Thursday, September 07, 2017

Tennis News

At US Open 2017, New York

[QF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) bt (5) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 76(5) 64

[SF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) vs (2) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Sania-Shuai completed the win in straight sets against Babos and Hlavackova ... After winning the first set in the tie-break they were cruising and serving for the match at 5-2 ... But they failed to hold in the 8th game and missed six match points on opponent's serve in almost 15 mins long 9th game ... Sania-Shuai kept their composure and completed victory after converting 7th match point but before that, they needed to save a break point ... Next, they r facing 2nd seed Hingis and Chan.

At $50K+H Zhangjiagang Challenger 2017, China

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 57 63 10-7
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) l Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 46 36

[SF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 46 26

VSP and Jeevan lost in the semis against Zhang-Gao in the straight sets ... Before that, VSP and Jeevan moved into the semis with comeback win over Wu and Li in the match tie-break ... In the quarters, Zhang-Gao defeated 2nd sed Vishnu and Matsui in the straight sets.

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