Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Tennis News

At US Open 2015, New York

Doubles
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (11) Sara Errani (ITA)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 64 61
[QF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) l Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE) 67(2) 36

Mixed Doubles
[SF] (4) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) 62 75

[F] (4) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Juniors
[R3] (SE) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,80) l (2) Dalma Gálfi (HUN,2) 46 67(3)

Martina Hingis is again in position for double crown ... In women's doubles semi-final Sania and Martina score comfortable win against Italian pair for entering in the final ... Then in MXD semi-final Martina and Leander score straight sets win over 2nd seed Rohan and Chan for entering their third MXD final of the year ... In the final they r facing American pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey.

Rohan-Florin miss opportunity of winning their first grand slam ... They were highest seeded pair remaining in the draw before this match but against Inglot-Lindstedt they failed to play their natural game ... After losing the first set in tie-break Rohan-Florin failed to raise their game in the second also.

Karman lose in straight sets against junior WR #2 Dalma Gálfi but Karman gives fighting performance in her loss ... After losing the first set Karman stretched Dalma to tie-break in the second ... We can hope good performances in future from Karman, she needs to work on her physic and her backhand.


At $50K Shanghai Challenger, China

[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) bt Ze Zhang (CHN,217) 75 63
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) l Jordan Thompson (AUS,195) 63 36 26

[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) vs Jordan Thompson (AUS,195)

Doubles
[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Peter Gojowczyk (GER)/ Jurgen Zopp (EST) 16 16

Good win by Yuki against Chinese #1 Ze Zhang in straight sets on Chinese soil ... In the first set Yuki was up and serving for the set in 10th game at 5-4 but lost his serve due to poor service game ... Yuki immediately broke Ze in 11th game and then hold for winning the set ... In the second set Yuki broke Ze twice for winning it.

Saki lose his match tamely after winning the first set against Thompson ... Saki won the first set but failed to keep momentum ... Thompson is meeting Yuki in the quarters ... Saki and Bala also lose their doubles match poorly.


At $15K Canada F9 Futures, Toranto (clay)

[R1] (3) Sanam SINGH (IND,312) bt David VOLFSON (CAN,955) 63 26 62
[R2] (3) Sanam SINGH (IND,312) bt (Q) Damon Gooch (RSA,1145) 63 60

[QF] (3) Sanam SINGH (IND,312) vs (Q) Nathan PASHA (USA,1267)

Sanam start with tight win against local player but then score comfortable win in the second round ... In the quarters he is facing American qualifier.

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