Thursday, July 21, 2016

Tennis News

At € 520K Swiss Open 2016, Gstaad

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 76(6) 67(5) 10-7

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Michael Venus (NZL)

Divij-Purav score hard fought win over 3rd seed in match tie-break for entering into the semis ... Divij-Purav played really well against big serving opponents and won the first set in tight tie-break ... In this set both pairs exchanged two breaks of serve ... In the second set our pair broke 3rd seed in 3rd game but lost their serve in 6th game, 3-all ... 3rd seed pair won the second set tie-break ... Both pairs played amazing match tie-break ... Only a single mini-break came on 14th point by our pair for completing really good win ... In the semis they r facing top-seed Pavic and Venus.

At $50K Binghamton Challenger,, USA

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,214) bt (Q) Jose Statham (NZL,472) 26 64 76(3)

RamK needs to dig deep for scoring comeback win over experienced Statham in three sets ... In the first set from 2-3 RamK was outperformed by Statham ... In the second set RamK took crucial break in 9th game for winning this set ... In the final set RamK broke Statham in 3rd game but Statham broke him in 6th game for bringing back on the serve ... RamK again broke Statham in 11th game but while serving for the match he made unforced errors for losing his serve ... RamK played solid tie-break to take 5-0 lead and converted 3rd match point for good win.

At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Hong Kong

[QF] Kyra SHROFF (IND,660) l Hao Chen TANG (CHN,723) 26 67(1)

Overall disappointing performance by Indians in these Hong Kong series ... So with Kyra's loss Hong Kong leg get over.

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