Saturday, October 10, 2015

Tennis News

At $4.7M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier Mandatory)



Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (6) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 67(9) 61 10-8

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza continued their incredible winning streak at the China Open, winning their 4th WTA doubles title in a row - and 8th of the year - with a nail-biting win over the Chan sisters ... Sania-Martina lost the first set after long tie-break after leading 5-2 ... In the first set they had 9 break point chances but converted only one ... From the second set Sania-Martina raised their game and won last 14 points in a row for winning this set comfortably ... They kept momentum for winning the match tie-break for completing the win.

At $7M Shanghai Masters, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ John Peers (AUS) vs Tommy Robredo (ESP)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA)
[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) bye

Next week at Shanghai Masters, Lee is again playing John Peers and Rohan is playing with Kubot.

At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[Q1] (7) Divij Sharan (IND,881) bye
[Q2] (7) Divij Sharan (IND,881) bt Sardor Pulatin (UZB,UNR) 63 36 62

[Q3] (7) Divij Sharan (IND,881) vs (4) Kevin Krawietz (GER,435)

[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri(IND,106) vs Jurgen Zopp (EST,156)

Divij is in the final qualifying but facing top-450 German opponent.

Yuki is facing Estonian in the first round to try break into top-100 for first-time.


At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[Q1] (2) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) bye
[Q1] (5) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415)bye

[Q2] (2) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) bt Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE,1117) 63 60
[Q2] (5) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) bt Hiroki Horikiri (JPN,1744) 60 63

[Q3] (5) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) vs (1) Stephane Robert (FRA,304)
[Q3] (2) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,335) vs Dane Propoggia (AUS,440)

[R1] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs Gerard Granollers (ESP,272)
[R1] (6) Somdev Devvarman (IND,178) vs Luke Saville (AUS,199)
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,500) vs (3) Adrian Menendez Maceiras (ESP,135)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,266) vs Germain Gigounon (BEL,218)

Vijay Sundar and Jeevan r playing in the qualifying ... Both r in the final qualifying round.

In main-draw Saki and Buji r seeded but Sumit having tough match against top-140 Spanish opponent.


At $10K Turkey F40 futures, Antalya

[SF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt (6) Cem Ilkel (TUR,450) 63 60

[F] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) vs Tim Van Rijthoven (NED,1194)

Comfortable win for RamK in the final he is facing lowly ranked Dutch opponent.

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