At French Open 2016, Roland-Garros
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Mixed Doubles Final
Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) 46 64 10-8
Junior
[QF] Jaimee Fourlis (AUS)/ Karman Thandi (IND) l Mayuka Aikawa (JPN)/ Ylena In-Albon (SUI) 06 26
With the title win Leander completes his career grand slam in mixed doubles as till now only French open title was missing for Lee in mixed doubles ... This is also Lee-Martina's 4th grand slam title in last six grand slams ... For the record Lee is already completed career grand slam in men's doubles ... This was Lee's 10th mixed doubles title ... This title win also make strong case for Leander to partner Sania at Rio Olympics in mixed doubles.
In the first set both pairs were holding their repective service games till 9th game ... With superb returning mixing lobs by Sania helped her team to take crucial break on Lee's serve in 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set Lee-Martina were more committed on the net ... They broke Sania in 3rd game to lead 3-1 but Sania-Dodig broke Lee in 6th game for 3-all ... In 7th game Lee-Martina again broke Sania and then they missed 2 set points on Dodig serve in 9th game but Lee hold his serve comfortably for taking the final in match tie-break ... In match tie-break both pairs exchanged early mini-breaks and then both pairs hold points on their serve till 6-5 ... Lee-Martina took mini-break on Sania's serve to lead 7-5 ... On 14th points Lee made super interception on the net on long rally but Sania won mini-break in 15th points with down the line backhand service return on Martina's serve ... On 17th point Martina hit superb backhand cross court winner on Didig serve's and gave match point to them, 9-8 ... And Lee-Martina became emotional when Doddig hit in the net on next point's on Lee's serve for giving them championship.
Karman and Jaimee fail to challenge their Japanese-Swiss opponents in one-sided loss.
At WTA 125K Bol Open, Croatia
[QF] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Tena Lukas (CRO) l (1) Raluca Olaru (ROM)/ Ipek Soylu (TUR) 26 57
Prarthana-Tena lose in the quarters against top-seed ... Prarthana and her Croatian partner Tena Lukas lost the first set easily but they gave decent fight in the second.
At $50K Manchester Challenger, Great Britain
[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) 75 76(3)
[F] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)
Another well fought win over top-seed Daniell and Siljestrom for Purav-Divj ... In the first set our pair broke opponents in 9th game but after longish medical break by opponents Divij failed to hold while serving for the set ... Again our pair took crucial break in 11th game and then Purav hold his serve for winning the set ... In the second set both pairs hold their respective sers but our pair dominated tie-break for a win ... In the final they r facing British Skupski brothers.
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Mixed Doubles Final
Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) 46 64 10-8
Junior
[QF] Jaimee Fourlis (AUS)/ Karman Thandi (IND) l Mayuka Aikawa (JPN)/ Ylena In-Albon (SUI) 06 26
With the title win Leander completes his career grand slam in mixed doubles as till now only French open title was missing for Lee in mixed doubles ... This is also Lee-Martina's 4th grand slam title in last six grand slams ... For the record Lee is already completed career grand slam in men's doubles ... This was Lee's 10th mixed doubles title ... This title win also make strong case for Leander to partner Sania at Rio Olympics in mixed doubles.
In the first set both pairs were holding their repective service games till 9th game ... With superb returning mixing lobs by Sania helped her team to take crucial break on Lee's serve in 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set Lee-Martina were more committed on the net ... They broke Sania in 3rd game to lead 3-1 but Sania-Dodig broke Lee in 6th game for 3-all ... In 7th game Lee-Martina again broke Sania and then they missed 2 set points on Dodig serve in 9th game but Lee hold his serve comfortably for taking the final in match tie-break ... In match tie-break both pairs exchanged early mini-breaks and then both pairs hold points on their serve till 6-5 ... Lee-Martina took mini-break on Sania's serve to lead 7-5 ... On 14th points Lee made super interception on the net on long rally but Sania won mini-break in 15th points with down the line backhand service return on Martina's serve ... On 17th point Martina hit superb backhand cross court winner on Didig serve's and gave match point to them, 9-8 ... And Lee-Martina became emotional when Doddig hit in the net on next point's on Lee's serve for giving them championship.
Karman and Jaimee fail to challenge their Japanese-Swiss opponents in one-sided loss.
At WTA 125K Bol Open, Croatia
[QF] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Tena Lukas (CRO) l (1) Raluca Olaru (ROM)/ Ipek Soylu (TUR) 26 57
Prarthana-Tena lose in the quarters against top-seed ... Prarthana and her Croatian partner Tena Lukas lost the first set easily but they gave decent fight in the second.
At $50K Manchester Challenger, Great Britain
[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (1) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) 75 76(3)
[F] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)
Another well fought win over top-seed Daniell and Siljestrom for Purav-Divj ... In the first set our pair broke opponents in 9th game but after longish medical break by opponents Divij failed to hold while serving for the set ... Again our pair took crucial break in 11th game and then Purav hold his serve for winning the set ... In the second set both pairs hold their respective sers but our pair dominated tie-break for a win ... In the final they r facing British Skupski brothers.
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This is great but we must not ignore the performance of Indian team in Rio Olympics. You people can take help form the latest sport news to know about the latest going matches and performances of different players in different sports category.
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