Tennis News

At $731K Family Circle Cup 2015, Charleston, USA (WTA Premier)

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)/ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 64 16 10-7

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/ Danja Jurak (CRO)

Another hard fought win for Sania-Hingis in match tie-break against Russian pair ... After winning first set Sania-Hingis were outplayed by Russian in second ... Sania-Hingis recovered in match tie-break for completing win ... In the final they r facing unseeded pair of Dellacqua-Jurak ... Also Sania is now one win away from becoming WR #1 doubles player.
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At €494K Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco

Doubles Final
(1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) l Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 63 26 7-10

Fourth time doesn't turn as lucky for Rohan-Florin ... They lose the final in match tie-break ... Theis time they won first set but then failed to challenge Junaid-Shamasdin, who proved better pair.
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At $50K Batman Cup, Turkey

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND,270) l (2) Dudi Sela (ISR,112) 46 36

Saki's run ended in the semis against experienced Dudi Sela ... Still overall good week for Saki but surprise to see he is skipping next week's on clay challenger.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F1 Futures , Karshi

Singles Final
(2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,251) bt Dzimitry Zhyrmont (BLR,262) 62 64

Yuki lifts another futures title with convincing win over Bulgarian Zhyrmont ... After winning first set comfortably Yuki struggled in the second ... He exchanged couple of breaks with Zhyrmont but Yuki took crucial break in 9th game and then hold his serve for winning the title.

This title win gives him 27 ranking points so his ranking will be pushed inside top-225 ... Yuki also decide to skip next week's Uzbek futures.
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At $100K Sarasota Challenger, Florida, USA

[Q1] Sanam Singh (IND,381) bt (WC) Tommy Paul (USA,718) 64 76(3)

[Q2] Sanam Singh (IND,381) vs Mischa Zverev (GER,673)

Sanam score straight sets win over 17 yrs old talented Tommy Paul ... Next he is facing former top-50 German Mischa Zverev, who is coming out of injury.
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At $50K Mersin Challenger, Turkey (red clay)

[Q1] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan(IND,233) bt Marek Michalicka(CZE,299) 62 63

[Q2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan(IND,233) vs Bastian Trinker (AUT,329)

Good start against top-300 European player on clay as RamK wins his match in straight sets ... Next he is facing Austrian player.
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At ITF Junior Fed Cup u-16 - Asia/ Oceania Final Qualifying, Shepparton, Australia (grass)

Quarter Final
(3) India l New Zealand 1-2

MIHIKA YADAV l VALENTINA IVANOV 63 26 57
ZEEL DESAI bt NINA PARIPOVIC 62 75
JENNIFER LUIKHAM/ ZEEL DESAI l LAUREN ROSE ALTER/ VALENTINA IVANOV 61 46 16

Surprising loss of our higher ranked girls against New Zealand girls ... In that Mihika's loss was really shocking ... Other hand Zeel won her match but here also we failed to win doubles match.
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At ITF Junior Davis Cup u-16 - Asia/ Oceania Final Qualifying, Shepparton, Australia (grass)

Quarter Final
(6) India l (3) Chinese Taipei 1-2

PARIKSHIT SOMANI l HUA-CHEN YU 62 46 64
NITIN KUMAR SINHA bt YU-HSIOU HSU 64 67(3) 62
PARIKSHIT SOMANI/ NITIN KUMAR SINHA l YU-HSIOU HSU/ HUA-CHEN YU 16 26

Our boys give fighting performance in singles against higher ranked Taipei boys ... Nitin won his match but in the doubles we lost one-sided match.