Thursday, January 26, 2017

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2017, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles
[QF] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Samantha Stosur (AUS)/ Sam Groth (AUS) 36 26

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs Samantha Stosur (AUS)/ Sam Groth (AUS)

Juniors
[QF] Zeel Desai (IND,43) l (16) Elena Rybakina (RUS,30) 46 36

Lee-Martina failed to challenge powerful Aussie pair in their loss ... In the first set, Lee got broken twice and in the second Martina ... Sania-Dodig will face same Aussie pair in the semis.

Overall good performance by Zeel as she became only second Indian girl after legendary Rita Davar, who reached junior Wimbledon girls final in 1952, to reach quarter final stage at junior grand slam ... In this match, Zeel was matching Elena's game but Elena was more experienced and took match with single breaks in both sets.


At $75 Maui Challenger, Lahaina, Hawai, USA

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) l Ernesto Escobedo (USA)/ Mackenzie McDonald (USA)64 67(4) 6-10

Jeevan-Rungkat lost in the first round in super tie-break against big server Americans.

At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Cairo, Egypt

[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,1001) bt Akilah JAMES (USA,777) 16 61 76(5)
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,756) bt (7) Helene SCHOLSEN (BEL,508) 46 36
[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND,735) bt (8) Dana KREMER (GER,596) 75 62

[R2] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,1001) l (1) Chantal SKAMLOVA (SVK,392) 06 16
[R2] Natasha PALHA (IND,735) l (Q) Anastasia SUKHOTINA (RUS,UNR) 46 46

Good upset wins by Rishika and Natasha against higher ranked opponents in the first round, but Natasha failed to capitalize on her upset win as she lost against Russian qualifier in the next.

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