Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Tennis News

At $4.1M Roger Cup 2016, Toronto, Canada

[R2] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) l Tomas Berdych (CZE)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) 16 46

4th seed Rohan and Rojer lose in straight sets against Olympics bound Czech pair.

At $100K+H Biella Challenger, Italy (Clay)

[QF] (3) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ Joao Souza (BRA) 64 57 10-8

Lee-Begemann in the semis after winning their quarters against Brazilian pair in match tie-break.

At $75K+H Segovia Challenge, Spain

[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Pablo Irigaray Guarne (ESP)/ Oscar Mancineiras Cornella (ESP) 64 60

[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE)

Divij-Purav r in the semis with comfortable win over local wild-card pair ... Next they will face 2nd seed Swedish pair.

At $50K Lexington Challenger,, USA

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Brydan Klein (GBR)/ Andrew Whittington (AUS) 76(5) 46 12-10

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (2) Dean O'Brien (RSA)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA)

Hard fought win for Jeevan and RamK against in-form good players Klein and Whittington ... In the quarters our pair is facing 2nd seed South African pair.

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