Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Tennis News
At $100K+H Chuncheon Challenger, South Korea

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,223) bt (5) Kyu Tae Im (KOR, 165) 76(2) 62

Doubles
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt Kamil Capkovik (SVK)/ Pavol Cervenak (SVK) 62 61
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs (2) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN)

In first set Kyu Tae Im broke Prakash's serve in 5th game @15 but Kash broke back Im's serve in 8th game after deuce ... But Im again broke Kash's serve on luv and while serving for the set Kash again broke back after deuce ... In tie-break Kash dominated to won losing just 2 points ... Second set Kash saved couple of break point in 2nd game but afterward he dominated the match ... He broke Im's serve in 3rd and 7th games @15 to won match in straight sets ... In final game he was up 40-0 but then Im saved all 3 match points but Kash converted next point.

Good winning start for Purav and Sadik over capable pair.

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At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, Virginia, USA

[Q3] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND,UNR) bt (8) Kaden Hensel (AUS,514) 62 16 75

[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,UNR) vs (6) Grega Zemlja (SLO,159)

Another good win by Sanam over top-500 player, this time tiring 3 sets ... He is really showing good progress with his stint at UVa ... He is having tough first round against 6th seed & #159 Grega Zemlja.

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