Friday, October 24, 2014

Tennis News

At $6.5M BNP Paribas WTA FINALS 2014, Singapore

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Abigail Sears (USA)/ Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 63 26 12-10

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Květa Peschke (CZE)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)

Winning start for Sania-Cara in their debut match in year-end WTA Finals ... After winning the first set Sania-Cara kost their focus and lost the second set cheaply ... In match tie-break also they had lead at one time they had 4 match points at 9-5 ... But somehow Sania-Cara failed to win a single point in next five points ... In that Sania served twice ... Sania-Cara saved a natch point at 9-10 before converting fifth match point ... In the semis they r facing Květa Peschke-Katarina Srebotnik as their WR #1 Italian opponents conceded match due to abdominal infection to Errani.
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At $50K+H Pune Challenger, India


Doubles Final
Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 62

[SF] (SE) Saketh Myneni (IND,283) l (4) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,144) 67(6) 46

Saki's terrific run ended in the singles semis ... He must be feeling mental and physical fatigue after these 10 days and that reflected in his performance ... Saki take 3-0 lead and had 3 break points in 4th game but he missed all ... Yuichi caught with him at 3-all breaking Saki in 5th game ... Saki again broke Yuichi in 8th game to lead 5-3 but Saki failed to hold while serving for the set ... In tie-break Saki had set point at 6-5 but again he failed to convert it ... In the second set Saki broke Yuichi in 5th game to lead 3-2 but this time also failed to hold in next game, 3-all ... Yuichi again broke Saki in 10th game for completing victory.

Saki-Sanam lift doubles title with convincing win over Thai twins ... Saki-Sanam broke Ratiwatanas once in the first set and twice in the second set for winning match inside an hour.

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