Tennis News
At $10K Kazakhstan F3 Futures 2012, Shymkent
[R2] (1) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) bt (Q) Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ,1472) 61 57 62
[QF] (1) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) vs Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ,753)
Surprisingly three setters for Karan against qualifier ... Next he is facing very experienced and former top 275 ranked local player Alexey Kedryuk ... With Karan's current form this is tough one.
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At $10K Qatar F1 futures 2012, Doha
[R2] (Q) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,1797) l (6) Cristian RODRIGUEZ (COL,781) 26 06
6th seed Colombian proved too strong for Ashwin.
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At $10K Vietnam F2 Futures 2012, Ho Chi Minh City
[QF] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Rohan Gajjar (IND) l Constantin Belot (FRA)/ Kevin Botti (FRA) 76(3) 36 6-10
Balaji and Gajjar lost their doubles match against unseeded French pair in STB.
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At $15K+H France F7 Futures, Angers
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Lauren Rochette (FRA) bt Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Giuseppe Menga (ITA) 76(3) 76(4)
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Lauren Rochette (FRA) vs (3) Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Nicolas Renavand (FRA)
Divij and Lauren won their quarter-final in two tight tie-breaks ... Next they r facing 3rd seed French pair, in this very experienced and former top-40 singles and doubles player Marc Gicquel is playing.
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At $15K China F5 Futures, Chengdu
[R1] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) bt Yan Bai (CHN,892) 67(5) 6-5 Retd.
[R2] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) vs Daniel Yoo (KOR,531)
As expected tough match for Vijayant ... He lost the first set in tie-break and keep fighting in the second ... His Chinese opponent retired from the match in 12th game of the second set ... Next Vijayant is facing another experienced player, Korean Daniel Yoo, who was top-350 in 2011.
At $10K Kazakhstan F3 Futures 2012, Shymkent
[R2] (1) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) bt (Q) Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ,1472) 61 57 62
[QF] (1) Karan Rastogi (IND,473) vs Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ,753)
Surprisingly three setters for Karan against qualifier ... Next he is facing very experienced and former top 275 ranked local player Alexey Kedryuk ... With Karan's current form this is tough one.
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At $10K Qatar F1 futures 2012, Doha
[R2] (Q) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,1797) l (6) Cristian RODRIGUEZ (COL,781) 26 06
6th seed Colombian proved too strong for Ashwin.
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At $10K Vietnam F2 Futures 2012, Ho Chi Minh City
[QF] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Rohan Gajjar (IND) l Constantin Belot (FRA)/ Kevin Botti (FRA) 76(3) 36 6-10
Balaji and Gajjar lost their doubles match against unseeded French pair in STB.
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At $15K+H France F7 Futures, Angers
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Lauren Rochette (FRA) bt Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Giuseppe Menga (ITA) 76(3) 76(4)
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Lauren Rochette (FRA) vs (3) Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Nicolas Renavand (FRA)
Divij and Lauren won their quarter-final in two tight tie-breaks ... Next they r facing 3rd seed French pair, in this very experienced and former top-40 singles and doubles player Marc Gicquel is playing.
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At $15K China F5 Futures, Chengdu
[R1] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) bt Yan Bai (CHN,892) 67(5) 6-5 Retd.
[R2] (6) Vijayant Malik (IND,470) vs Daniel Yoo (KOR,531)
As expected tough match for Vijayant ... He lost the first set in tie-break and keep fighting in the second ... His Chinese opponent retired from the match in 12th game of the second set ... Next Vijayant is facing another experienced player, Korean Daniel Yoo, who was top-350 in 2011.