Saturday, July 26, 2014

Tennis News

At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[Q1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,153) l Sekou Bangoura (USA,553) 62 67(1) retd.
[Q1] Sanam Singh (IND,411) l (11) Emilio Gomez (ECU,244) 46 76(5) 16
[Q1] Saketh Myneni (IND,424) l (5) Marius Copil (ROU,162) 16 46

Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (4) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Overall tough matches for our players considering Yuki was playing his first match after more than 5 months injury break, Saketh was playing his first match after about 50 days injury break and other hand Sanam is in terrible form.

As per report Yuki played well till late in the second set ... As after winning the first set Yuki was leading 3-0 in the second set ... Bangoura played well in end of the second set but that time Yuki was struggling with leg sprain ... After losing the second set he decide to retire.

For Saki his top-175 Romanian opponent prove too strong and lose in straight sets.

Sanam stretch Emilio Gomez to three sets but in the third set Sanam was not existent.

In the doubles Rohan-Aisam is facing 4th seed and Lee is partnering Australian Samuel Groth.

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At $50K+H Segovia Challenger, USA

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,313) vs (4) Gregoire Burquier (FRA,169)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Antal Van Der Duim (NED) vs (WC) Jose Esteban Blanco (ESP)/ Jorge Hernando Ruano (ESP)

This week Jeevan is playing at Segovia Challenger ... He is having tough match in the singles but facing local wild care pair in the doubles with his Dutch partner.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, USA

[SF] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Jarmere Jenkins (USA) l Chase Buchanan (USA)/ James McGee (IRL) 16 46

Sanam-Jarmere fail to raise their game in the semis and lose their match in straight sets against Buchanan-McGee.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Banglore, India

[R1] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Snehadevi S REDDY (IND)/ Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 26 62 10-6
[QF] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Abbie MYERS (AUS)/ Yukina SAIGO (JPN) 36 63 10-3
[SF] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Natasha PALHA (IND) 61 64
[F] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) / Sung-Hee HAN (KOR) 62 76(2)

Rutuja lifts doubles title with Korean Dabin Kim at Banglore ... In the singles also Dabin Kim lifts title but for Indian only 16 year old Karman Kaur Thandi managed to enter the semis.

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