Tennis News

As expected with his final appearance at Chennai Open helped Somdev Devvarman to rise his personal best ranking of #154 on ATP rankings ... Prakash Amritraj drop 3 places to #209, Rohan Bopanna also improv by 16 places to #316 after qualifying at Chennnai Open.
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At US$220K Moorilla Hobart International, Hobart, Australia

[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Liga Dekmeijere (LAT)/ Ipek Senoglu (TUR) 76(7) 64
[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Jasmin Woehr (GER) l Natalie Grandin (RSA)/ Abigail Spears (USA) 67(4) 75 (6)10

This week Sania playing only in doubles here as her singles ranking, #107, didn't help her to grab direct entry ... But Sania having winning start on tour in doubles with Francesca Schiavone in this 1 hr 25 mins match ... This match saw multiple breaks, which we generally experience in women matches.

Shikha and her German partner produced fighting performance after losing the first set in this 1 hr 48 mins match ... But they lost match in the super tie-break.
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At US$480,750 Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zeland

[Q3] Rohan Bopanna (IND,332) l Gilles Muller (LUX,94) 36 26

Doubles
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) vs David Martin (USA)/ Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jeff Koetzee (RSA) vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/ Ivan Navarro (ESP)

In end very easy loss of Rohan against Muller.
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At US$$484,750 Medibank International, Sydney, Australia

[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Bruno Soares (BRA)/ Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)