Sunday, September 04, 2016

Tennis News

At US Open 2016, New York, USA

Doubles
[R2] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI)/ Nicole Melichar (USA) 62 76(5)

[R3] (7) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Nicole Gibbs (USA)/ Nao Hibino (JPN)

Mixed Doubles
[R2] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (7) Coco Vandeweghe (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 67(1) 63 11-13
[R2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (6) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) 57 63 10-7

[QF] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Robert Farah (COL)

Juniors
[Q2] (12) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,77) bt Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA,133) 64 64

[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,77) vs Wiktoria Kulik (POL,41)

Sania-Strycova moved into the third round with straight sets win over Golubic-Malichar ... Next they r facing Gibbs-Hibino for place in the quarters.

In MXD, defending champion Martina-Lee lost to Coco-Ram in match tie-break ... After losing the first set in tie-break Lee-Martina made strong comeback for winning the second set ... In match tie-break they were 4-2 and then 8-4 up but after that they were in trouble due to unforced errors and three double faults ... They saved 3 match points but Ram-Coco converted fourth match point ... Rohan-Gabriela also needed comeback for winning their match against 6th seed Kubot-Hlavackova ... After losing the first set Rohan-Gabriela fought back for winning the second ... In match tie-break after 7-all our pair won next 3 points for winning the match ... In the quarters they r facing Farah-Groenefeld.

Pranjala qualified for US open Junior main-draw with straight sets victory over American Pierre-Louis ... In the first set Pranjala was 2-4 down before winning next four games for winning this set and continued same momentum for winning the match ... In the first round she is facing unseeded Polish girl Wiktoria Kulik.


At $$125K Dalian Women's Tennis Open 2016, China

[Q1] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,288) bt Anastasia Gasanova (403,RUS) 64 76(5)

[Q2] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,288) vs (2) Kai-Chen Chang (TPE,199)

Ankita is playing qualifying of $125K tournament in China ... Winning start for her against Russian player Gasanova in straight sets ... Next she is facing former top-100 Taipei player Kai-Chen Chang for place in main-draw.

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