Tennis News
At $220K Edgbaston WTA Open, Birmingham, England

[R1] Sania Mirza (IND,91) bt Yung-Jan Chan (TPE,83) 61 64

[R2] Sania Mirza (IND,91) vs (14) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA,66)

Good solid start for Sania after coming out of injury ... I really didn't expect win so this was great surprise ... Happy to see immediately Sania tuned up with grass court ... Good positive start for her, next match is tough against Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn, who likes to play on the grass
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At €750K Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany

[R1] (Q) Rohan Bopanna (IND,532) vs Thiemo De Bakker (NED,44) 46 67(11)

Thiemo De Bakker was keeping pressure on Rohan's serve from the start ... Rohan saved 2 break points in 5th game but Thiemo broke his serve in 7th game ... And that single break was enough for Thiemo to won first set.

In second set both players were holding their serve with ease, Thiemo didn't losing much points on his serve ... In tie-break Rohan was up with mini-break 5-3 but Thiemo fought back ... Then both players had set points and match points before Thiemo won closely fought set ... Great effort by Rohan against top-50 player.
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At €714K Queen's Club Open, London, England

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,104) vs Mardy Fish (USA,90) 61 3-2 (match stopped due to bad light)

As expected Somi was struggling against Mardy on the grass ... In first set Mardy was toying with him and won set comfortably ... In second set when match was stopped at that time Somi was break down.