Tennis News
At €1M bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships, Hamburg, Germany
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Giles Simon (FRA) 75 36 7-10
Indian top-seed pair failed to keep momentum after winning the first set ... French pair take advantage to win the second and then won the match tie-break.
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At $50K Penza Challenger, Russia
Doubles Final
(1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (2) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Nikolaus Moser (AUT) 76(5) 36 7-10
Yuki and Divij failed to lifte their second title as pair when they lost against 2nd seed pair in the match tie-break ... Yuki and Divij won the first set in tie-break but the second seed pair proved strong for Indian pair in the second and kept their momentum to win the match tie-break.
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At $10K India F10 Futures, Coimbatore
[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,753) bt (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,816) 64 36 62
[SF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND,503) l (3) Suk-Young JEONG (KOR,680) 63 46 0-1 Retd.
Doubles Final
(1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 63 62
Good win by Vijay Sundar over Karunuday but Saketh retired from his match against Korean in the third set ... Saketh need to work on his fitness.
But Saketh played doubles with Arun-Prakash to lift doubles title.
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At $10K USA F20 Futures, Joplin, USA
[R2] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,429) bt Eric Quigley (USA,1778) 62 76(5)
[QF] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,429) vs Kyle McMorrow (USA,1447)
Good win by Sanam over this year's NCAA runner up and NCAA #3 ranked Eric Quigley ... So suppose to be top-500 win for Sanam.
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At $10K Turkey F28 Futures, Izmir
[R2] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1042) l (2) Edoardo EREMIN (ITA,529) 36 06
Doubles
[QF] Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (4) Alexander LAZOV (BUL)/ Ergun ZORLU (TUR) 57 64 10-7
[SF] Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Salvatore CARUSO (ITA)/ Omar GIACALONE (ITA)
Ramkumar and his Russian partner scored upset win over 4th seed in the quarters.
At €1M bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships, Hamburg, Germany
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/ Giles Simon (FRA) 75 36 7-10
Indian top-seed pair failed to keep momentum after winning the first set ... French pair take advantage to win the second and then won the match tie-break.
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At $50K Penza Challenger, Russia
Doubles Final
(1) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (2) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)/ Nikolaus Moser (AUT) 76(5) 36 7-10
Yuki and Divij failed to lifte their second title as pair when they lost against 2nd seed pair in the match tie-break ... Yuki and Divij won the first set in tie-break but the second seed pair proved strong for Indian pair in the second and kept their momentum to win the match tie-break.
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At $10K India F10 Futures, Coimbatore
[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,753) bt (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND,816) 64 36 62
[SF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND,503) l (3) Suk-Young JEONG (KOR,680) 63 46 0-1 Retd.
Doubles Final
(1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND) 63 62
Good win by Vijay Sundar over Karunuday but Saketh retired from his match against Korean in the third set ... Saketh need to work on his fitness.
But Saketh played doubles with Arun-Prakash to lift doubles title.
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At $10K USA F20 Futures, Joplin, USA
[R2] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,429) bt Eric Quigley (USA,1778) 62 76(5)
[QF] (1) Sanam Singh (IND,429) vs Kyle McMorrow (USA,1447)
Good win by Sanam over this year's NCAA runner up and NCAA #3 ranked Eric Quigley ... So suppose to be top-500 win for Sanam.
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At $10K Turkey F28 Futures, Izmir
[R2] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,1042) l (2) Edoardo EREMIN (ITA,529) 36 06
Doubles
[QF] Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (4) Alexander LAZOV (BUL)/ Ergun ZORLU (TUR) 57 64 10-7
[SF] Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Salvatore CARUSO (ITA)/ Omar GIACALONE (ITA)
Ramkumar and his Russian partner scored upset win over 4th seed in the quarters.
