Friday, September 30, 2016

Tennis News

At $2.58M Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open 2016, China (WTA Premier 5)

[QF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt (6) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 63 76(5)
[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt (2) Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 64 36 10-7

[F] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs (5) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE)

Sania and Strycova r in the final after winning two matches with in 5 hours ... After winning the quarters in straight sets Sania and Strycova needed match tie-breaks to beat 2nd seed Chans ... In the final they r facing 5th seed Mattek-Sands and Safarova.

At $25K Hungary F7 Futures, Balatonboglar (clay)

[SF] (6) Sumit Nagal (IND,372) bt (7) Sebastian Ofner (AUT,399) 60 57 62

[F] (6) Sumit Nagal (IND,372) vs Peter Nagy (HUN, 478)

Sumit in the final after beating talented Belgian in three sets ... After winning the first set comfortably Sumit was 5-3 up in the second after trading early breaks ... But he failed to hole his serve in 10th and again lost his serve in 12th for losing this set ... In the decider from 2-all Sumit won next 4 games for winning the match ... In the final he is facing local Polish player Peter Nagy.

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

[R1] Zeel DESAI (IND) bt (5) Elena-Teodora CADAR (ROU) 63 26 61
[R1] (8) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND) bt Anna ABUALHAJ (JOR) w/o
[R1] Ramya NATARAJAN (IND) bt Victoria Ariadna BECCIO (ARG) 62 62
[R1] Eetee MAHETA (IND) bt Salma ABDEL RAHIM (EGY) 61 61

[R2] Zeel DESAI (IND,UNR) bt Suzy LARKIN (GBR,836) 64 63
[R2] (8) Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND,736) l Jenny CLAFFEY (IRL,815) 46 67(3)
[R2] Ramya NATARAJAN (IND,NR) l (3) Guadalupe PEREZ ROJAS (ARG,577) 64 16 16
[R2] Eetee MAHETA (IND,758) bt Mitsumi KAWASAKI (JPN,1095) 57 76(5) 61

[QF] Zeel DESAI (IND,UNR) l (1) Anna MORGINA (RUS,369) 63 26 36
[QF] Eetee MAHETA (IND,758) l (2) Dea HERDZELAS (BSN,436) 16 16

Excellent performance by Zeel so she will be definitely into WTA ranking as this is her third week's WTA points earning for Zeel ... In the quarters after winning the first set she failed to keep momentum in next two sets.

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