Tennis News
At $75K+H Beijing Challenger, China
[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND,196) vs (2) Grega Zemlja (SLO,110) 26 16
Doubles
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Harri Heliovaara (FIN) l Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 64 46 6-10
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Nikolaus Moser (AUT)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA)75 62
[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)
Grega Zemlja handed Yuki one of his worst defeat ... Yuki's serve exposed against Grega, who broke Yuki twice in the first set and thrice in the second set ... Yuki failed to get a single break point on Grega.
Yuki and Divij scored straight sets victory over Moser and Roelofse ... After winning close first set they dominated the second.
Purav and his partner Harri lost against Taipei pair in match tie-break after winning the first set.
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At $10K India F12 Futures, Chennai
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,756) bt (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,397) W/O
[QF] (4) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,568) bt Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,941) 64 62
[QF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,505) bt (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1312) 62 61
[QF] (7) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,776) bt (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,UNR) 62 62
Doubles
[SF] (1) Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA)/ Bastien FAVIER (FRA) 63 63
[SF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (4) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 57 62 10-7
Yesterday Jeevan injured in his doubles match so he gave walkover to Vijay Sundar in the singles ... Saketh scored dominating win over Ajai ... Arjun also lost against Korean Nam.
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At $10K USA F22 Futures, Decatur, IllnoisAt $75K+H Beijing Challenger, China
[R1] Yuki BHambri (IND,196) vs (2) Grega Zemlja (SLO,110) 26 16
Doubles
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Harri Heliovaara (FIN) l Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 64 46 6-10
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Nikolaus Moser (AUT)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA)75 62
[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE)
Grega Zemlja handed Yuki one of his worst defeat ... Yuki's serve exposed against Grega, who broke Yuki twice in the first set and thrice in the second set ... Yuki failed to get a single break point on Grega.
Yuki and Divij scored straight sets victory over Moser and Roelofse ... After winning close first set they dominated the second.
Purav and his partner Harri lost against Taipei pair in match tie-break after winning the first set.
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At $10K India F12 Futures, Chennai
[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,756) bt (1) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,397) W/O
[QF] (4) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,568) bt Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA,941) 64 62
[QF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,505) bt (Q) Ajai SELVARAJ (IND,1312) 62 61
[QF] (7) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,776) bt (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,UNR) 62 62
Doubles
[SF] (1) Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA)/ Bastien FAVIER (FRA) 63 63
[SF] (2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (4) Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 57 62 10-7
Yesterday Jeevan injured in his doubles match so he gave walkover to Vijay Sundar in the singles ... Saketh scored dominating win over Ajai ... Arjun also lost against Korean Nam.
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[R2] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,436) bt (Q) Ryan Lipman (USA,UNR) 64 62
[QF] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,436) vs Artem Ilyushin (RUS,912)
Comfortable straight sets victory for Sanam Singh against American qualifier ... Next he is facing Russian Artem Ilyushin.
