Sunday, February 14, 2016

Tennis News

At $753K St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Russia (WTA Premier)


Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) bt Vera Dusheniva (RUS)/ Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 63 61

Win #40 and title #13 for Sania and Martina ... In the final they convincingly beat Dusheniva and Krejcikova lsing only four games ... In the first set our pair took crucial break in 6th game for winning the set ... The second set they dominated as they broke opponent's serve thrice for winning this match inside an hour ... Also surprisingly Sania is skipping her 'second home' tournament with Martina, this week's big WTA Premier tournament Dubai Tennis Championships.

At $577K Delray Beach Open 2016, Florida, USA

[R1] Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Scott Lipsky (USA)

This week Lee is back with Chardy and facing 4th seed American pair in the first round.

At $50K Delhi Challenger, India

[Q2] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) l (1) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 16 36
[Q2] (WC) Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) bt (6) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) 64 62
[Q2] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 62 75
[Q2] (7) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) 57 64 3-2 ret.
[Q2] (3) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (WC) Suraj BENIWAL (IND) 62 64
[Q2] (8) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt (WC) Medhir GOYAL (IND) 60 62
[Q2] Chandril SOOD (IND) l (4) Markos KALOVELONIS (RUS) 46 60 36
[Q2] Kunal ANAND (IND) l (5) Francesco VILARDO (ITA) 46 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Niels Desein (BEL)/ Maxime Janvier (FRA)
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Markos Kalovelonis (RUS)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI)
[R1] (WC) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND)/ Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND) vs Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Roberto Marcora (ITA)
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) vs (WC) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND)

Manish Sureshkumar scores straight sets upset win over Mohit Mayur ... Otherwise all other results r as expected.

All results are expected other than Manish's upset win over Mohit Mayur ... So two main-draw places r guaranteed ... Manish having tough match against top-seed Kento Takeuchi.


At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, New Delhi, India

[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,716) vs Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,365)
[R1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,UNR) vs (8) Valentyna Ivakhnenko (RUS,260)
[R1] (Q) Riya Bhatia (IND,586) vs Kamonwan Buayam (THA,410)
[R1] (Q) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,580) vs (6) Sabina Sharipova (UZB,242)
[R1] (Q) Natasha Palha (IND,538) vs Veronika Kudermetova (RUS,396)
[R2] (WC) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,705) vs (WC) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,524)
[R1] (WC) Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,834) vs (4) Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE,218)
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,309) vs Prerna Bhambri (IND,403)

Cruel draw for our top two players Ankita and Prerna as they r facing each other in the first round.

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