Sunday, May 15, 2016

Tennis News

At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy (WTA Premier 5)



Doubles Final
(1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (7) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 61 67(5) 10-3

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza score win over Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in match tie-break to capture the Internazionali BNL d'Italia title - this is their first title since February and their first ever on red clay ... Heading into the French Open on a four-match winning streak, Santina next look to complete a box set of Grand Slam titles - a Santina Slam - that began at Wimbledon over Makarova and Vesnina, and took them through victories at the US Open and Australian Open in January.

At $250K Internationaux de Strasbourg 2016, France (Clay)

[R1] Alona Fomina (UKR)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) vs Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)

Good to see Prarthana is getting opportunity of playing in WTA tournament with her Ukrainian partner in France.

At $50K+H Bangkok-3 Challenger, Thailand

[Q2] Siddharth Rawat (IND,610) bt (4) Sanam Singh (IND,394) 36 3-1 retd.

[Q3] Siddharth Rawat (IND,610) vs (5) Clay Thompson (USA,410)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (4) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Chu-Huan Yu (TPE)

Sid gets lucky break as Sanam withdrew after winning the first set ... Sid having tough final qualifying match against American top-400 type Clay Thompson.

Hoping for Sanam's recovery to play doubles with Jeevan.

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