Saturday, September 06, 2014

Tennis News

At $250K Tashkent Open - WTA International, Uzbekistan

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,292) l (8) Rika Ozaki (JPN,210) 26 64 16

Good to see Ankita trying higher level tournament with tougher opponents ... In this WTA tournament qualifying though she lose in the first round still she give fighting performance against top-210 Japanese opponent.
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At $50K Shanghai Challenger, China

[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,143) bt (5) Luca Vanni (ITA,170) 16 64 64

[F] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,143) vs Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN,245)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (2) Ti Chen (TPE)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 76(2) 76(6)

[F] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yuki Bhambri (IND)

What a comeback win by Buji against big serving Italian Vanni, in this match Vanni his 8 aces and his 1st serve percentage was 72% ... In the first set Buji was hitting all over the park and Vanni's big serving wasn't helping Buji ... After losing the first set it was looking like Buji losing this match easily ... But he kept fighting and returning Vanni's big serves ... He managed to break Vanni for winning the second set ... In the final set also Buji was putting pressure on Vanni's serve with his smart returning but other hand he needed to save few break points on his serve also ... Buji take crucial break on 7th game to lead 4-3 and kept that advantage for really good win ... Such type of result will give huge boost to Somi ... In the final he is facing talented 18 yrs old Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka.

Divij-Yuki beat 2nd seed Taipei pair in two tie-breaks for booking all Indians doubles final.

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