Friday, October 30, 2015

Tennis News

At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2015, Singapore

Red Group
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt (4) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 64 75

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs (3) Hao-ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-jan Chan (TPE)

Sana-Martina complete round robin with unbeaten run with consecutive third win ... They beat Babos and Mladenovic in straight sets for winning the Red group and will face Chan sisters in the semi-final.

At $50K Pune Challenger, India

[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,105) bt (4) James Ward (GBR,143) 76(6) 63

Doubles Final
(3) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 61 36 6-10

Yuki in the final with straight sets win over James Ward ... Yuki was playing excellent tennis but Ward was saving break points with his big serving ... In first 5 games he showered 11 aces and saved 6 break points ... Yuki was leading 5-1 before Ward catching him at 6-all in tie-break, Yuki kept his cool for winning first set after winning next 2 points ... Yuki broke Ward in 2nd game to lead 3-0 in second set ... Yuki failed to keep that advantage as Ward broke back him in 7th game, 4-3 ... Yuki immediately broke Ward in 8th game to lead 5-3 and then comfortably hold for completing win in 85 minutes.

After winning first set easily Divij-Maximillan lose the plot and match ... In first set they were dominating but afterwards lost their rhythm.


At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, El Kantaoui, Tunisia

[QF] Kyra SHROFF (IND,943) bt Kassandra DAVESNE (FRA,1034) 64 63

[SF] Kyra SHROFF (IND,943) vs (3) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,544)

Kyra scores straight sets win over talented 16 yrs old French girl Kassandra Davesne ... In the semis she is facing top-600 Russian girl Yana Sizikova.

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