Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Tennis News

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

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/ Arina Rodionova (AUS) 6-7(7) 63 10-5

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

Hingis and Sania kept their perfect start going with a win over the Rodionova sisters but it was their toughest match yet, though ... After consecutive ten straight sets win they lost first set in tie-break ... Rodionova sisters won the first set after saving a set point ... But after losing the set they recovered and dominated the match ... In the quarters they r facing Spanish-Kazakh pair.
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At $50K Batman Cup, Turkey

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,270) bt (3) Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ,117) 5-1 retd.

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND,270) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB,378)

Doubles
[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sean Thornley (GBR) vs Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL)/ Alexandar Lazov (BUL)

Saketh in the quarters as Nedovyesov retired in the first set ... Next he is facing Serbian challenge for place in the semis.
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At $75K+H Leon Challenger, Mexico

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) l (3) Roberto Maytin (VEN)/ Andres Molteni (ARG) 67(2) 67(2)

Divij-Adrian lose in two tie-breaks against 3rd seed South American pair.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F1 Futures , Karshi

[R2] (6) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,372) l Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ,849) 67(2) 62 26
[R2] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,251) bt Vishnu Vardhan (IND,795) 64 62

[QF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,251) vs (5) Anton Zaitcev (RUS,365)

Yuki score comfortable win but surprising loss of Bala against Duldaev.
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At ITF Junior Fed Cup u-16 - Asia/ Oceania Final Qualifying, Shepparton, Australia (grass)

Group C
(3) India bt Indonesia 3-0

MIHIKA YADAV bt FADONA TITALYANA KUSUMAWATI 63 64
JENNIFER LUIKHAM bt OXI GRAVITAS PUTRI 67(5) 64 62
ZEEL DESAI / MIHIKA YADAV bt FADONA TITALYANA KUSUMAWATI / NOVELA REZHA MILLENIA-PUTRI 75 61

Expected winning start for Indians as they r third seed.
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At ITF Junior Davis Cup u-16 - Asia/ Oceania Final Qualifying, Shepparton, Australia (grass)

Group B
(6) India bt Vietnam 3-0

PARIKSHIT SOMANI bt TRI HENRY TU MINH 75 64
NITIN KUMAR SINHA bt DAC TIEN NGUYEN 62 62
SIDDHANT BANTHIA / PARIKSHIT SOMANI bt DAC TIEN NGUYEN / TRI HENRY TU MINH 60 76

Indians started with 3-0 win but here they r having tough challenge of 2nd seed and host Australian boys.

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