Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Tennis News

At US Open 2014, New York, USA

Mixed Doubles
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) bt Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR) 75 46 10-7

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) vs Abigail Spears (USA)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)

Sania-Bruno score hard fought win over Chan-Hutchins in match tie-break ... This was topsy-turvy match, in the first set Sania-Bruno were 0-5 down before making amazing comeback in the match ... They won next seven games for winning the first set ... In the second set also they were 1-4 down before making 4-all but this time Chan-Hutchins broke them in 10th game for winning this set ... In match tie-break Sania-Bruno were 5-0 up before Chan-Hutchins fightback ... At 6-5 both pairs were on the serve but from here Sania-Bruno raised their game and completed victory losing two more points ... In the final they r facing another unseeded pair of Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez, who defeated Lee-Cara in the quarters.
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At $50K Shanghai Challenger, China

[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,396) bt Yuva Kibi (JPN,382) 61 62
[R1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,156) bt Ti Chen (TPE,252) 75 62
[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,143) bt (Q) Yuichi Ito (JPN,502) 76(4) 63

[R2] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,396) vs (5) Luca Vanni (ITA,170)
[R2] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,156) vs Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE,247)
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,143) vs Takuto Niki (JPN,383)

All Indians start with straight sets win ... But in tht most impressive and dominating win was by Sanam losing only 3 games ... Other hand Buji struggle against 500 ranked Ito ... Yuki scored good win over experienced Ti Chen in two sets ... Next Sanam is facing top-175 ranked Italian Vanni ... Yuki is facing another Taipei player Yang ... And Buji is facing another Japanese opponent Takuto Niki.
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At $10K Iran F10 Futures, Tehran

[R2] (8) Akash WAGH (IND,1047) l Shotaro GOTO (JPN,1303) 16 36
[R2] (5) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,884) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1083) 63 62
[R2] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,1268) l (2) Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA,451) 06 06

[QF] (5) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,884) vs (2) Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA,451) 06 06

Disappointing performance by Indians ... Only Vijay Sundar wins his match against fellow Indian Kaza.

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