Tennis News
At €1M bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships, Hamburg, Germany
[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Bruno Soares (BRA)/ Alexander Waske (GER) 63 76(4)
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Giles Simon (FRA)
After winning the first set with a single break our pair completed win in the second set tie-break after rain interruption at 5-all ... Next they r facing French pair in the quarters.
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At $50K Penza Challenger, Russia
[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,218) bt James McGee (IRL,356) 62 61
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,218) vs (7) Evgeny Kirillov (RUS,289)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Aslan Kartesev (RUS)/ Richard Muzaev (RUS) 76(2) 62
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (4) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)/ Evgeny Kirillov (RUS)
Yuki scored solid win against decent Irish player ... In this match Yuki faced only one break point on his serve which he saved it .. Other hand he had 13 break points on McGee's serve and converted 4 of them ... Next he is facing experienced Russian player to place in the semis.
Our pair saved couple of break points before holding the serve in 11th game before this both pairs traded breaks ... In tie-break our pair take early mini-break and build on it to won it comfortably ... In the second set our pair take control with early double break ... While serving for the match they saved couple of break points before holding the serve ... So top-seed pair in the semis.
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At $50K An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND,462) l Kento Takeuchi (JPN,479) 67(3) 46
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,397) l (2) Grega Zemlja (SLO,123) 36 26
Doubles
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
Until 3-all in the first set Jeevan was matching Zemlja's game but after that Zemlja won 9 games from last 11 games ... Vijayant was break down in the both set ... Then he fought back to break back but failed to keep momentum against his Japanese opponent.
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At $10K India F10 Futures, Coimbatore
[R2] (1) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,477) bt Yang LU (CHN,1214) 61 60
[R2] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,816) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1211) 76(2) 75
[R2] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,753) bt (LL) Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND,1709) 60 61
[R2] (8) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,924) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1298) 63 63
[R2] (7) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,851) bt Sudanwa SITARAM (IND,1522) 16 76(4) 61
[R2] (3) Suk-Young JEONG (KOR,680) btAbhijeet TIWARI (IND,1228) 61 61
[R2] (Q) Jae-Min SEOL (KOR,1420) bt (5) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,771) 62 62
[R2] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND,503) bt (WC) Vigneshwaran RAMESH (IND,UNR) 61 60
Doubles
[QF] (1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR)/ Jae-Min SEOL (KOR) 62 63
[QF] Suk-Young JEONG (KOR)/ Seong-Gook OH (KOR) bt (3) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 76(2) 61
[QF] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND)/ Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (4) Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 36 75 10-4
[QF] (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 64 61
Sudanwa stretched Ashwin to 3 sets ... Karunuday faced another tough challenge before winning against Vivek ... Happy to seed our all seeded players r in the quarters.
At €1M bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships, Hamburg, Germany
[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt Bruno Soares (BRA)/ Alexander Waske (GER) 63 76(4)
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Giles Simon (FRA)
After winning the first set with a single break our pair completed win in the second set tie-break after rain interruption at 5-all ... Next they r facing French pair in the quarters.
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At $50K Penza Challenger, Russia
[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,218) bt James McGee (IRL,356) 62 61
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,218) vs (7) Evgeny Kirillov (RUS,289)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Aslan Kartesev (RUS)/ Richard Muzaev (RUS) 76(2) 62
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (4) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)/ Evgeny Kirillov (RUS)
Yuki scored solid win against decent Irish player ... In this match Yuki faced only one break point on his serve which he saved it .. Other hand he had 13 break points on McGee's serve and converted 4 of them ... Next he is facing experienced Russian player to place in the semis.
Our pair saved couple of break points before holding the serve in 11th game before this both pairs traded breaks ... In tie-break our pair take early mini-break and build on it to won it comfortably ... In the second set our pair take control with early double break ... While serving for the match they saved couple of break points before holding the serve ... So top-seed pair in the semis.
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At $50K An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND,462) l Kento Takeuchi (JPN,479) 67(3) 46
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,397) l (2) Grega Zemlja (SLO,123) 36 26
Doubles
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
Until 3-all in the first set Jeevan was matching Zemlja's game but after that Zemlja won 9 games from last 11 games ... Vijayant was break down in the both set ... Then he fought back to break back but failed to keep momentum against his Japanese opponent.
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At $10K India F10 Futures, Coimbatore
[R2] (1) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,477) bt Yang LU (CHN,1214) 61 60
[R2] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,816) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1211) 76(2) 75
[R2] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,753) bt (LL) Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND,1709) 60 61
[R2] (8) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,924) bt Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1298) 63 63
[R2] (7) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,851) bt Sudanwa SITARAM (IND,1522) 16 76(4) 61
[R2] (3) Suk-Young JEONG (KOR,680) btAbhijeet TIWARI (IND,1228) 61 61
[R2] (Q) Jae-Min SEOL (KOR,1420) bt (5) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,771) 62 62
[R2] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND,503) bt (WC) Vigneshwaran RAMESH (IND,UNR) 61 60
Doubles
[QF] (1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR)/ Jae-Min SEOL (KOR) 62 63
[QF] Suk-Young JEONG (KOR)/ Seong-Gook OH (KOR) bt (3) Abhijeet TIWARI (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 76(2) 61
[QF] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND)/ Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) bt (4) Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 36 75 10-4
[QF] (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Elwin ANTONY (IND)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 64 61
Sudanwa stretched Ashwin to 3 sets ... Karunuday faced another tough challenge before winning against Vivek ... Happy to seed our all seeded players r in the quarters.
