Monday, September 01, 2014

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At US Open 2014, New York, USA

Doubles
[R3] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/ Klara Koukalova (CZE) 63 62
[R3] (6) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) l (11) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 26 64 16

[QF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Zarina Diyas (KAZ)/ Yi-Fan Xu (CHN)

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) bt (6) Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) 75 26 10-5
[QF] (3) Cara Black (ZIM)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Abigail Spears (USA)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 46 64 8-10

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) vs Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Ross Hutchins (GBR)

Junior
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,56) bt (Q) Viktor Durasovic (NOR,60) 63 64

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,56) vs (7) Duck Hee Lee (KOR,10)

Junior Doubles
[R1] Daniel Appelgren (SWE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs John McNally (USA)/ Gianni Ross (USA)

Sumit start with comfortable straight sets win over his similar ranked Norwegian opponent Durasovic ... Next he is facing top-10 Korean player Duck Hee Lee .. Sumit is partnering Swedish Appelgren and they r facing local pair in the first round.

Sania-Cara score comfortable win over Jelena-Klara without much problem ... In the quarters they r facing unseeded pairing of Zarina Diyas and Yi-Fan Xu ... In mixed doubles also Sania win her match with her partner Bruno Soares in match tie-break ... Sania-Bruno won the tight first set but after that Rohan-Kararina fought back to win the second set convincingly ... But Sania-Bruno recovered to win match tie-break comfortably ... In the semis of MXD they r facing unseeded pair, Yung-Jan Chan and Ross Hutchins.

Other hand Lee has terrible day as he loses his both matches ... In men's doubles defending champions Lee-Radek fail to overcome challenge of Spanish pair ... After losing first set lopsidedly Lee-Radek tried fightback and won the second set ... But Spanish pair again dominated the final set without giving much chance to Lee-Radek ... In mixed doubles also Lee-Cara lose their match in match tie-break ... Lee-Cara won the second set after losing the first set against Spears-Gonzalez ... But Lee-Cara failed to keep momentum in match tie-break and lose closely fought MTB.

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At $50K Shanghai Challenger, China

[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,1125) l (4) Keto Takeuchi (JPN,432) 57 67(3)
[Q2] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,396) bt Congsup Concar (THA,2067) 64 61

[Q3] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,396) bt (6) Christopher Rungkat (INA,683) 63 61

[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,396) vs Yuva Kibi (JPN,382)
[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,143) vs (Q) Yuichi Ito (JPN,502)

Doubles
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Elias Ymer (SWE)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yuki Bhambri (IND) vs (WC) Yan Bai (CHN)/ Chuhan Wang (CHN)

Sanam qualify for main-draw with comfortable wins in the final two matches ... In that solid win against Rungkat ... Favorable draw for Sanam as he is playing one of the lowest ranked direct entry ... Buji is also facing Japanese qualifier in the first round.

After losing the first set Sasi fought back well and was leading 4-1 ... He also had set point at 5-2 but failed to convert and then lost this set in tie-break ... Big learning experience for Sasi from this match.

In the doubles Divij and Yuki r 3rd seed and facing local wild-card pair ... Buji and Sanam r pairing together and facing Swedish-Taipei pair.

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At $10K Iran F10 Futures, Tehran

[R1] (8) Akash WAGH (IND,1047) vs (WC) Mohammad KAREGARAN (IRI,UNR)
[R1] (5) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,884) vs Mark VERVOORT (NED,1740)
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1083) vs Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND,UNR)
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,1268) vs (Q) Oleksandr GOROVYTS (UKR,UNR)

Winnable matches for our ranked players.

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