Tennis News

At $125K Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,372) l Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,314) 57 62 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Jose (Rubin) Statham (NZL)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Alexey Nesterov (KAZ)/ Dmitry Popko (KAZ) 60 75

[QF] (2) Jose (Rubin) Statham (NZL)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Mikhail Kikushkin (KAZ)

In the first set both players shared early breaks, while staying in the set at 4-5 Jeevan broke Nikoloz to made it 5-all ... But Nikoloz again broke Jeevan in next game to lead 6-5 and then hold for winning ht first set ... In the second set from 2-all Jeevan won next 4 games for winning the set breaking Nikoloz in 6th and 8th games ... In the third set Jeevan missed opportunity he had 7 break points but he failed to break once and saved 1 break point on his own serve ... Jeevan lost the plot in tie-break and faced another heartbreaking loss.

Vishnu-Jose scored straight sets win over local wild-card pair though local pair stretched them in the second ... Next they r facing experienced Kazakh pair for place in the semis.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger,

[R1] Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (2) Adam Feeney (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 75 16 10-7

Sanam-Ruan started with upset win over Australian 2nd seed in-form pair of Feeney-Reid in match tie-break ... After winning the first set Sanam-Ruan lost the second set easily but they played match tie-break sensibly for a win.
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At $10K USA F20 Futures, Godfrey, IL

[R1] (2) Vijayant MALIK (IND,462) vs Alexander SARKISSIAN (USA,997)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND)/ Michael SHABAZ (USA) l Nick CHAPPELL (USA)/ Dane WEBB (USA) 36 16

Interesting to see how Vijayant perform in these tough US futures.

In doubles he was 4th seed with Michael Shabaz but they lost easily against American pair.
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At $10K Turkey F29 Futures, Istanbul

[R1] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1303) bt Altug Celikbilek (TUR,UNR) 61 61
[R1] (2) Karunuday Singh (IND,619) l Costin Paval (ROU,992) 46 16

[R2] Abhijeet Tiwari (IND,1303) vs (3) Torsten Wietoska (GER,669)

Karunuday's disappointing run continues ... Abhijeet defeated 16 yrs old local boy easily but next he is facing 3rd seed German.
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At $10K Denmark F2 Futures , Aarhus (clay)

[R1] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) bt (Q) Oystein STEIRO (NOR,UNR) 64 57 64

[R2] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) vs Mauricio ALVAREZ-GUZMAN (CHI,1414)

Interesting choice of place for Prajnesh ... Hard fought win over qualifier in the first match.
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At $10K Egypt F17 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh (clay)

[R1] Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt (Q) Igor SOBOLTA (UKR) 16 76(5) 63
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND) 64 61
[R1] (7) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Youssef HOSSAM (EGY) 63 63
[R1] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND) bt (WC) Norbert NAGYI (AUT) 62 61
[R1] (8) Chandril SOOD (IND) l Mark FYNN (ZIM) 16 75 57

[R2] (7) Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs Sidharth RAWAT (IND)
[R2] Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND) vs Antoine RICHARD (CAN)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Norbert NAGYI (AUT)/ Oscar TORRES (COL) 61 60
[R1] Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Filippo GIORGETTI (ITA)/ Giacomo VIANELLO (ITA) 75 64
[R1] Arvind Vishnu BESTHA (IND)/ Sandeep TIRDALA (IND) l Mikhail KOROVIN (RUS)/ Igor SOBOLTA (UKR) 16 36
[R1] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt Vladimir FILIP (ROU)/ Yvo PANAK (CZE) 75 26 10-2

[QF] (4) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) 63 75
[QF] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) vs Dmytro KOVALYOV (UKR)/ Denys MYLOKOSTOV (UKR)

[SF] (4) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs (1) Vladyslav MANAFOV (UKR)/ Ilia SHATSKIY (RUS)

Excited to see so many players r playing in Egypt.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

[R1] Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) vs (1) Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK)
[R1] (4) Shweta RANA (IND) vs Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA)
[R1] (WC) Tanisha ROHIRA (IND) vs (WC) Sandra SAMIR (EGY)
[R1] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) l (5) Susanne CELIK (SWE) 06 46
[R1] (WC) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) vs Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS)
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND) bt Rika YAMAMOTO (JPN) 61 64
[R1] (2) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Danielle KONOTOPTSEVA (GBR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) / Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) 60 63
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) l (4) Kristi BOXX (USA)/ Abigail GUTHRIE (NZL) 16 26
[R1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Daria GLUSHICH (RUS) l Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA)/ Jasmin LADURNER (ITA) 36 64 2-10

[QF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Ekaterina LAVRIKOVA (RUS) / Alessia PIRAN (ITA)

Also our girls join boys in this Egypt expedition.