Tennis News
At $125K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Marsel Ilhan (TUR)/Denis Matsukevitch (RUS) 64 64
Yuki and Divij enter into the semis with straight sets victory over Ilhan and Matsukevitch.
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At $50K Wuhan Challenger, China
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Laurent Rochette (FRA) l Adam Feeney (AUS)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) 16 26
One sided loss against Aussie pair for third seed Purav and Frenchman Laurent.
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At $10K India F11 Futures, Chennai
[QF] (7) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,771) bt (1) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,473) 63 61
[QF] (4) Suk Young JEONG (KOR,688) bt (6) Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE,759) 62 76(7)
[QF] (8) Karunduay SINGH (IND,823) bt (3) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,566) 76(4) 62
[QF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND,507) bt (5) N Vijay Sunder PRASHANTH (IND,755) 61 75
Doubles
[SF] (1) Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)/ Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 75 63
[SF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (3) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 57 76(4) 10-6
Karunuday scored excellent win over 3rd seed Frenchman in the straight sets but top-seed Ranjit lost easily against 800-around Korean ... Saketh also scored solid win against Vijay Sundar.
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At $10K Turkey F29 Futures, Izmir
[R2] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1042) l (1) Kristijan MESAROS (CRO,523) 36 Retd.
After losing the first set Ramkumar retired from his match ... He was playing 4th week in a row, hoping for nothing serious injury.
At $125K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Marsel Ilhan (TUR)/Denis Matsukevitch (RUS) 64 64
Yuki and Divij enter into the semis with straight sets victory over Ilhan and Matsukevitch.
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At $50K Wuhan Challenger, China
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Laurent Rochette (FRA) l Adam Feeney (AUS)/ Samuel Groth (AUS) 16 26
One sided loss against Aussie pair for third seed Purav and Frenchman Laurent.
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At $10K India F11 Futures, Chennai
[QF] (7) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,771) bt (1) Ranjit VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,473) 63 61
[QF] (4) Suk Young JEONG (KOR,688) bt (6) Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE,759) 62 76(7)
[QF] (8) Karunduay SINGH (IND,823) bt (3) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,566) 76(4) 62
[QF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND,507) bt (5) N Vijay Sunder PRASHANTH (IND,755) 61 75
Doubles
[SF] (1) Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)/ Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 75 63
[SF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (3) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 57 76(4) 10-6
Karunuday scored excellent win over 3rd seed Frenchman in the straight sets but top-seed Ranjit lost easily against 800-around Korean ... Saketh also scored solid win against Vijay Sundar.
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At $10K Turkey F29 Futures, Izmir
[R2] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1042) l (1) Kristijan MESAROS (CRO,523) 36 Retd.
After losing the first set Ramkumar retired from his match ... He was playing 4th week in a row, hoping for nothing serious injury.
