Saturday, August 27, 2016

Tennis News

At US Open 2016, New York, USA

Saki with 'Saki Squad' after his win Courtesy of worldtennismagazine.com

[Q3] (26) Saketh Myneni (IND,143) bt Pedja Krstin (SRB,200) 63 60

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,143) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE,48)

SAKI qualify for US open with dominating win against his Serbian opponent Pedja Krstin ... In the first set Saki broke Pedja in 3rd game but failed to hold his serve in next game ... But from 7th game onward everything changed ... Saki won next nine games in a row for amazing win ... Importantly his opponent wasn't injured but Saki was in superb form with his serves, backhand slice and powerful forehands ... His Serbian opponent Pedja Krstin failed to challenge him.

This is Saki's first main-draw appearance in any grand slam ... Ironically Saki becomes only 9th Indian player to make it in singles MD of grand slam in last two decades after Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Nirupama Sanjeev, Somdev Devvarman, Yuki Bhambri, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberai (though at that time Shikha participated under US flag) and Prakash Amitraj ... On usual Indian players luck Saki is having tough match against top-50 Jiri Vesely but what a heck, with his game Saki can surprise Vesely also ... Go Saki.


Saki's interview after the match - Saketh's interview

At $761K Connecticut Open 2016, New Haven, USA (WTA Premier)

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) bt (3) Andreja Klepac (SLO)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 26 63 10-8

[F] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)/ Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)

Sania-Monica scored excellent comeback win over 3rd seed Klepac-Srebotnik ... After losing the first set Sania-Monica made superb comeback for winning the next and kept that advantage for winning match tie-break ... In the final they r facing unseeded pairing of Bondarenko and Chuang, who defeated top-seed pair in the semis.

At $721K Winston-Salem Open 2016, USA

[SF] (WC) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (3) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 16 76(5) 10-4

[F] (WC) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Henri Kontinen (FIN)

What a comeback win by Lee-Andre against 3rd seed Aisam-Lindstedt ... After losing the first set lopsidedly our pair dig deep ... They won the second set tie-break and then dominated match tie-break for entering into the final ... In the final they r facing unseeded Garcia-Lopez and Kontinen.

At $25K Poland F6 Futures, Poznan (clay)

[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND,404) bt (WC) Adam Majchrowicz (POL,1310) 63 64

[SF] Sumit Nagal (IND,404) vs (8) Maxim Janvier (FRA,390)

Expected comfortable win for Sumit against Polish wild-card player Majchrowicz ... In the semis he is facing 8th seed and in-form Frenchman Maxim Janvier, who is last week's futures winner.

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