Thursday, March 14, 2013

Tennis News
At $15K USA F7 Futures, Calabasas

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,395) l Juan Carlos Saez (CHI,398) 26 46

[R2] (6) Sanam Singh (IND,316) vs (WC) Karim Hossam (EGY,1159)

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (WC) Kevin King (USA)/ Dennis Nevolo (USA) 61 75

[SF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (3) Marek Michalicka (CZE)/ Alexander Satschko (GER)

Saketh lost in straight sets against his Chilean opponent ... Not much fight, I think again case of lack of match practice.

Sanam and Saketh won their doubles match in straight sets ... In the semis they r facing 3rd seed pair.

In the second round Sanam is facing 18 yrs old and former junior WR #11 Karim Hossam ... He is currently trains at the Advantage Tennis Academy in California and plans on joining the Rebels (University of Mississippi) for the upcoming spring semester.

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At $10K India F3 Futures, Trichy

Singles Quarter Finals
(WC) Patrick CIORCILA (ROU,987) bt (7) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,564) 76(5) 62
Filippo LEONARDI (ITA,732) bt (Q) Mats MORAING (GER,1672) 62 26 60
(4) Thales TURINI (BRA,441) bt (5) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,526) 64 62
(PR) Tak Khunn WANG (FRA,UNR) bt (8) Augusto LARANJA (BRA,621) 75 64

Doubles Semi Finals
(1) Caio SILVA (BRA)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Filippo LEONARDI (ITA)/ Giulio TORRONI (ITA) 64 61
(2) Augusto LARANJA (BRA)/ Thales TURINI (BRA) bt (3) Maximilian DINSLAKEN (GER)/ Laslo URRUTIA FUENTES (CHI) 64 64

So with this Indian challenge got over in the singles ... This 16 yrs Romanian kid, Patrick Ciorcila, looks talented but still nothing great in his junior career ... May be his coach is asking him to concentrate on Pro circuit.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Hyderabad

Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Bhuvana KALVA (IND) 62 75
(3) Ankita RAINA (IND) bt (5) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) 63 61
Varunya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) bt (7) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) 63 16 75
Barbara LUZ (POR) bt (2) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) 62 62

Rishika and Ankita r in the semis but Prerna and Prarthana lost against lower ranked foreigners.

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