Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2016, Melbourne

Doubles
[R1] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (12) Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 36 46
[R1] (PR) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Gilles Muller (LUX) bt (WC) Alex Bolt (AUS)/ Andrew Whittington (AUS) 76(4) 36 64

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)/ Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
[R1] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR)
[R1] (3) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/ John Millman (AUS)

Mahesh with Muller is in the second round turning the clock back ... They score hard fought win over local wild-card pair ... After winning the first set in tie-break Mahesh-Muller lost the second set, but they recovered for winning the third.

Other hand Lee's poor selection of partner from last year continues and he lose quite easily against Colombian pair with his French partner Jeremy Chardy ... Lee need to find solid partnership for good performance for his selection for Rio Olympics.

MXD draw is out and last year's formidable pairing of Lee and Martina r unseeded due to poor ranking of Lee ... They r in top draw and can meet top-seed Sania and Dodig in the quarters ... Rohan is playing with Taipei partner Yung-Jan Chan and they r in bottom draw as third seed.


At $75K Manila Challenger, Philippines

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT) bt David Guez (FRA)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 62 64

Divij is in the semis with Neuchrist and they score dominating win over Guez-Soeda.

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