Friday, August 01, 2014

Tennis News

At $1.65M Citi Open, Washington DC, USA

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) bt Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ David Marrero (ESP) 76(3) 36 12-10

[SF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) vs (WC) Steve Johnson (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Lee-Groth score hard fought win over Cabal-Marrero for entering in the semis ... After winning the first set in tie-break Lee-Groth lost the second set easily ... But Lee-Groth fought back to win the match tie-break in extra points ... In the semis they r facing American wild-card pair of Johnson-Querrey, who score upset win over WR #1 Bryans in the quarters.
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At $15K Kazakhstan F10 Futures, Astana

[SF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (3) Ti CHEN (TPE)/ Dzmitry ZHYRMONT (BLR) 63 76(5)

[F] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (2) Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE) / Denis MATSUKEVITCH (RUS)

Bala-Ranjit score straight sets win over 3rd seed Ti Chen-Dzmitry ... In the final they r facing 2nd seed Huang-Matsukevitch.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt Amrita MUKHERJEE (IND)/ Vanshika SAWHNEY (IND) 62 63
[QF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt (4) Abbie MYERS (AUS)/ Shweta RANA (IND) 61 62
[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt (1) Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI (THA) / Peangtarn PLIPUECH (THA) w/o

Doubles Final
Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Dabin KIM (KOR) bt (3) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Xi-Yao WANG (CHN) 63 64

Back to back doubles title for Rutuja and Dabin Kim ... In this ITF tournament they win their all matches comfortably.

In the singles young 16 yrs old Karman Kaur Thandi reach another semi-final before losing one-sided match against 3rd seed Thai opponent ... Snehadevi Reddy also enter into the semis before retired in the third set against Natasha Palha ... Hoping Natasha lifts title here.

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