Tennis News
At €3.7M Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, Spain

[SF] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (3) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 67(4) 46

Sania and Chia-Jung's fine run ended in semis against WR #3 pair of Peschke and Raymond ... Match was close but 3rd seed pair played important point quiet well to sealed the victory but very encouragin tournament for Sania and Chia-Chung.
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At $75K+H Izmir Cup, Turkey

[SF] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt (3) Michail Elgin (RUS)/ Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS) 76(8) 16 10(5)

[F] (2) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (1) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Harel Levy (ISR)

Prakash and Rajeev won their semifinal match in super tie-break to face top-seed local pair in the final ... After winning first set in tight tie-break they lost focus from the match but played solid super tie-break to won this match.
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At $50K Sarasota Open, Longboat Key, Florida, USA

[SF] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Kaes Van't Hof (USA) bt (1) Carsten Ball (AUS)/ Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 26 63 10(5)

[F] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Kaes Van't Hof (USA) vs Victor Estrella (DOM)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)

Harsh and Kaes scored excellent comeback victory against top-seed pair against whom they lost in last week's final ... After losing first set they cameback strongly ... Harsh is gelling well with young 21 yrs old Kaes Van't Hof, he needs these good results as next week he is defending 110 points ... In the final they r facing 2nd seed pair.