Sunday, April 24, 2016

Tennis News

At $759K Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2016, Stuttgart, Germany (Clay)

Doubles Final
(1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) l (2) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 62 16 6-10

Sania-Martina lose the plot after winning the first set, after that French girls proved too strong for them ... Still overall good performance as they scored three wins in a row after almost two months.

At $50K+H Nanjing Challenger, China

[SF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (2) Yan Bai (CHN)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) 63 62

Doubles Final
(3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Alexander Nedoyvesov (KAZ) 63 63

Saki and Jeev lift Nanjing Challenger doubles title convincingly ... In the final they defeated Molchanov and Nedoyvesov without losing much sweat ... This is Saki's 6th and Jeev's 2nd challenger level doubles title.

Before that in the morning Saki and Jeev scored dominating win over 2nd seed Bai and Ghedin for entering into the final.


At $50K Savannah Challenger, Florida, USA

Doubles Final
(3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (WC) Brian Baker (USA)/ Ryan Harrison (USA) 75 67(4) 8-10

Purav-Divij lose in the final against tricky American pair in closely fought match ... In end very narrow loss for them after winning the first set ... Overall good week for them and hopefully they will build on this.

At $100K Anning Challenger, China

[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,151) vs Duckhee Lee (KOR,206)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Alexander Nedoyvesov (KAZ)

Anning Challenger draw is out ... In the singles Saki is facing tough opponent in 17 yrs old talented Korean Duckhee Lee ... In the doubles he is playing with Mahesh and they r facing Nanjing finalists Denys Molchanov and Alexander Nedoyvesov in the first round.

At $75K+H Santaizi Challenger, Taipei, Taiwan

[R1] (1) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN)/ Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN)

This week Lee and Sam r top-seed in Taipei challenger and facing Japanese pair in the first round.

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