Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mens Doubles
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam Qureshi (PAK) l Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) 46 67(3) 26

Mixed Doubles
[R3] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Igor Zelenay (SVK)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 61 63

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Rohan and Aisam's good run at Wimbledon ended in quarter-final ... They found tough match-up in Melzer and Petzschner, who cn served big and hit deep powerful shots ... They broke Rohan and Aisam's serve in the first game of the match and that set tone of the match ... After winning second set in tie-break they didn't give much chance to Indo-Pak express in decider.

In mexed doubles 2nd seed Cara and Lee scored dominating victory to moved into quarters.

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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (Q) Andrew THOMAS (AUS,1622) 36 76(3) 63
[QF] (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) bt (8) Murad INOYATOV (UZB,490) 26 76(2) 3-3 Retd

[SF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443)

Doubles
[SF] PRASHANTH (IND)/ VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) l (1) HENSEL (AUS)/ PROPOGGIA (AUS) 67(6) 46
[SF] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ SHOKEEN (IND) l RUNGKAT (INA)/ THOMPSON (USA) 36 36

Rohan and Ranjeet produced almost identical comeback win after losing first set ... Experienced Inoyatov retired in third set before losing second in tie-break ... Rohan also won second set in tie-break after losing first set ... Now both r facing each other in the semis, so this week our one player will be in singles final at Malaysian futures.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester (Grass)

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,878) bt (8) Josh Milton (GBR,536) 63 62
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt Ashwin Kumar (USA,728) 57 76(5) 64

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs (7) David Rice (GBR,489)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) vs (2) James Ward (GBR,304)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) 76(5) 62

[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS)

Both moved into quarters with contrasting win ... Divij scored dominating upset win over British seeded player, other hand Ashwin Kumar stretched Vishnu to fullest before Vishnu produced comeback win.

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