Tennis News
At Australian Open 2009, Melbourne

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,107) vs Marta Domachowska (POL,61)

[Q2] (28) Somdev Devvarman (IND,154) l Lukasz Kubot (POL,207) 64 46 57

As expectations were high from Som, this was shocking result considering his recent good performances ... Though this was disappointing result still as per Som's philosophy each loss teach him how to win such matches in the future ... After checking stats his first serve let him down in comparison with his opponent and that was the real difference in the stat . ... In this match his first serve percentage was only 56% and Kubot had 74% ... Som hit 6 aces but also committed 6 double faults ... Percentage of winning points on first serve and second serve both players had almost similar ... Both players had too many opportunities of breaking opponent's serve, Kubot converted 5 break points from 15 chances other hand Som managed to convert only 4 from 12 chances.

Mostly after a week or 2 weeks break we will see Som back on the court.

Draw is out, Sania is not facing seeded player in the first round but Polish Domachowska can be good test for her ... Last year Domachowska reached 4th round of Australian Open ... If Sania wins first round then in second round she can face 10th seed Russian Nadia Petrova.

Interesting to note, Both faced twice in 2003 once in junior and once in $25K tournament ... Both time Sania lost in straight sets ... On clay, at 39th Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgian International Junior Championships (26 36) and on hard court, at $25K Peachtree City tournament, GA (36 46).
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At US$480,750 Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) bt Paul Hanley (AUS) / Jordan Kerr (AUS) 63 67(4) 10(7)

[F] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) vs (1) Martin Damm (CZE)/ Robert Lindstedt (SWE)

Leander and Lipsky scored super tie-break win against local pair to face top-seed pair in the final.
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At US$$484,750 Medibank International, Sydney, Australia

[SF] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l (2) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 16 76(4) (5)10

Mahesh and Mark produced fight back after losing first set easily but Bryans proved too strong in super tie-break.