Tennis News
At $50K Penza Challenger, Russia
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,218) l (7) Evgeny Kirillov (RUS,289) 63 16 36
Doubles
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (4) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)/ Evgeny Kirillov (RUS) 63 67(5) 10-8
After winning the first set Yuki lost momentum and more consistent Kirillov managed to put pressure on Yuki's serve ... Yuki crumbled under that pressure and struggled in the later part of the match ... So with this Yuki missed opportunity of moving into top-200 this week.
In doubles our pair was early break down but came back strongly to won that ... Again our pair failed to keep momentum and lost the second set in tie-break ... In match tie-break both pairs played consisting game but this time our pair won important points to book their place in the final.
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At $50K An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(7) 36
Vijayant lost against top-seed Ratiwatanas with his Egyptian partner.
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At $10K India F10 Futures, Coimbatore
[QF] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,816) bt (1) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,477) 61 64
[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,753) bt (8) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,924) 62 64
[QF] (3) Suk-Young JEONG (KOR,680) bt (7) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,851) 62 64
[QF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND,503) bt (Q) Jae-Min SEOL (KOR,1420) 36 76(4) 64
Doubles
[SF] (1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Suk-Young JEONG (KOR)/ Seong-Gook OH (KOR) 64 62
[SF] (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND)/ Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 67(4) 75 12-10
Karunuday scored dominating upset win over top-seed Ranjeet ... Vijay Sundar also joined him in the semis with comfortable win but Saketh needed to fight hard against Korean qualifier ... After losing the first set Saketh won the second set in tie-break before winning the decider.
At $50K Penza Challenger, Russia
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,218) l (7) Evgeny Kirillov (RUS,289) 63 16 36
Doubles
[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (4) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)/ Evgeny Kirillov (RUS) 63 67(5) 10-8
After winning the first set Yuki lost momentum and more consistent Kirillov managed to put pressure on Yuki's serve ... Yuki crumbled under that pressure and struggled in the later part of the match ... So with this Yuki missed opportunity of moving into top-200 this week.
In doubles our pair was early break down but came back strongly to won that ... Again our pair failed to keep momentum and lost the second set in tie-break ... In match tie-break both pairs played consisting game but this time our pair won important points to book their place in the final.
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At $50K An-Ning Challenger, China (clay)
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(7) 36
Vijayant lost against top-seed Ratiwatanas with his Egyptian partner.
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At $10K India F10 Futures, Coimbatore
[QF] (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,816) bt (1) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,477) 61 64
[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,753) bt (8) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS,924) 62 64
[QF] (3) Suk-Young JEONG (KOR,680) bt (7) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,851) 62 64
[QF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND,503) bt (Q) Jae-Min SEOL (KOR,1420) 36 76(4) 64
Doubles
[SF] (1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Suk-Young JEONG (KOR)/ Seong-Gook OH (KOR) 64 62
[SF] (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND)/ Sudanwa SITARAM (IND) 67(4) 75 12-10
Karunuday scored dominating upset win over top-seed Ranjeet ... Vijay Sundar also joined him in the semis with comfortable win but Saketh needed to fight hard against Korean qualifier ... After losing the first set Saketh won the second set in tie-break before winning the decider.
