Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Tennis News -
At The Championships Wimbledon 2008,

[QF] (13) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek (USA) l (11) Venus Williams (USA)/ Serena Williams (USA) 46 36 (1 hrs 26 mins)

Junior Doubles -
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) l Jared Easton (AUS)/ Andrew Thomas (AUS) 67(6) 63 9-11

Formidable Williams sister never gave chance to settle Sania and Bethanie in this match ... In second set Sania and Bethanie had a chance, when they were leading 3-0 with break but then Williams won next 6 games to win this match.
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At $75K+H Dublin Challenger, Ireland

[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,350) bt (Q) Michel Koning (NED,514) 63 16 63
[R2] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK,158) l (Q) Tomas Cakl (CZE,477) 46 63 57

[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND,350) vs (6) Robert Smeets (AUS,167)

Doubles -
[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (1) Andrew Coelho (AUS)/ Adam Feeney (AUS) 63 76(3)

[SF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Michel Koning (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)

Kash scored good victory over hot-player Koning, who was in good form in this challenger and futures in Ireland ... Now he is having 6th seed Smeets in quarters.

Aisam keep struggling in singles, he need powerful performance to remain in top-200 singles ranking in next few weeks.

In doubles Kash and Aisam scored straight sets victory over top-seed ... And now again meeting Michel Koning with his partner

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At $100K+H Cordoba-Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain

[R1] AMRITRAJ Stephen (IND)/ GHOUSE Mustafa (IND) l BUBKA Sergei (UKR)/ CEROVIC Ivan (CRO) 75 46 (8)10

Lost close match in super-tiebreak.
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At $50K Boston Challenger, MA, USA

[R1] UBEROI Shikha (IND)/ UBEROI Neha (USA) l FEDOSSOVA Yulia (FRA)/ LEPCHENKO Varvara (USA) 67(8) 26
[R1] (3) CZINK Melinda (USA)/ RAO Sunitha (USA) l (WC) CECIL Mallory (USA)/ FINK Amanda (USA) 64 46 12(14)

So our both pair lost in the first round of doubles.

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