Tennis News
At Australian Open 2010, Melbourne

[Q1] (27) Somdev Devvarman (IND,161) bt (WC) James Duckworth (AUS,1712) 62 62
[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,330) l Jan Minar (CZE,245) 63 36 36
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,200) bt Andre Begeman (GER,231) 46 61 63

[Q2] (27) Somdev Devvarman (IND,161) vs Tobias Kamke (GER,258)
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,200) vs (25) Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA,156)

In first set Kash was down with early break and lost it ... But from second set he turned tide and started dominating ... He won second set easily and broke Begeman in first game on third set ... He saved couple of break points on his next service game and also in 8th game but again he broke Begeman in 9th game to moved in to second qualifying round ... Next Kash is facing seeded Frenchman Roger-Vasselin with whom he has losing record ... But hopefully he will overcome this challenge.

Yuki broke Minar's serve in 4th game, then he had 3 set point on Minar's serve at 3-5 (0-40), but he could not convert those ... He held serve in 9th game to won first set ... In second set Minar broke Yuki's serve in 8th game to won second set 3-6 after saving 2 break points in 9th game ... In third set Minar broke Yuki's serve early to take 1-2 lead ... Then Minar again broke Yuki to take lead 1-4 with double break ... But Yuki kept fighting and broke Minar's serve in 6th game ... But Minar again broke Yuki in 9th game to won set and match ... In 9th game Yuki was up 40-0 but somehow lost 5 points on a row to handover the game and match ... But still very fighting performance by Yuki against experienced player.

Somi started match with breaking Aussie's serve and that trend continued in rest of set as he won first set 6-2 ... He kept his upper hand in second set to scored comfortable win to move in to second qualifying round ... His next German opponent is tricky as he is having lot more experience of playing at this level.
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At $355.5K Auckland Open, New Zealand

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 26 36

Very one-sided victory for Brunstrom and Rojer against 2nd seed ... They dominated in every aspect of the game ... Not right preparation for Australian Open for our pair.
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At $220K Hobart International 2010, Australia

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Virginia Ruano Pascal (ESP) l Sara Errani (ITA)/ Roberta Vinci (ITA) 36 57

Disappointing result for Sania and Ruano Pascal ... They r also not having right preparation for Australian Open.
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At $25K Pingguo ITF Womens Tournament, China

[R1] VENKATESHA Poojashree (IND,340) l (LL) ZHANG Nan-Nan (CHN,1106) 16 46

Another disappointing outing for Poojashree ... Forgettable China visit for her.