Friday, August 03, 2012

Tennis News
At $75K+H Beijing Challenger, China

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) 64 61

[F] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) / Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Divij and Yuki scored excellent solid win against 2nd seed Herbert and Lee ... So another final for Divij and Yuki, in the final they r facing Thai Ratiwatanas.
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At $10K India F12 Futures, Chennai

[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,756) l (4) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,568) 36 36
[SF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND,505) bt (7) Hyun-Woo NAM (KOR,776) 75 36 75

Doubles Final
(2) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (1) Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ Perakiat SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 63 64

Good fighting win by Saketh against in-form Korean ... So back to back finals for Saketh ... Hoping for the second futures title in two weeks for Saketh ... Other hand Vijay Sundar failed to raise game against French man.

Saketh and Arun-Prakash lifted doubles title beating top-seed Thai pair, who defeated our pair in last week's futures final.

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At $10K USA F22 Futures, Decatur, Illnois

[QF] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,436) bt Artem Ilyushin (RUS,912) 63 61

[SF] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,436) vs (6) Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM,672)

Another comfortable win by Sanam ... Next he is facing sixth seed Zimbabwean Takanyi Garanganga.

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...