in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... After that Yuki broke him two more times in 5th and 7th games to win this set comfortably ... Next he is facing top-200 Irishman James McGee.

Sanam beat experienced and top-225 type Italian Flavio Cipolla for his first win at grand-slam level ... Sanam dominated the first set and won it losing a single game ... In the second set Sanam broke Flavio in 2nd game to lead 3-0 and then 4-1 ... Flavio broke him in 7th game but Sanam again broke him in 8th game to lead 5-3 ... Sanam failed to hole his serve and then at 5-all Sanam lost his service game but this time Flavio failed to hold when serving for the set ... In tie-break Flavio take early mini-break on 1st point to lead 1-0 but after that Sanam recovered and won 7 points from next 9 points to complete victory in two sets ... Next Sanam is facing another experienced and former top-35 German player Andreas Beck.

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At $15K Canada F8 Futures, Winnipeg

[R1] (7) Saketh Myneni (IND,429) bt (SE) Omar Jasika (AUS,890) 76(5) 76(3)

[R2] (7) Saketh Myneni (IND,429) vs Blake Mott (AUS,585)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Dimitar KUTROVSKY (BUL)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt Connor DAVIES (CAN)/ Ty DILELLO (CAN) 61 61

[QF] (2) Dimitar KUTROVSKY (BUL)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) vs (WC) Tony LARSON (USA)/ Wyatt MCCOY (USA)

In the first round Saki faces in-form and last week's futures semi-finalist Omar Jasika ... Saki wins this match in two tie-breaks so good match practice for Saki ... In the next round Saki is facing another Australian Blake Mott.

In the doubles also Saki and his Bulgarian partner Dimitar start with comfortable win against local pair ... Next they r facing American wild-card pair.

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At $15K Chinese Taipei F1 Futures, Kaohsiung

[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,884) l (Q) David Agung SUSANTO (INA,1645) 67(7) 75 16
[R1] (5) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,316) l Yan BAI (CHN,494) 26 36

Doubles
[QF] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Chih-Jen HO (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE)

Terrible results for Indians in this Taipei futures.
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At $15K Gabon F1 Futures , Libreville

[R2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,295) bt Neeraj Elangovan (IND,1663) 63 64
[R2] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1738) bt Stefan Merunka (CRO,1739) 63 64

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,295) vs (Q) Kryce-Didier Momo-Kassa (GAB,UNR)
[QF] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1738) vs (3) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,622)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Sam BARRY (IRL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND)/ Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND) 63 62
[QF] Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Karim KADRY (EGY) l (2) Mark FYNN (ZIM)/ Ruan ROELOFSE (RSA) 26 06

[SF] (1) Sam BARRY (IRL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) vs (4) Hassan NDAYISHIMIYE (BDI)/ Arthur SURREAUX (FRA)

Another good win by Sagar for entering into the quarters ... Next having tough match against 3rd seed Ruan Roelofse.

Expected win for Jeevan against Neeraj ... In the quarters he is facing local qualifier ... In the doubles also he beats Neeraj and Jatin with Sam ... Next they r facing 4th seed pair.

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At $10K Iran F8 Futures, Tehran

[R2] (6) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1083) bt Barkin YALCINKALE (TUR,1286) 60 63

[QF] (6) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1083) vs Shotaro GOTO (JPN,1303)

Another comfortable win for Vinayak and next he is facing Japanese Shotaro Goto, who upset 4th seed.

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