At $5.4M BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, USA
Women's Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 64
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza completed a dream first tournament together, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in straight sets to win the BNP Paribas Open doubles title ... They also didn't lose a set in this tournament.
After winning the first set Sania-Martina were 2-4 down in the second but they recovered and won next four games to complete victory in two sets.
Sania Mirza - "On paper, obviously we are supposed to be a good team, but it doesn't always turn out that way when you step on the court. So we're really happy we weren't just able to win, but win in such dominating fashion, not losing a set and being down just two times in the whole two weeks. She's one of the best people who can complement the way I play. She's got probably some of the best hands in the world at the net. For me, I need that. I need someone who can finish the balls off where I set them up. And that's really it. Like I said, on paper everything looks great, but you still have to go out there. Names don't do anything. You have to go out and win."
Martina Hingis - "This is something we were hoping for. She hits a big forehand, especially on the right side, and I can move and finish off the point. She prepares, I finish. That's pretty cool to me. I'm very happy we made this move. Obviously we had partners we played well with, like me last year with Flavia, and changing was a big move. I'm very happy it worked out, because you never know what to expect. Winning the tournament in our premier, it's new energy, and hopefully we can keep it up."
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At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China
[SF] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,402) l Ghem Andre (BRA,171) 62 36 36
Doubles Final
Divij Sharan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (4) Gero Kretschmer (GER)/ Alexander Statschko (GER) 16 63 2-10
Sanam's terrific run is ended in the semis against Brazilian ... This week already he won six matches including qualifying so physically it was tough ... Sanam started on positive note for winning the first set but after that he failed to keep momentum and lost next two sets.
After scoring so many comeback wins in their previous matches Saki-Divij fail repeat performance in the final ... German pair started well with winning first set comfortably but afterwards Saki-Divij fought back to win the second ... In match tie-break German pair proved too strong for them.
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At $40K+H Kazan Challenge, Russia
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,284) l Aslan Karatsev (RUS,208) 64 06 46
Yuki lose his semis in three sets but again some doubt increase regarding his physical endurance ... Reason is he struggled with his physical fitness in this match ... Yuki started well after winning the first set but afterwards Aslan used his big serving to his advantage and won the second set without losing a single game ... In the final set also Aslan take early break to lead 1-4 but this time Yuki fought back to make it 4-all ... In 9th game Yuki had couple of break points but one bad line call took that to deuce ... In 10th game also another bad line call against Yuki cost him the game and match.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Quanzhou, China
[Q1] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,255) bt Yuan XIN (CHN,1217) 60 76(0)
[Q2] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,255) bt Ya-Hsuan LEE (TPE,377) 61 76(5)
[Q3] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,255) vs Chieh-Yu HSU (TPE,289)
Surprisingly tough win for Ankita in the first match but after that in the second match Ankita show some better performance against top-400 player ... Qualifying for main-draw she is facing top-300 Taipei player.
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At $10K India F3 Futures, Tiruchirapalli
Singles Final
(4) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,476) bt (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,257) 63 64
Doubles Final
(3) Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) 36 62 10-6
VSP wins his first future title beating RamK in straight sets ... In the semis he defeated 2nd seed Bala ... Last few months he has been in excellent form ... In 2nd leg of Indian challenger in October he qualified for Indore and Pune challengers ... Then importantly he had qualifying into Chennai open ATP and then again qualified for Delhi and Kolkata challengers.
In the doubles Akash-Anvit gives their best performance as pair ... They lost the final against Arun-Prakash and RamK.
Women's Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 64
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza completed a dream first tournament together, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in straight sets to win the BNP Paribas Open doubles title ... They also didn't lose a set in this tournament.
After winning the first set Sania-Martina were 2-4 down in the second but they recovered and won next four games to complete victory in two sets.
Sania Mirza - "On paper, obviously we are supposed to be a good team, but it doesn't always turn out that way when you step on the court. So we're really happy we weren't just able to win, but win in such dominating fashion, not losing a set and being down just two times in the whole two weeks. She's one of the best people who can complement the way I play. She's got probably some of the best hands in the world at the net. For me, I need that. I need someone who can finish the balls off where I set them up. And that's really it. Like I said, on paper everything looks great, but you still have to go out there. Names don't do anything. You have to go out and win."
Martina Hingis - "This is something we were hoping for. She hits a big forehand, especially on the right side, and I can move and finish off the point. She prepares, I finish. That's pretty cool to me. I'm very happy we made this move. Obviously we had partners we played well with, like me last year with Flavia, and changing was a big move. I'm very happy it worked out, because you never know what to expect. Winning the tournament in our premier, it's new energy, and hopefully we can keep it up."
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At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China
[SF] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,402) l Ghem Andre (BRA,171) 62 36 36
Doubles Final
Divij Sharan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (4) Gero Kretschmer (GER)/ Alexander Statschko (GER) 16 63 2-10
Sanam's terrific run is ended in the semis against Brazilian ... This week already he won six matches including qualifying so physically it was tough ... Sanam started on positive note for winning the first set but after that he failed to keep momentum and lost next two sets.
After scoring so many comeback wins in their previous matches Saki-Divij fail repeat performance in the final ... German pair started well with winning first set comfortably but afterwards Saki-Divij fought back to win the second ... In match tie-break German pair proved too strong for them.
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At $40K+H Kazan Challenge, Russia
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,284) l Aslan Karatsev (RUS,208) 64 06 46
Yuki lose his semis in three sets but again some doubt increase regarding his physical endurance ... Reason is he struggled with his physical fitness in this match ... Yuki started well after winning the first set but afterwards Aslan used his big serving to his advantage and won the second set without losing a single game ... In the final set also Aslan take early break to lead 1-4 but this time Yuki fought back to make it 4-all ... In 9th game Yuki had couple of break points but one bad line call took that to deuce ... In 10th game also another bad line call against Yuki cost him the game and match.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Quanzhou, China
[Q1] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,255) bt Yuan XIN (CHN,1217) 60 76(0)
[Q2] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,255) bt Ya-Hsuan LEE (TPE,377) 61 76(5)
[Q3] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND,255) vs Chieh-Yu HSU (TPE,289)
Surprisingly tough win for Ankita in the first match but after that in the second match Ankita show some better performance against top-400 player ... Qualifying for main-draw she is facing top-300 Taipei player.
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At $10K India F3 Futures, Tiruchirapalli
Singles Final
(4) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,476) bt (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,257) 63 64
Doubles Final
(3) Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) 36 62 10-6
VSP wins his first future title beating RamK in straight sets ... In the semis he defeated 2nd seed Bala ... Last few months he has been in excellent form ... In 2nd leg of Indian challenger in October he qualified for Indore and Pune challengers ... Then importantly he had qualifying into Chennai open ATP and then again qualified for Delhi and Kolkata challengers.
In the doubles Akash-Anvit gives their best performance as pair ... They lost the final against Arun-Prakash and RamK.
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