Tennis News
At $2.7M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) bye
Surprised to see this week Mahesh is partnering Nenad ... Mahesh need good result to push his rank inside top-10.
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Chinese Taipei
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,308) vs (6) Marco Chiudinelli (SUI,146)
Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij SHaran (IND) bt (WC) I-Ta Chen (TPE)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 64 76(5)
Tough match for Yuki against top-150 Swiss player Chiudinelli.
In doubles Purav and Divij had a winning start against local wild-card pair.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2012, Namangan
[R1] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,452) vs (Q) Marko Danis (SVK,1148)
[R1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) bt (LL) Sardor Pulatov (UZB,1856) 61 61
[R2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) vs (Q) Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Ivan Sergeyev (UKR)/ Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS) 62 46 10-5
[QF] (1) Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Vladyslav Manafov (UKR)/ Yaraslau Shyla (BLR)
Winnable first round matches for Karan and Vishnu and as expected Vishnu scored dominating win over local lucky-loser .. Next he is facing qualifier from Kyrgyzstan.
In doubles top-seed Karan and Vishnu needed STB to beat Ukrainian-Russian pair.
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At $10K India F5 Futures 2012, Madurai
[R1] (WC) (1) Vijayant Malik (IND,474) bt (WC) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1297) 63 63
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,708) bt Marko Rajic (SRB,1320) 62 62
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,516) bt Andre Gaspar Murta (POR,1293) 76(4) 63
[R1] Vignesh Peranamallur (IND,985) bt (Q) Vignesh Veerabadran (IND,1724) 64 76(3)
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND,979) bt (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,1442) 64 63
[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1212) l (7) Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL,830) 26 26
[R1] (Q) Fariz Mohammed (IND,UNR) l Joss Espasandin (SUI,1087) 36 26
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,903) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,952) 63 67(3) 63
[R1] (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,503) bt (Q) Peter Goldsteiner (AUT,1293) 36 64 62
[R1] (5) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,657) bt (Q) Rakshay Thakkar (IND,1442) 64 75
[R1] (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,1332) bt Goncalo Pereira (POR,957) 63 62
[R1] (WC) Elwin Antony (IND,UNR) bt (Q) Kunal Anand (IND,1498) 63 64
[R1] (WC) Rishabdev Raman (IND,UNR) l (2) Marc Giner (ESP,479) 36 16
Doubles
[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Mark Vervoort (NED) l Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA)/ Goncalo Pereira (POR) 67(6) 36
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) vs Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND)
[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt (WC) Rishabdev Raman (IND)/ Ajai Selvaraj (IND) 61 76(3)
[R1] (WC) Vignesh Veerabadran (IND)/ U M Gugan Verma (IND) l Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL)/ Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL) 36 26
[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Neeraj Elangovan (IND)/ Ronak Manuja (IND) 75 63
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Andre Gaspar Murta (POR)/ Matthieu Vierin (ITA)
[R1] (WC) Elwin Antony (IND)/ Fariz Mohammed (IND) vs Peter Goldsteiner (AUT)/ Austin Karosi (USA)
[R1] (2) Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) bt Kunal Anand (IND)/ Rakshay Thakkar (IND) 62 61
Tough draw for Ashwin as he faced top-seed Vijayant and lost easily ... Expected winning start for Sriram Balaji, Jeevan, Balaji, Rupesh, Ranjeet and Vignesh Peranamallur ... Good upset win by Elwin Antony against Kunal.
Good win by Ramkumar over Kaza ... Vivek completed his first round match with a win.
Sad to see top-seed pair of Ramkumar and his Dutch partner lost in the first round.
At $2.7M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) bye
Surprised to see this week Mahesh is partnering Nenad ... Mahesh need good result to push his rank inside top-10.
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Chinese Taipei
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,308) vs (6) Marco Chiudinelli (SUI,146)
Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij SHaran (IND) bt (WC) I-Ta Chen (TPE)/ Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) 64 76(5)
Tough match for Yuki against top-150 Swiss player Chiudinelli.
In doubles Purav and Divij had a winning start against local wild-card pair.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2012, Namangan
[R1] (5) Karan Rastogi (IND,452) vs (Q) Marko Danis (SVK,1148)
[R1] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) bt (LL) Sardor Pulatov (UZB,1856) 61 61
[R2] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,385) vs (Q) Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Ivan Sergeyev (UKR)/ Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS) 62 46 10-5
[QF] (1) Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Vladyslav Manafov (UKR)/ Yaraslau Shyla (BLR)
Winnable first round matches for Karan and Vishnu and as expected Vishnu scored dominating win over local lucky-loser .. Next he is facing qualifier from Kyrgyzstan.
In doubles top-seed Karan and Vishnu needed STB to beat Ukrainian-Russian pair.
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At $10K India F5 Futures 2012, Madurai
[R1] (WC) (1) Vijayant Malik (IND,474) bt (WC) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1297) 63 63
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,708) bt Marko Rajic (SRB,1320) 62 62
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,516) bt Andre Gaspar Murta (POR,1293) 76(4) 63
[R1] Vignesh Peranamallur (IND,985) bt (Q) Vignesh Veerabadran (IND,1724) 64 76(3)
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND,979) bt (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,1442) 64 63
[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1212) l (7) Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL,830) 26 26
[R1] (Q) Fariz Mohammed (IND,UNR) l Joss Espasandin (SUI,1087) 36 26
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,903) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,952) 63 67(3) 63
[R1] (3) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,503) bt (Q) Peter Goldsteiner (AUT,1293) 36 64 62
[R1] (5) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,657) bt (Q) Rakshay Thakkar (IND,1442) 64 75
[R1] (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,1332) bt Goncalo Pereira (POR,957) 63 62
[R1] (WC) Elwin Antony (IND,UNR) bt (Q) Kunal Anand (IND,1498) 63 64
[R1] (WC) Rishabdev Raman (IND,UNR) l (2) Marc Giner (ESP,479) 36 16
Doubles
[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Mark Vervoort (NED) l Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA)/ Goncalo Pereira (POR) 67(6) 36
[R1] Rupesh Roy (IND)/ Vivek Shokeen (IND) vs Vijay Kannan (IND)/ Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND)
[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt (WC) Rishabdev Raman (IND)/ Ajai Selvaraj (IND) 61 76(3)
[R1] (WC) Vignesh Veerabadran (IND)/ U M Gugan Verma (IND) l Gaetan De Lovinfosse (BEL)/ Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL) 36 26
[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Neeraj Elangovan (IND)/ Ronak Manuja (IND) 75 63
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Andre Gaspar Murta (POR)/ Matthieu Vierin (ITA)
[R1] (WC) Elwin Antony (IND)/ Fariz Mohammed (IND) vs Peter Goldsteiner (AUT)/ Austin Karosi (USA)
[R1] (2) Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND) bt Kunal Anand (IND)/ Rakshay Thakkar (IND) 62 61
Tough draw for Ashwin as he faced top-seed Vijayant and lost easily ... Expected winning start for Sriram Balaji, Jeevan, Balaji, Rupesh, Ranjeet and Vignesh Peranamallur ... Good upset win by Elwin Antony against Kunal.
Good win by Ramkumar over Kaza ... Vivek completed his first round match with a win.
Sad to see top-seed pair of Ramkumar and his Dutch partner lost in the first round.
