Tennis News
At $75K+H Beijing Challenger, China
[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND,196) bt Harri Heliovaara (FIN,253) 75 64
[R2] Yuki BHambri (IND,196) vs (2) Grega Zemlja (SLO,110)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Harri Heliovaara (FIN) bt (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN) 62 60
[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Yu Chang (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 75 67(5) 10-4
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Harri Heliovaara (FIN) vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Nikolaus Moser (AUT)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA)
Despite struggling with his serve good win by Yuki in very close match against Heliovaara ... In the first set Yuki saved a break point on his serve and take crucial break on Heliovaara's serve in 12th game ... In the second set Heliovaara broke Yuki in 3rd game but Yuki immediately broke him and brought the set back on the serve ... Yuki again broke Heliovaara when he was serving for staying in the match in 10 th game ... In this set Yuki saved 10 break points from 11 he faced on his serve and converted 2 from 5 break points on Heliovaara serve ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Grega Zemlja.
Very contrasting wins for our pairs against local wild-card pairs ... Purav and his patner lost only 2 games in their match ... Next they r facing Taipei pair ... Other hand Yuki and Divij needed big fight to beat Chinese pair ... After winning the first set our pair lost the second in tie-break but in match tie-break our pair was lot better from Chinese pair ... Next they r facing Austrian and South African combination.
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At $10K India F12 Futures, Chennai
[R2] (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,397) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND,963) 63 62
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,756) bt Chih-Jen HO (TPE,1312) 61 60
[R2] (4) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,568) bt Elbert SIE (INA,874) 64 67(4) 60
[R2] Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,941) bt Yang LU (CHN,1225) 62 63
[R2] (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1312) bt Jeson PATROMBON (PHI,889) 60 06 76(3)
[R2] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,505) bt Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,946) 46 63 61
[R2] (7) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,776) bt (Q) Bastien FAVIER (FRA,1787) 76(5) 36 63
[R2] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,UNR) bt (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,473) 63 46 75
Doubles
[QF] (1) Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Chih-Jen HO (TPE)/ Yang LU (CHN) 63 61
[QF] Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA)/ Bastien FAVIER (FRA) bt (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 2-0 Retd.
[QF] (4) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND)/ Arjun KADHE (IND) 36 75 10-8
[QF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Jeson PATROMBON (PHI)/ Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE) 62 60
Our two qualifiers in the quarters ... Arjun Kadhe scored huge upset win over his senior Ranjeet in well fought match ... This was Arjun's first win over top 500 player ... Ajai Selvaraj also scored upset win over Filipino ... He will face Saketh, who needed three sets to beat Kaza ... Jeevan and Vijay Sundar scored comfortable win over their respective opponents.
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At $10K USA F22 Futures, Decatur, Illnois
[R1] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,436) bt Sebastien Boltz (FRA,632) 46 76(6) 63
Sanam needed comeback victory to beat 600+ Frenchman ... After losing the first set Sanam dug deep to win next set in tie-break ... Sanam won the final set more comfortably.
At $75K+H Beijing Challenger, China
[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND,196) bt Harri Heliovaara (FIN,253) 75 64
[R2] Yuki BHambri (IND,196) vs (2) Grega Zemlja (SLO,110)
Doubles
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Harri Heliovaara (FIN) bt (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN) 62 60
[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Yu Chang (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 75 67(5) 10-4
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Harri Heliovaara (FIN) vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Nikolaus Moser (AUT)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA)
Despite struggling with his serve good win by Yuki in very close match against Heliovaara ... In the first set Yuki saved a break point on his serve and take crucial break on Heliovaara's serve in 12th game ... In the second set Heliovaara broke Yuki in 3rd game but Yuki immediately broke him and brought the set back on the serve ... Yuki again broke Heliovaara when he was serving for staying in the match in 10 th game ... In this set Yuki saved 10 break points from 11 he faced on his serve and converted 2 from 5 break points on Heliovaara serve ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Grega Zemlja.
Very contrasting wins for our pairs against local wild-card pairs ... Purav and his patner lost only 2 games in their match ... Next they r facing Taipei pair ... Other hand Yuki and Divij needed big fight to beat Chinese pair ... After winning the first set our pair lost the second in tie-break but in match tie-break our pair was lot better from Chinese pair ... Next they r facing Austrian and South African combination.
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At $10K India F12 Futures, Chennai
[R2] (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,397) bt Sidharth RAWAT (IND,963) 63 62
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,756) bt Chih-Jen HO (TPE,1312) 61 60
[R2] (4) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,568) bt Elbert SIE (INA,874) 64 67(4) 60
[R2] Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,941) bt Yang LU (CHN,1225) 62 63
[R2] (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1312) bt Jeson PATROMBON (PHI,889) 60 06 76(3)
[R2] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,505) bt Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND,946) 46 63 61
[R2] (7) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,776) bt (Q) Bastien FAVIER (FRA,1787) 76(5) 36 63
[R2] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,UNR) bt (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,473) 63 46 75
Doubles
[QF] (1) Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Chih-Jen HO (TPE)/ Yang LU (CHN) 63 61
[QF] Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA)/ Bastien FAVIER (FRA) bt (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 2-0 Retd.
[QF] (4) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND)/ Arjun KADHE (IND) 36 75 10-8
[QF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Jeson PATROMBON (PHI)/ Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE) 62 60
Our two qualifiers in the quarters ... Arjun Kadhe scored huge upset win over his senior Ranjeet in well fought match ... This was Arjun's first win over top 500 player ... Ajai Selvaraj also scored upset win over Filipino ... He will face Saketh, who needed three sets to beat Kaza ... Jeevan and Vijay Sundar scored comfortable win over their respective opponents.
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At $10K USA F22 Futures, Decatur, Illnois
[R1] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,436) bt Sebastien Boltz (FRA,632) 46 76(6) 63
Sanam needed comeback victory to beat 600+ Frenchman ... After losing the first set Sanam dug deep to win next set in tie-break ... Sanam won the final set more comfortably.
