Thursday, February 04, 2016

Tennis News

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

Pool A

India l Japan 1-2

[S1] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,523) l Eri Hosumi (JPN,206) 26 16
[S2] Ankita Raina (IND,307) bt Nao Hibino (JPN,56) 63 61
[D] Sania MIRZA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Shuko AOYAMA / Eri HOZUMI (JPN) 57 36

After Prarthana's one-sided loss Ankita scores biggest win of her career ... She beats top-60 Japanese Hibino in easy straight sets ... But in the doubles shocking loss of Sania with Prarthana in straight sets against Japanese pair ... I am still feeling Sania should try to play with Karman as we never knows that she can be a good partner for Sania at Rio.

At $75K Launceston Challenger, Australia

[SF] (1) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Dayne Kelly (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 36 36

Saki and Golubev fail to overcome in their third match against Aussie pair and lose it cheaply.

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