Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Tennis News

At Fed Cup Asia / Oceania Group I, Hua Hin, Thailand

Pool A

India l Thailand 0-3

[S1] Prerna Bhambri (IND,399) l Bunyawi Thanchaiwat (THA,629) 26 57
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,307) l Luksika Kumkhum (THA,149) 67(5) 36
[D] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Kamonwan BUAYAM (THA)/ Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA) 76(6) 26 46

Japan - Nao Hibino, Kurumi Nara, Eri Hozumi, Shuko Aoyama
Thailand - Luksika Kumkhum, Peangtarn Plipuech, Kamonwan Buayam, Bunyawi Thamchaiwat
Uzbekistan - Nigina Abduraimova, Akgul Amanmuradova, Sabina Sharipova, Arina Folts
India - Ankita Raina, Prerna Bhambri, Prarthana Thombare, Sania Mirza

We are one of the weakest team in the pool and most probably will find ourselves in relegation match ... In the first match we had a chance if Prerna performed as per her ranking ... After her loss Ankita tried but failed to overcome top-150 opponent ... After losing this match Sania didn't play in the doubles and we lost tht also ... Tomorrow we r playing tough Japanese team.

At $520K Ecuador Open 2016, Quito (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ Guillermo Duran (ARG) 67(6) 26

This match wasn't easy on red clay against Clay court specialist pair ... After fighting hard in the first set Purav-Rajeev fail to challenge their opponents in the second.

At € 520K Open Sud De France, Montpellier, France

[R1] (PR) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) bt (PR) Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 36 10-6

[QF] (PR) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) vs (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Good fighting win by Mahesh and Jonathan in Mahesh's comeback bid ... Next they r having tough match against top-seed Polish pair.

At $75K Launceston Challenger, Australia

[R2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) bt Filip Peliwo (CAN,390) 75 57 63

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,175) vs Benjamin Mitchell (AUS,233)

Doubles Final
[QF] (1) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Jarryd Chaplin (AUS)/ Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) 64 76(5)

[SF] (1) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Dayne Kelly (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS)

Saki again stretch to three sets by his opponent but this time also he overcome over his Canadian opponent ... In this match also Saki struggled with his serve and Peliwo took advantage of it ... After winning the first set Saki lost the second set ... In the decider he was up 2-0 but lost his serve in 3rd game to be on 2-all ... Saki took crucial break in 8th game to lead 5-3 and then hold his serve comfortably ... Next he is having real challenge against top-225 local pplayer ... In the double he and Golubev score another close straight sets win over Aussie pair and in the semis they r facing another Aussir pair.

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