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Doubles have basically become a super-tiebreaker game. Just play a super-tiebreaker and get done with it. Why waste time with sets?

At the Columbus, Ohio, M25 ITF, USA [R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND) / Purav Raja (IND) d. BYE [QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND) / Purav Raja (IND) d. Cannon Kingsley (USA)/ James Tracy (USA), 76(4) 57 (13-11) [SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND) / Purav Raja (IND) d. (4) Ezekiel Clark Ezekiel (USA)/ Sam Riffice (USA),...

^^^ I had the same question. I also need somebody to support!

... vs. Sofia Kenin (USA)/Yulia Putin t seva ( UKR ) Haha, PKB... I just noticed that, and took a double-take. I mean, if she is doing "seva" to Putin, she can't be from Ukraine!! ... :D I mean, that is like calling her partner Sofia Lenin ( USA ) :D (Yulia plays for Kazakhstan, by the way, though ...

At the $2,697,250 Toronto WTA (National Bank Open presented by Rogers), [QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Madison Keys (USA) d. Sofia Kenin (USA)/ Yulia Putintseva (KAZ), 75 36 [10-6] They were down 3-5 but came back to force two breaks and take the first set. They were up a break early, but then dropped two ...

Yes, Saketh is quite patchy. He comes up with some good stuff at the net, but is just not solid from the back. Yuki and RamK are the best team, and they really do need to find a way to start playing together. Probably can't happen, till RamK starts focusing on doubles though. Meanwhile, Saketh is pr...

They are on their usual pattern. They looked good in the second set, especially on the big points, as and when the other team seemed to threaten. Got ahead early and kept that break to the end of the second set. Now the STB... Yet again :) Looks like their Houdini acts will finally end... Went down ...

^^^ And they did it again!
[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) d. (3) Sander Gille (BEL)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS), 46 76(8) [13-11]
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[SF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (2) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Ben McLachlan (JPN)

[QF] (PR) Sumit Nagal (IND,504) l. (1) Zapata Miralles (ESP,89), 26 61 57 I saw the last couple of games. ZM was serving for the match for the first time at 5-4 30-15 but Sumit played very well, including winning an excellent 22 shot-rally, to break him and even it at 5-5. But a double fault and an ...

Now, this was a horrible loss, to finish the tournament at #10 out of 11 teams. India l Taiwan, 22–25 18–25 14–25. Now we can't blame the draw for our finish. We are only 10th best. Actually 11th, because I think Qatar, who didn't play this event is better than us now. Maybe even Kazakhstan is bette...

It is a good win indeed, for Mukund. He is quite talented, if he can put things together and start winning consistently. Hope he make a move now.

The statewise counts for Thursday, Aug 11th were: ANI 3, AP 219, ARP 39, ASM 214, BIH 120, CHD 84, CHG 75, DNHDD 1, DEL 2726 , Goa 115, GUJ 552 , HAR 1075 , HP 349, J&K 637 , JH 55, KAR 1691 , KER 1202 , LDK 11, LKS 0, MP 108, MAH 1877 , MNP 26, MEG 36, MIZ 178, NAG 4, ODI 530 , PUD 81, PUN 410, RAJ...

At Meerbusch Challenger 80 (clay), GER [QF] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) d. Jaroslav Pospisil (CZE)/ Volodoymyr Uzhylovskyi (UKR), 64 61 [QF] (PR) Jonas Forejtek (CZE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) d. Filip Bergevi (SWE)/ Alexander Donski (BUL), 64 64 Again, two good wins without any...

In classification matches, India d. Hong Kong, 23–25, 21–25, 31–29, 25–27 If we beat Taiwan tomorrow, we will finish #9. Pakistan lost badly in 3 games to China today. I expect Pakistan to finish just ahead of is at #8, though they made the QF pools with a lucky draw. Bahrain seems to be the upstart...

The numbers for Wednesday, Aug 10th were: ANI 1, AP 148, ARP 21, ASM 0, BIH 158, CHD 83, CHG 298, DNHDD 1, DEL 2146 , Goa 122, GUJ 678 , HAR 1145 , HP 526 , J&K 547 , JH 89, KAR 1680 , KER 1313 , LDK 12, LKS 0, MP 178, MAH 1847 , MNP 38, MEG 45, MIZ 135, NAG 9, ODI 653 , PUD 30, PUN 432, RAJ 613 , S...