Thursday, April 09, 2009

Tennis News
At $220K MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach, USA (Green Clay)

[R1] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Melinda Czink (HUN)/ Lilia Osterloh (USA) 60 36 10(5)

[QF] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (4) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Nadia Petrova (RUS)

So Chia-Jung and Sania managed to pull match in super tie-break ... They started well but in second set they lost concentration ... good to see they came back strongly in super tie-break to fix their quarters against 4th seed pair.
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At $50K Lousiana Challenger, Baton Rouge, USA

[R2] (8) Somdev DevVarman (IND,150) l (WC) Lester Cook (USA,335) 67(5) 57
[R2] (WC) Rajeev Ram (USA,191) bt Jose De Armas (VEN,269) 60 64

[QF] (WC) Rajeev Ram (USA,191) vs (WC) Lester Cook (USA,335)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) bt Brian Battistone (USA)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) 64 62
[R1] (Q) Somdev DevVarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt Alex Bogdanovic (GBR)/ Conor Niland (IRL) 61 62

[QF] (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Matthias Bachinger (GER)/ Benjamin Becker (GER)
[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Scott Oudsema (USA) vs (WC) Lester Cook (USA)/ Shane La Porte (USA)
[QF] (Q) Somdev DevVarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs (3) Todd Widom (USA)/ Michael Yani (USA)

Another close but unnecessary loss for Som ... As of now it looks that he is struggling with his game and need more matches to bring back his confidence back.

In doubles qualifiers Som and Huey scored very easy victory ... Now in next round they r meeting 3rd seed pair.

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