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US Open: Devvarman crashes out, Sania, Bhupathi advance |
India's Somdev Devvarman lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
of Germany in the men's second round of the US Open on Thursday. The Indian top
ranked singles player lost to his German opponent in four sets 6-3, 6-4, 0-6,
6-2. In the men's doubles the third seed Indo-Bahamian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi
and Mark Knowles won their first round match in straight sets to advance to the
second round. Bhupathi and Knowles defeated James Cerretani of the USA and Lovro
Zovko of Croatia easily in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. Another Indian Leander Paes
and his Zimbabwean Cara Black, seeded second, won their first round mixed doubles
first round match Patty Schnyder of Switzerland and Wesley Moodie of South Africa.
Paes and Black won the match in three sets 6-4, 6-3, 11-9. Meanwhile, Sania Mirza
has also kept India's hopes alive in the doubles and mixed doubles by winning
both of her matches and advanced to the second round. Sania bounced back from
her 6-0, 6-0 drubbing at the hands of 10th seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy to win
both her women's doubles and mixed doubles matches Thursday. Sania and Italy's
Fransesca Schiavone won a see-saw first round match against Ekaterina Dzehalevich
of Belarus and Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic 5-7, 7-5, 6-1. Sania - Schiavone
duo will now meet Gisela Dulko and Shahar Peer in the second round of the US Open.
She and her veteran partner Daniel Nestor of Canada coasted through their first
round match 6-3, 6-1 against Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan and Ashley Fisher
of Australia at the Flushing Meadows. In the mixed doubles event, Sania Mirza
and Canada's Daniel Nestor beat Akgul Amanmuradova and Ashley Fisher 6-3, 6-1
to enter the second round.
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