Tennis News
At $200K AEGON Classic, Birmingham, England
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) l Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 57 36
Disappointing loss considering Sania and Shvedova r good doubles players ... In the firs Set Sania and Shvedova were leading 5-3 before losing this set and next set.
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At $75K+H Monza Challenger, Italy
[R1] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Julio Silva (BRA)/ Viniclus Trevisan (BRA) 62 61
[QF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Yuri Schukin (KAZ)
Very comfortable win for Purav and Rameez against wild-card Brazilian pair ... Next they r facing Kazakh pair, whom they defeated last week in match tie-break.
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At $10K India F9 Futures, Bangalore
[R2] (1) Ti CHEN (TPE,301) bt (WC) Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND,UNR) 60 61
[R2] Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,908) bt (7) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,588) 62 Retd.
[R2] (4) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,448) bt (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,UNR) 60 60
[R2] Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,1081) bt (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1801) 76(2) 46 76(1)
[R2] (5) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,488) bt Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,1039) 60 61
[R2] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND,443) bt Kunal ANAND (IND,1536) 61 67(1) 64
[R2] (6) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,548) bt (WC) Venkat IYER (IND,UNR) 63 64
[R2] (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,362) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1235) 62 63
Doubles
[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS)/ Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS) 64 36 10-8
[QF] (4) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 76(1) 57 10-4
[QF] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 57 63 10-5
[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Krishik DIVAKAR (IND)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) 63 64
Good to see our all seeded players enter into the quarters ... Jeevan, Ranjeet, Balaji and Vishnu scored comfortable wins ... Kunal Anand stretched Vijayant to three sets ... Ashwin's 7th seed Thai Kittiphong retired from his match after losing the first set ... Ajai Selvaraj gave creditable fight against higher ranked Thai opponent, he lost his match losing 2 tie-breaks.
In the doubles all 4 seeded pairs enter into the semis.
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At $10K Spain F16 Futures, Martos
[R1] (Q) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1057) bt (Q) Sergio MAGRO MORENO (ESP,1251) 63 64
Doubles
[QF] Blake MOTT (AUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (3) Marcos ESPARCIA OMEDAS (ESP)/ Gerard GRANOLLERS-PUJOL (ESP)
Good to see Ramkumar started with win over fellow qualifier.
At $200K AEGON Classic, Birmingham, England
[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) l Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 57 36
Disappointing loss considering Sania and Shvedova r good doubles players ... In the firs Set Sania and Shvedova were leading 5-3 before losing this set and next set.
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At $75K+H Monza Challenger, Italy
[R1] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Julio Silva (BRA)/ Viniclus Trevisan (BRA) 62 61
[QF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Yuri Schukin (KAZ)
Very comfortable win for Purav and Rameez against wild-card Brazilian pair ... Next they r facing Kazakh pair, whom they defeated last week in match tie-break.
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At $10K India F9 Futures, Bangalore
[R2] (1) Ti CHEN (TPE,301) bt (WC) Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND,UNR) 60 61
[R2] Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,908) bt (7) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,588) 62 Retd.
[R2] (4) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,448) bt (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,UNR) 60 60
[R2] Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,1081) bt (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1801) 76(2) 46 76(1)
[R2] (5) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,488) bt Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,1039) 60 61
[R2] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND,443) bt Kunal ANAND (IND,1536) 61 67(1) 64
[R2] (6) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,548) bt (WC) Venkat IYER (IND,UNR) 63 64
[R2] (2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,362) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1235) 62 63
Doubles
[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Scott PUODZIUNAS (AUS)/ Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS) 64 36 10-8
[QF] (4) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 76(1) 57 10-4
[QF] (3) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 57 63 10-5
[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Krishik DIVAKAR (IND)/ Sagar MANJANNA (IND) 63 64
Good to see our all seeded players enter into the quarters ... Jeevan, Ranjeet, Balaji and Vishnu scored comfortable wins ... Kunal Anand stretched Vijayant to three sets ... Ashwin's 7th seed Thai Kittiphong retired from his match after losing the first set ... Ajai Selvaraj gave creditable fight against higher ranked Thai opponent, he lost his match losing 2 tie-breaks.
In the doubles all 4 seeded pairs enter into the semis.
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At $10K Spain F16 Futures, Martos
[R1] (Q) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1057) bt (Q) Sergio MAGRO MORENO (ESP,1251) 63 64
Doubles
[QF] Blake MOTT (AUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (3) Marcos ESPARCIA OMEDAS (ESP)/ Gerard GRANOLLERS-PUJOL (ESP)
Good to see Ramkumar started with win over fellow qualifier.
