Tennis News
At US Open 2009, New York

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devverman (IND,162) bt Frederico Gil (POR,106) 63 64 63
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,74) bt Olga Govortsova (BEL,65) 62 36 63

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devverman (IND,162) vs (23) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER,24)
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,74) vs (10) Flavia Pennetta (ITA,10)

Today history is made first-time in open era our players are in second round of the grandslam tournament in Men's and Women's draw in same grandslam ... And after 1997 first-time our men's player reached second round at US Open ... Great day for Indian tennis.

Somdev started his first main draw grandslam match very positively ... From start he was keeping pressure on Gil's serve, he had couple of break point chances in 3rd game on Gil's serve but first break came after 3-all ... Somi broke Gil's serve to lead 4-3 and after holding his serve he again broke Gil's serve in 9th game to won first set ... In second set Som saved 2 break points on his serve but broke Som's serve in 3rd game to lead 1-3 ... Somi made comeback breaking Gil's serve in th game to make it 3-all ... And Somi broke Gil's serve in 10th game to won second set on 2nd set point ... Again Somi broke Gil's serve to won match is straight sets ... So winning debut for Somi in the grandslam main draw ... Next he is facing 23rd seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber, who is also like to play quick on the court.

Sania also started well breaking Olga's serve in 3rd game to lead 2-1 ... Then she again broke Olga in 5th game to lead 4-1 and with these 2 breaks Sania won first set 6-2 ... In second set Olga had good start breaking Sania's serve in 2nd game to lead 0-2 ... As per report both players played ugly tennis ... Both were struggling to hold their service with erratic shots so in end it turned out who will make less errors was going to win match ... After losing second set Sania won third to move into second round.
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At $35K+H Como Challenger, Italy (clay)

[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)/ Alberto Brizzi (ITA) 63 76(6)

Good winning start for Harsh and Huey on clay against local players.