Monday, June 08, 2015

Tennis News

At €604K Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

[R1] (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)/ Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 64 63

Winning start for Lee-Nestor on their grass court season opener against Spanish pair.

At €642K Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany (Grass)

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) vs Marin Cilic (CRO)/ Frank Moser (GER)

Rohan-Florin r playing in Mercedes cup and facing Marin-Moser.

At $50K Surbiton Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,205) l (WC) David Rice (GBR,423) 57 63 36

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yuki Bhambri (IND) bt (WC) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Liam Broady (GBR) 76(5) 64
[R1] (4) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ James Ward (GBR) 75 46 6-10

Saki's first match on grass was tough one against local player ... Saki lose this match in three sets ... He lost first set when he failed to hold his serve in 11th game but fought back to win the second ... Saki failed to keep momentum in the third and lose this match.

In the doubles Divij-Yuki start with tight win over local wild-card pair ... Other hand Purav-Fabrice lose in match tie-break after winning the first set ... Ebden-Ward were tricky pair on the grass and that proved in the match.


At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R1] (6) Ankita RAINA (IND,229) bt Vlada ESHKIBAROVA (UZB,515) 64 75
[R1] (Q) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND,717) l (1) Hiroko KUWATA (JPN,174) 63 36 36

[R2] (6) Ankita RAINA (IND,229) vs Anna MORGINA (RUS,366)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Sharmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (WC) Arina FOLTS (UZB)/ Guzal YUSUPOVA (UZB) 60 76(5)
[R1] Alexandra GRINCHISHINA (KAZ)/ Natasha PALHA (IND) bt (WC) Gulchekhra MUKHAMMADSIDIKOVA (UZB)/ Shakhsiya TUKHTAMATOVA (UZB) 62 62
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Anna MORGINA (RUS) bt Ekaterina KLYUEVA (KAZ)/ Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ) 64 62

Fighting performance against top-175 Japanese girl Kuwata by Sharrmadaa in her loss ... Sharrmadaa surprised Kuwata after winning first set but Kuwata fought back to win next two sets ... Other hand expected straight sets win for Ankita, though she stretched in both sets ... In the second round Ankita is facing Russian girl Anna Morgina.

In the doubles our all pairs win their respective first round matches.

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