Friday, September 23, 2016

Tennis News

At $1M Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan (WTA Premier)

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Miyu Kato (JPN)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) 62 62
[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ María José Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 46 63 10-5

[F] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Chen Liang (CHN)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN)

Sania-Strycova r in another final with back to back wins in the quarters and the semis ... After winning the quarters easily they needed comeback win over Canadian-Spanish pair in the semis after losing the first set ... In the final they r facing unseeded Chinese pair, who scored upset win over top-seed in first round.

At $923K St. Petersburg Open, Russia

[SF] (PR) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) 63 76(5)

Lee-Andre were early double break up 4-0, but while serving for the set at 5-2 they failed to hold their service game ... But our pair again broke Kudryavtsev in 9th game for winning the first set ... In the second set both pairs failed to take a break ... In tie-break Lee-Andre was 2-5 down from here they won next 5 points for winning the set and match.

At $250K WTA Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,293) vs (2) Ekatetina Alexandrova (RUS,143)

Tough qualifying match for Ankita against top-150 player.

At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] (2) Riya BHATIA (IND,615) bt (8) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,733) 64 63

[SF] (2) Riya BHATIA (IND,615) vs (7) Britt GEUKENS (BEL,613)

Riya scored straight sets win over Sri for entering another semis ... In the semis she is facing in-form Belgian girl Britt Geukens.

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