Sunday, January 25, 2015

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2015, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[R1] B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (3) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 26 63 4-10
[R1] (7) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Masa Jovanovic (AUS)/ Sam Thompson (AUS) 62 76(2)

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) vs Abigail Spears (USA)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)
[R2] (7) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/ Pablo Andujar (ESP)

Junior Doubles
[R1] Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA)/ Ojasvinee Singh (IND) l Katharina Hobgarski (GER)/ Greet Minnen (BEL) 36 76(2) 9-11

Hingis and Lee start with straight sets win over Aussie wild-card pair ... After winning the first set comfortably Lee-Martina were stretched to tie-break in the second ... Next they are facing Spanish pair Garrigues-Andujar.

Rohan with Strycova fail to overcome his doublkes partner Nestor with his French partner Mladenovic ... After losing the first set they fought to win the second but Nestor-Mladenovic proved too strong in match tie-break.

After losing the first set Ojasvinee and her Thai partner tried hard ... They won the second set tie-break in extra points but failed to keep that moemntum in match tie-break to lose it in extra points.

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At $50K Hongkong Challenger,

[Q1] (5) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bye
[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND) bt Christopher Marquis (IND) 64 64
[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) bt (8) Karunuday Singh (IND) 75 61
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND) bt (7) Hiroki Kondo (JPN) 76(2) 75

[Q2] (5) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Tennys Sandgren (USA) 36 57
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) bt Divij Sharan (IND) 76(6) 64
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND) bt Kittipong Wachiramanowong (THA) 64 64

[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,776) vs (2) Yan Bai (CHN,416)
[Q3] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1209) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN,701)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,262) vs (1) Ricardas Berankis (LTU,85)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,284) vs Qualifier
[R1] (7) Somdev Devvarman (IND,139) vs Yuki BHambri (IND,317)
[R1] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,417) vs Qualifier

Terrible luck in the singles for Indian players ... Saki is facing top-100 Berankis in the first round ... Buji is facing Yuki and with their current form Yuki is favorite against Buji ... RamK and Sanan will face qualifiers.

In qualifying Prashanth lost in the second qualifying after receiving bye in the first round ... Sidharath score upset win over Japanese Davis cup player Hiroki Kondo in tight two sets ... Divij and Sasi are facing each other in the second round after winning their matches against Marquis and Karunuday respectively.

In second qualifying round Sasi beats Divij in close match ... After winning the first set in tie-break Sasi took crucial break in 9th game of the second and then hold his serve for completing the victory ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Chinese Yan Bai for place in main-draw ... Sidharath also join him in final qualifying with straight sets win over Thai opponent ... He is also facing Chinese challenge for place in main-draw.

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