Saturday, August 09, 2014

Tennis News

At $2.4M Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada

[SF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (2) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) 76(3) 36 13-11

[F] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (1) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA)

Sania-Cara score huge win over 2nd seed Hsieh-Peng in extra points of match tie-break ... Sania-Cara overcoming a set point in a first set before pulled out in a tie-break against Hsieh-Peng ... Sania-Cara dropped the second set ... Sania-Cara had 3 match points at 9-6, but Hsieh-Peng rallied and actually held a match point at 11-10. However, from there Sania-Cara won three straight points for winning the match ... With this win Sania and Cara ended a three-match losing streak in their head-to-head with Hsieh and Peng ... In the final they r facing top-seed Italian pair.
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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

[SF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 57 75 11-9

[F] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (WC) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)

Sanam-Purav score superb comeback win over top-seed Krajicek-Smith in extra points of match tie-break ... After losing the first set Sanam-Purav fought back to win the second ... Sanam-Purav won 5 points in a row from 6-9 in match tie-break for winning the match ... In the final Indian pair is facing wild-card pair of Ruben Bemelmans and Laurynas Grigelis, who defeated 2nd seed Divij-Kevin in the quarters.
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At $15K Kazakhstan F11 Futures, Astana

Singles Final
(4) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,377) bt (3) Liang-Chi Huang (TPE,282) 63 62

Bala completes his excellent week after winning the title in Kazakh futures beating another top-300 Liang-Chi Huang in dominating win ... This is Bala's first title outside India.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures, Edwardsville

[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) bt Martin Redlicki (USA,1162) 64 64

[F] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) vs Mitchell Frank (USA,606)

Yuki score comfortable win over 18 yrs old Martin Redlicki and enter into the final ... In the final he is facing another unseeded American Mitchell Frank.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Banglore

[R1] (2) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND)/ Eetee MAHETA (IND) 62 63
[QF] (2) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Vaniya DANGWAL (IND)/ Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND) 76(2) 60
[SF] (2) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) 61 62
[F] (2) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (3) Ching-Wen HSU (TPE)/ Natasha PALHA (IND) 64 06 10-6

Sharrmadaa Baluu and Prarthana Thombare lifts doubles title beating Palha and Hsu in match tie-break ... In the singles only Prarthana Thombare and Rishika Sunkara reached in the semis.

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