Saturday, April 30, 2016

Tennis News

At Mutua Madrid Open, Spain

[R1] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) vs Guido Pella (ARG)/ Gilles Simon (FRA)
[R1] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bye

Mahesh has received wild card with Fabrice Martin in Madrid Masters ... They r facing French-Argentine combination in the first round.

At $100K Busan Challenger, South Korea

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) vs Daniel Nguyen (USA)/ Di Wu (CHN)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Qualifiers

This week Lee-Sam r playing at Busan ... Purav-Divij r joining them.

At $100K Anning Challenger, China

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,151) l (7) Mathias Bourge (FRA,193) 06 1-3 retd.

In the semis Saki retire against Frenchman Mathias Bourge in the second set ... From the beginning Saki was struggling in the match and in endhe decided to quit in middle of second set ... As per report his right shoulder was bothering him ... Hoping for not a serious injury.

At $50K Tallahassee Challenger, Florida, USA

[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Dennis Novikov (USA)/ Julio Peralta (CHI) 64 36 5-10

Divij and Purav lose in match tie-break against American-Chilean pair ... They started well with winning the first set but after that failed to keep momentum.

At $50K Rome Challenger, Italy

[Q1] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,411) bt (WC) Andrea Del Prete (ITA,UNR) 60 61
[Q2] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,411) bt Marco Mosciati (ITA,UNR) 62 61
[Q3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,411) bt Kevin Kravietz (GER,415) 75 64

Sumit qualify for main-draw at Rome challenger with some good wins ... After winning first 2 matches convincingly Sumit faced real challenge in the final qualifying ... Sumit was 2-5 down in the first set against Kevin Kravietz but Sumit made excellent comeback winning next five games for winning this set ... Sumit kept momentum for winning the second and match.

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