Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Tennis News
At Australian Open 2010, Melbourne

[Q1] (27) Somdev Devvarman(IND,161) vs (WC) James Duckworth (AUS,1712)
[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,330) vs Jan Minar (CZE,245)
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,200) vs Andre Begeman (GER,231)

Somi having favorable draw ... Facing Australian wild-card in first round .. And having Slovenian #126 Blaz Kavcic is highest seeded in his draw.

Though Prakash and Yuki having tricky first round matches still they r also having good draw ... Kash having Frenchmen #134 David Guez and #156 Edouard Roger-Vasselin r seeded players ... And Yuki also having Frenchmen #129 Josselin Ouanna, whom Yuki can face if he manage to win first round, and #141 Sebastien De Chaunac r seeded players.

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At $220K Hobart International 2010, Australia

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Virginia Ruano Pascal (ESP) bt Edina Gallovits (ROU)/ Marie-Eve Pelletier (CAN) 62 61

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Virginia Ruano Pascal (ESP) vs Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA)

Very comfortable win for Sania and Virginia Ruano Pascal ... They needs match practice before Australian Open as last week they lost in first round ... Today they played like second seed to scored dominating win ... Next they r facing Italian pair.
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At $355.5K Auckland Open, New Zealand

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE)/ Travis Parrott (USA) 75 64

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO)

Lee and Lukas had tough match than they expected ... But they managed to win this match taking breaks at crucial moment ... In second set they saved 4 break point chances and converted only 1 they got.

Top seed Bryans lost in the first round ... Next Lee and Lukas r facing little unknown European pair.

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