Monday, June 25, 2012

Tennis News
At $35K+H Marburg Challenger, Germany (clay)

[R1] Alexander Satschko (GER)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Nima Roshan (AUS)

This week Divij is partnering German Alexander Satschko in Marburg challenger.
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At $35K+H Milan Challenger, Italy (clay)

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Walter Trusendi (ITA) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG)/ Nicolas Pastor (ARG)

Purav is partnering Italian Trusendi and they 4th seed in Milan challenger.
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At $15K+H Spain F18 Futures, Palma Del Rio

[R1] (Q) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,999) vs (Q) Marcos ESPARCIA OMEDAS (ESP,926)

[Q2] (9) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1213) l (3) Juan-Samuel ARAUZO-MARTINEZ (ESP.946) 36 62 36
[Q2] (4) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,999) bt (11) Angel ALONSO-CAMPOS (ESP,1611) 64 62

[Q1] (9) Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,1213) bt Alejandro ANDINO VALLVERDU (ESP,UNR) 60 61
[Q1] (4) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,999) bt Oscar LONGWORTH (AUS,UNR) 61 60

Doubles
[R1] Mohit MayurJAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Alexander Khalanskiy (RUS)/ Rafael Mazon-Hernandez (ESP)

This week in big Spanish futures Mohit Mayur failed to qualify for main-draw ... Ramkumar qualified for main-draw and facing another qualifier in the first round ... In doubles Ramkumar is playing with Mohit Mayur.
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At $15K Indonesia F1 Futures,

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,432) vs (WC) Wisnu Adi Nugroho (INA,1576)
[R1] (4) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,501) vs (WC) Sunu-Wahyu Trijati (INA,UNR)

[Q3] (1) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt In-Sub LEE (KOR,UNR) 63 62
[Q2] (1) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Fei Ti LIAO (TPE,UNR) 62 63
[Q1] (1) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bye

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Aroon Khatter (IND)/ Mohamed Nazim Khan (MAS) vs (1) Weerapat Doakmaiklee (THA)/ Kirati Siributwong (THA)
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs Peter Goldsteiner (AUT)/ Austin Karosi (USA)

Ranjeet made late entry so needed to play qualifying ... He qualified comfortably ... Jeevan is top-seed and Ranjeet is 4th seed.
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At $10K Germany F7 Futures, Roemerberg (clay)

[R1] Saketh MYNENI (IND,508) vs (PR) Bruno Rodriguez (MEX,1026)
[R1] (8) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,483) vs Franjo Raspudic (BIH,1016)
[R1] (7) Vijayant MALIK (IND,465) vs (Q) Evgeny Korolev (KAZ,514)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,759) vs Lukas Jastraunig (AUT,735)

Doubles
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Saketh MYNENI (IND) vs Moritz Linhart (GER)/ Julian Wenzel (GER)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bye

This week 4 Indians r in the main-draw ... Vijayant and Sriram Balaji r seeded but Vijayant having very tough match against former top-50 Kazakh player Evgeny Korolev, who is coming out of injury ... Saketh is also playing against former top-400 Mexican player, who is playing with protected ranking.

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...