Thursday, May 05, 2016

Tennis News

At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open, Spain

[QF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 63 62

[SF] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Vania King (USA)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)

Sania and Martina score dominating win over experienced Czech pair ... In the semis they r facing Russian-American pair.

At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open 2016, Spain

[R2] (WC) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) l (7) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Nenad Zimonjić (SRB) 36 64 6-10
[R2] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 67(4) 64 10-4

[QF] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) vs Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS)

Mahesh and Fabrice give fighting performance against 7th seed Peya and Zimo in their loss in match tie-break.

Rohan-Florin score comeback win after losing the first set in tie-break ... After winning the second set they dominated match tie-break ... In the quarters they r facing Finnish-Aussie pair, who score upset win over 2nd seed Soares-Murray.


At $100K Busan Challenger, South Korea

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) bt Matt Reid (AUS)/ John Patrick Smith (AUS) 63 57 10-5
[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 64

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) vs Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Ming-kyu Song (KOR)
[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Purav-Divij and Lee-Sam r in the semis with contrasting win.

At $100K ITF Women's Tournament, Anning, China (Clay)

[R2] Ankita RAINA (IND,287) l (2) Xinyun HAN (CHN,120) 26 16

Xinyun proves too stong for Ankita.

At $50K+H Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan

[QF] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) bt Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 64 63

[SF] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) bt (4) Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Akexander Nedoyvesov (KAZ) 64 64

Jeevan and Enrique r in the final with really two good wins ... In the quarters they defeated Taipei pair convincingly and in the semis they beat 4th seed Easter European pair in straight sets for entering into the final.

At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy (Clay)

[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,665) bt (WC) Costanza TRAVERSI (ITA,UNR) 76(6) 63
[R1] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) bye

[R2] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,665) bt Valentine CONFALONIERI (ITA,UNR) 36 61 63
[R2] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) bt Chiara PUSCEDDU (ITA,UNR) 60 60

[QF] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,665) vs Anna TURATI (ITA,972)
[QF] (2) Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,523) vs (5) Tess SUGNAUX (SUI,644)

Karman and Snehadevi r in the quarters with contrasting win ... Karman is struggled in each match against unranked local players ... May be due to lack of match practice but next our both players having more difficult matches.

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