Tennis News
At $35K Furth Challenger, Germany
[SF] (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (4) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Yuri Schukin (KAZ) 67(4) 64 13-11
[F] (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP)/ Joas Sousa (POR)
Excellent comeback win by Purav and Rameez against Kazakh pair ... After losing thew first set our pair won the second with a single break ... They had see-saw battle in match tie-break, which our pair won after saving match p[oints ... Next they r facing unseeded pair of Brugues-Davi and Sousa.
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At $10K India F8 Futures, Mysore
[SF] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,548) bt (8) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,588) 46 76(10) 75
[SF] (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,362) bt (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND,443) 67(7) 62 76(4)
Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 36 61 10-6
Excellent comeback wins by Balaji and Vishu against their respective opponents ... Balaji was 3-5 down in the decider before winning next four games to complete the victory ... Vijayant was unlucky to pull biggest upset but happy to see Vishnu prevailed big challenge from Vijayant ... Vishnu was also 3-5 down in the decider before taking the set in tie-break and winning it.
After his long singles semi-final Balaji managed to win the doubles title ... This was his second title in two weeks with Arun-Prakash.
At $35K Furth Challenger, Germany
[SF] (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (4) Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Yuri Schukin (KAZ) 67(4) 64 13-11
[F] (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP)/ Joas Sousa (POR)
Excellent comeback win by Purav and Rameez against Kazakh pair ... After losing thew first set our pair won the second with a single break ... They had see-saw battle in match tie-break, which our pair won after saving match p[oints ... Next they r facing unseeded pair of Brugues-Davi and Sousa.
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At $10K India F8 Futures, Mysore
[SF] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,548) bt (8) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,588) 46 76(10) 75
[SF] (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,362) bt (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND,443) 67(7) 62 76(4)
Doubles Final
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 36 61 10-6
Excellent comeback wins by Balaji and Vishu against their respective opponents ... Balaji was 3-5 down in the decider before winning next four games to complete the victory ... Vijayant was unlucky to pull biggest upset but happy to see Vishnu prevailed big challenge from Vijayant ... Vishnu was also 3-5 down in the decider before taking the set in tie-break and winning it.
After his long singles semi-final Balaji managed to win the doubles title ... This was his second title in two weeks with Arun-Prakash.
