Saturday, October 01, 2016

Tennis News

At $2.58M Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open 2016, China (WTA Premier 5)

Doubles Final
(3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) l (5) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE) 16 46

I am little surprised by Sania and Strycova's one-sided loss against Mattek-Sands and Safarova in the final.

At $25K Hungary F7 Futures, Balatonboglar (clay)

Singles Final
(6) Sumit Nagal (IND,372) bt Peter Nagy (HUN, 478) 76(3) 61

Sumit lifts his second $25K futures title on European clay in a month time ... In the final he defeated local guy Peter Nagy in straight sets ... In the fist set both players exchanged breaks but at 4-all Nagy broke Sumit for 4-5 ... Sumit broke him while he was serving for the set in 10th game but again he lost his serve in 11th, 5-6 ... Second time Sumit broke Nagy when he was serving for the set and afterwards he dominated tie-break for winning this set ... In the second set Sumit took control from the start and won the set comfortably breaking Nagy thrice.

At $2.9M China Open ATP 500, Beijing

[Q1] (WC) Purav Raja (IND)/ Florian Mayer (GER) bt (2) Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 26 75 10-6

[Q2] (WC) Purav Raja (IND)/ Florian Mayer (GER) vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)/ Guido Pella (ARG)

This week Purav is partnering Mayer in this big tournament ... They started with upset comeback win over 2nd seed Kuznetsov and Sa in match tie-break ... Next they r facing Italian-Argentine pair for place in main-draw.

At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Courtesy Zeel Desai facebook page
[R1] Ola ABOU ZEKRY (EGY)/ Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Melissa MORALES (GUA)/ Kirsten-Andrea WEEDON (GUA) 64 46 11-9
[QF] Ola ABOU ZEKRY (EGY)/ Zeel DESAI (IND) bt (3) Eetee MAHETA (IND)/ Shweta Chandra RANA (IND) 63 62
[SF] Ola ABOU ZEKRY (EGY)/ Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Valeriya POGREBNYAK (RUS)/ Phillis VANENBURG (NED) 36 64 10-8

Doubles Final
Ola ABOU ZEKRY (EGY)/ Zeel DESAI (IND) bt Suzy LARKIN (GBR)/ Theiviya SELVARAJOO (MAS) 75 64

Zeel lifts her first title partnering local girl Ola Abou Zekry in Egypt ITF doubles ... So after this Zeel will be in WTA ranking in the singles and doubles.

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