Tennis News

At US Open 2014, New York, USA

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (6) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Lauren Davis (USA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 36 62 10-0
[R1] (3) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 63 46 10-8

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) vs Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/ Jamie Murray (GBR)
[R2] (6) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA)
[R2] (3) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Lee-Cara passes tough challenge of Groenefeld-Rojer in close super tie-break ... Next they r facing another tricky pair of Kudryavtseva and Aisam. Rohan-Katarina started slowly but after losing first set they steamrolled their opponent ... They win match tie-break without losing a single point ... Next they r facing Garrigues-Klaasen.
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At $50K Bangkok Challenger, Thailand

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Jaime Pulgar-Garcia (ESP) l (2) Ti Chen (TPE)/ Hsien-Yu Peng (TPE) 63 26 6-10

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) bt (WC) Chaleechan Tanasugarn (THA)/ Warot Udomsuk (THA) 60 61

[SF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs Pruchya Isarow (THA)/ Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA)

RamK-Jamie lose their first round match ... Divij-Yasutaka score comfortable win against local wild-card pair losing a single game ... In the semis they r facing another unseeded Thai pair.
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At $15K Chinese Taipei F2 Futures, Kaohsiung

[R2] (Q) Christopher MARQUIS (IND,1663) l (1) Tsung-Hua YANG (TPE,247) 46 26
[R2] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,884) l (5) Andrew WHITTINGTON (AUS,428) 63 36 57
[R2] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,316) bt Cheng-Yu YU (TPE,903) 46 75 63

Doubles
[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Christopher MARQUIS (IND)/ Chih-Jen HO (TPE) 64 61

[SF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (4) Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE)/ Chu-Huan YI (TPE)

As expected Bala wins but need comeback win ... Ranjeet and Christopher give fighting performance against their higher seeded opponents.
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At $15K Gabon F2 Futures , Libreville

[R2] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1745) l (7) Mark Fynn (ZIM,1046) 16 63 36

Doubles
[QF] (1) Sam BARRY (IRL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (WC) Herve ANTCHANDIE (FRA)/ Darvel Valency LOSSANGOYE (GAB) 60 63
[QF] Jatin DAHIYA (IND)/ Sagar AHUJA (IND) l (4) Matias CASTRO (ARG)/ Sander GILLE (BEL) 36 64 10-12

Fighting performance by Jatin in his loss ... In the doubles Jatin-Sagar give fighting performance against 4th seed pair.
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At $10K Iran F9 Futures, Tehran

[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,884) bt Omid SOURI (ISR,UNR) 63 60

[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,884) vs (2) Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA,451)

Comfortable win for Vijay Sundar ... Next he is facing top-500 Frenchman.