Masters series Tennis - Indian Wells, Miami, 2014

[prashanthm]

Somehow the draw got changed around for Bops/Qureshi, but they won...

[R1] (6) Bopanna, Rohan (IND,13) / Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,16) d. BOLELLI, Simone (ITA) / FOGNINI, Fabio (ITA) 63 62

[Sin Hombre]

Thiemo de Bakker just beat Verdasco to reach round 3 in the main draw, so at least in this case, Som lost to an opponent in good form this week.

[RohitG]

I am waiting for him to be the opponent in good form this year at such events.

[Sin Hombre]

He lacks the weapons to make that surprise run.

[prashanthm]

[R1] Anderson, Kevin (RSA,127) / Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND,47) l. (2) Peya, Alexander (AUT,3) / Soares, Bruno (BRA,3) 46 64 01(6)

Close loss for Bhupathi/Anderson in the match tiebreak

[prashanthm]

[R2] (7) Bopanna, Rohan (IND,13) / Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK,16) l. Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL,35) / Robert Fatah (COL,39) 26 46

Bad loss for Bops/Qureshi...
End of story in the mens section...

[sameerph]

After their Dubai title, I expected Rohan & Aisam to create some waves in these 2 weeks but not to be.

Sania & Cara got a walkover in the second round & are thru to the QF.

Btw, this what Mahesh tweeted after his loss yesterday -

Dominated every stat on the sheet today and still didn't get a win... Clear sign the end is near,..

Indeed the end appears near for at least 1 half of the famed Indian express. Sad.

[slice]

[5]Black/Mirza (ZIM/IND) d [4]Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) 6-4,6-3.
Another good win by Cara and Sania and into the SF and will meet Hingis/Lisicki in the SFs - what an entrancing prospect.

[prashanthm]

Hingis/Lisicki are taking the courts by storm coming in as a WC pair...

Should be an enthralling matchup....

[slice]

Btw, this what Mahesh tweeted after his loss yesterday -

Dominated every stat on the sheet today and still didn't get a win... Clear sign the end is near,..

Yes, very unusual statistics for a losing pair. Mahesh and partner won 68 to 59 (54%to46%) of the total points. One possible explanation is because they consistently held serve relatively easily compared to their opponents.

[sameerph]

Taking a closer look at stats shown that MB and partner won 33 points to 19 in the second set. So, it was surprising that they won that set only 6-4. Rest of the stats are normal.

Another very good win by Sania & Cara. This pair really looks to be becomimg more & more consistent at top level now.

[PKBasu]

Great top-level consistency by Sania/Cara. I think one Slam title will be coming their way this year...

[Omkara]

Great top-level consistency by Sania/Cara. I think one Slam title will be coming their way this year...

I will certainly bet on this.... 2 back to back SF at 2 super 9 tournaments.... great achievement

[prashanthm]

[SF] (5) Cara Black (ZIM,10) / Sania Mirza (IND,8) l. (WC) Martina Hingis (SUI,173) / Sabine Lisicki (GER,64/15s) 36 46

Tough loss for Cara/Sania....
After losing the first set 3-6, they tried to make a fight out of it by leading 4-2 in the 2nd set, but lost 4 games on the trot including two breaks of serve to lose...

[Varma]

Sania/Cara stumbled in the semis at Miami. Suprisingly, Hingis (partnering Lisicki) is playing quite well here. Anyway, Sania and Cara played enough tennis together for us to expect a win against a scratch pair in the semis of a high-profile tournament. I checked the scores only once when they were down a set and on serve 3-4 in the second. I was pretty confident that they would get that set and then pull it off in MTB. Very disappointing to see them lose in straights, 3 & 4.

For records,

[SF] [5] Sania Mirza (Ind)/Cara Black (Zim) l. Martina Hingis (Sui)/Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 3-6, 4-6

- Varma