Thursday, August 20, 2015

Tennis News

At $4.45M Western and Southern Open - Master 1000, Cincinnati, USA

[R2] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 16 76(5) 13-11

Rohan-Florin score superb comeback win over French pair in tight match saving four match points ... After losing the first set easily Rohan-Florin were a break down in 11th game, 5-6 ... They were couple of match points down at 40-30 on French pair's serve ... They broke French pair saving both match points to take the set into tie-break ... They won tie-break and took the match in match tie-break ... In match tie-break also Rohan-Florin faced couple of match points at 8-9 and then at 10-11 but again our pair saved both and won this match converting their second match point.

At $100 Vancouver Challenger, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,149) bt Marius Copil (ROU,189) 36 76(3) 62

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,149) vs Farrukh Dustov (UZB,161)

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Philip Bester (CAN) 76(4) 63

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (2) Ausitn Krajicek (USA)/ Nicolas Monroe (USA)

Yuki needs to dig deep after losing the first set for winning this match ... After losing the first set Yuki struggled in the second set with rhythm but he recovered to win tie-break ... In the final set Yuki dominated Marius and broke him twice for winning this set comfortably ... In the quarters he is facing Uzbek Farrukh Dustov.

Yuki-Venus start their campign in the doubles with straight sets victory ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Krajicek and Monroe.


At $50K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) bt Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 76(2) 36 10-8

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) vs James Cerreani (USA)/ Costin Paval (ROU)

Purav-Fabrice face tough resistance from Argentine-Spanish pair, still they prevail in match tie-break ... Next they r facing Cerreani-Paval.

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