Friday, January 22, 2010

Tennis News
At Australian Open 2010, Melbourne

Doubles
[R2] (WC) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) l (11) Simon Aspelin (SWE)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) 16 36
[R2] Eric Butorac (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) bt (7) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/ Marcin Matkowski (POL) 62 36 76(2)

[R2] (10) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Virginia Ruano Pascal (ESP) bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)/ Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 76(3) 63

[QF] (10) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Virginia Ruano Pascal (ESP) vs (7) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)/ Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Sophie Ferguson (AUS)/ Carsten Ball (AUS) 75 75

Sania and Virginia scored straight sets victory in second round ... First set they won in tie-break but they controlled second set to move in to pre-quarter finals.

Today Somi AGAIN struggled with his serve and seeded Aussie pair take full advantage of it for easy victory over Indian pair ... Rajeev and his partner Butorac scored upset win over seeded Polish team.

Top-seed Lee and Cara needed their experience to pulled tight win over local pair in first round of MXD.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza, the defending champions at the 2010 Australian Open, withdrew due to Mahesh's torn calf muscle injury.


Australian Open 2010 - Junior Qualifying

[Q2] Sumeet Shinde (IND,179) l (10) Bruno Semenzato (BRA,136) 57 26
[Q2] Saurabh Singh (IND,174) vs (4) Jaden Grinter (NZL,93)
[Q2] (5) Sai Kartik Nakireddi (IND,105) l Jea Moon Lee (KOR,179) 67(4) 36

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,183) l (1) Marianne Jodoin (CAN,74) 16 36
[Q2] Natasha Palha (IND,274) l (9) Abigail Tere-Apisah (PNG,131) 36 46
[Q2] Rashmi Teltumbde (IND,267) l Alexandra Nancarrow (AUS,UNR) 57 36
[Q2] Prerna Bhambri (IND,186) l Elizaveta Ianchuk (UKR,1053) 67(4) 46
[Q2] Sharmada Balu (IND,159) l Li-Yun Tan (SIN,254) 46 46
[Q2] Aishwarya Agrawal (IND,221) l (6) Eri Hozumi (JPN,121) 64 26 26
[Q2] (10) Rishika Sunkara (IND,132) bt Stefani Stojic (AUS,UNR) 61 62

[Q3] ((10) Rishika Sunkara (IND,132) bt (7) Ursa Jeman (SLO,122) 46 63 64

Looking at junior qualifying scores it look massacre of our players on tennis court.

At last some good news, Rishika Sunkara qualified for main draw with comeback win over Ursa Jeman.

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