Tennis News
At €4M Madrid Open, Spian (WTA Premier)
[R1] (5) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 76(3) 46 10-4
Very good win for Sania and Bethanie against tough pairing of experienced Hantuchova and Medina Garrigues ... After winning the first set Sania and Behtanie lost the second but they played perfect match tie-break for excellent win.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,404) l (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,187) 26 16
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) bt Antoine Benneteau (FRA,375) 46 75 61
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) vs (2) Amir Weintrub (ISR,185)
Good comeback win by Ka$h after struggling with his service in the first set ... Benneteau broke Prakash in 3rd game but Ka$h immediately broke back to bring the set back on serve ... Benneteau again broke Ka$h in 5th game and take lead but this time also Ka$h broke back, 3-3 ... Benneteau broke Ka$h in 7th game so this was 5th time in a row that server failed to hold his serve ... After that both players hold their respective serves and Benneteau won the first set with one break advantage ... In the second set Ka$h saved 1 break point but both players won their respctive service games till 11th game ... Ka$h take crucial break in 12th game and won the second set ... In the final set Ka$h was serving well and he broke Benneteau in 4th and 6th games for winning this set comfortably ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Israeli Amir Weintrub ... This match is tough one but with consistent serving he can upset Weintrub, Ka$h has game to beat him.
Vishu lost in one-sided match against Kravchuk ... Kravchuk broke Vishnu twice and held his own serve comfortably for winning the first set ... In the second set Vishnu failed to hold his serve from 40-15 in 1st game ... Kravchuk again broke Vishnu in 5th game to take control of the match ... Kravchuk won the match in 61 minutes breaking Vishnu in 7th game.
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At $15K India F5 Futures, Rohtak
Singles First Round
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 63 64
(WC) Sagar AHUJA (IND) bt (Q) Kirksteen REBUYAS (PHI) 75 61
Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 46 64 63
(5) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (Q) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND) 60 61
(4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 76(6) 76(10)
Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND) bt Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 62 60
(WC) Saurabh PATIL (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 36 62 60
(6) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt (Q) Saurabh SINGH (IND) 36 61 64
Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt (8) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS) 63 61
Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND) 64 62
Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND) 62 64
(3) Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt (Q) Dhruv GOYAL (IND) 60 61
(Q) Anvit BENDRE (IND) bt (7) Austin KAROSI (USA) 36 63 75
(Q) Arpit SHARMA (IND) bt (Q) Aayush MINTRI (IND) 64 63
(WC) Sagar MANJANNA (IND) bt (WC) Garry TOKAS (IND) 61 62
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (Q) Roy HOBBS (SIN) 61 61
Doubles First Round
(1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Roy HOBBS (SIN)/ Austin KAROSI (USA) 60 75
Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND)/ Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND) bt Jenner STEVENSON (CAN)/ Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) w/o
Jatin DAHIYA (IND)/ Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt (4) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 64 36 10-8
Lakshit SOOD (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt (WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Ajay YADAV (IND) 46 76(1) 10-7
Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt Sagar MANJANNA (IND)/ Saurabh SINGH (IND) 75 61
Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (3) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 63 61
(WC) Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Kirksteen REBUYAS (PHI) bt (WC) Anubhav Chaudhary CHAUDHARY (IND)/ Arpit SHARMA (IND) 62 64
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Saurabh PATIL (IND) 62 64
Very weak draw in this $15K Rohtak futures ... Australian #1089 ranked Itzstein is 8th seed and #1535 Neeraj Elangovan is last direct accepted entry.
Lots of first time winners and also I think first time we r seeing all 16 players r Indians in the second round of $15K futures.
At €4M Madrid Open, Spian (WTA Premier)
[R1] (5) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 76(3) 46 10-4
Very good win for Sania and Bethanie against tough pairing of experienced Hantuchova and Medina Garrigues ... After winning the first set Sania and Behtanie lost the second but they played perfect match tie-break for excellent win.
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At $50K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,404) l (3) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,187) 26 16
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) bt Antoine Benneteau (FRA,375) 46 75 61
[R2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,370) vs (2) Amir Weintrub (ISR,185)
Good comeback win by Ka$h after struggling with his service in the first set ... Benneteau broke Prakash in 3rd game but Ka$h immediately broke back to bring the set back on serve ... Benneteau again broke Ka$h in 5th game and take lead but this time also Ka$h broke back, 3-3 ... Benneteau broke Ka$h in 7th game so this was 5th time in a row that server failed to hold his serve ... After that both players hold their respective serves and Benneteau won the first set with one break advantage ... In the second set Ka$h saved 1 break point but both players won their respctive service games till 11th game ... Ka$h take crucial break in 12th game and won the second set ... In the final set Ka$h was serving well and he broke Benneteau in 4th and 6th games for winning this set comfortably ... Next he is facing 2nd seed Israeli Amir Weintrub ... This match is tough one but with consistent serving he can upset Weintrub, Ka$h has game to beat him.
Vishu lost in one-sided match against Kravchuk ... Kravchuk broke Vishnu twice and held his own serve comfortably for winning the first set ... In the second set Vishnu failed to hold his serve from 40-15 in 1st game ... Kravchuk again broke Vishnu in 5th game to take control of the match ... Kravchuk won the match in 61 minutes breaking Vishnu in 7th game.
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At $15K India F5 Futures, Rohtak
Singles First Round
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Lakshit SOOD (IND) 63 64
(WC) Sagar AHUJA (IND) bt (Q) Kirksteen REBUYAS (PHI) 75 61
Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 46 64 63
(5) Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt (Q) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND) 60 61
(4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) 76(6) 76(10)
Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND) bt Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 62 60
(WC) Saurabh PATIL (IND) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND) 36 62 60
(6) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt (Q) Saurabh SINGH (IND) 36 61 64
Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt (8) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS) 63 61
Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND) 64 62
Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt Kunal ANAND (IND) 62 64
(3) Saketh MYNENI (IND) bt (Q) Dhruv GOYAL (IND) 60 61
(Q) Anvit BENDRE (IND) bt (7) Austin KAROSI (USA) 36 63 75
(Q) Arpit SHARMA (IND) bt (Q) Aayush MINTRI (IND) 64 63
(WC) Sagar MANJANNA (IND) bt (WC) Garry TOKAS (IND) 61 62
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt (Q) Roy HOBBS (SIN) 61 61
Doubles First Round
(1) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt Roy HOBBS (SIN)/ Austin KAROSI (USA) 60 75
Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND)/ Vignesh VEERABADRAN (IND) bt Jenner STEVENSON (CAN)/ Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN) w/o
Jatin DAHIYA (IND)/ Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) bt (4) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ Ajai SELVARAJ (IND) 64 36 10-8
Lakshit SOOD (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) bt (WC) Ronit Singh BISHT (IND)/ Ajay YADAV (IND) 46 76(1) 10-7
Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt Sagar MANJANNA (IND)/ Saurabh SINGH (IND) 75 61
Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Ronak MANUJA (IND) bt (3) Zach ITZSTEIN (AUS)/ Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) 63 61
(WC) Anvit BENDRE (IND)/ Kirksteen REBUYAS (PHI) bt (WC) Anubhav Chaudhary CHAUDHARY (IND)/ Arpit SHARMA (IND) 62 64
(2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Saurabh PATIL (IND) 62 64
Very weak draw in this $15K Rohtak futures ... Australian #1089 ranked Itzstein is 8th seed and #1535 Neeraj Elangovan is last direct accepted entry.
Lots of first time winners and also I think first time we r seeing all 16 players r Indians in the second round of $15K futures.
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