At $1.5M Citi Open, Washington, U.S.A
[Q1] Saketh Myneni (IND,263) bt (9) Donald Young (USA,155) 67(2) 63 64
[Q1] Sanam Singh (IND,309) l (12) Samuel Groth (AUS,227) 06 57
[Q1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,128) bt Jesse Witten (USA,572) 75 60
[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,263) vs (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS,117)
[Q2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,128) vs Christian Harrison (USA,373)
Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Begemann (GER) vs Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
Saketh scored biggest win of his career when he defeated American Donald Young in comeback victory ... Last week at Atlanta Open qualifying Young defeated Saketh in straight sets, 67(3) 36 ... This match started on similar note when Young won the first set in tie-break but this time Saketh showed his learning curve and won next two sets ... In the first set Saketh broke Young in 8th game to lead 5-3, but he failed to hold his serve while serving for the set in next game, 5-4 ... Young dominated tie-break and won it comfortably ... In the second set Saketh broke Young in 5th game to lead 3-2 ... He again broke Young in 9th game when Young was serving for staying in the set for winning this set ... In the decider Saketh missed 6 break points before taking crucial break in 10th game for memorable victory ... With this win he enter into the final qualifying round and facing Aussie Matthew Ebden.
Witten stretched Buji in the first set ... Buji was down early 1-3 but after that he produced excellent comeback he won 12 out of the last 14 games ... In that from 5-all Buji won last 8 games in a row for comfortable win ... Next he is facing American Christian Harrison.
Sanam failed to produce any challenge against Samuel Groth in the first set but he fought back in the second ... Samuel Groth take important break for completing victory in two sets.
In the doubles Rohan is partnering little unknown German Andre Begemann but they r facing top-seed pair Alexander Peya-Bruno Soares in the first round.
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At $10K Denmark F2 Futures , Aarhus (red clay)
Singles Final
(3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) bt Colin VAN BEEM (NED,663) 63 46 60
Prajnesh won the Denmark futures title beating in-form Dutch player Colin Van Beem, who was finalist in last week's futures ... After many years Indian player lifted a title on European clay, so huge achievement ... In the first set Prajnesh dominated and generated too many break points opportunities ... He broke Colin three times and lost his serve once for winning this set ... In the second set also Prajnesh created opportunities but failed to convert ... He had 5 break points on Colin's serve and converted one but lost his serve twice on two break points to lose the set ... Prajnesh played near perfect service games in the final set as he lost only 2 points on his serve ... And broke Colin three times for completing exciting win ... This is Prajnesh's 2nd futures title.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt
Doubles Final
(1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l (3) Mayar SHERIF (EGY)/ Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK) 57 36
Top seed Sowjanya-Rishika lost against third seed Mayar-Zuzana in the doubles final.
[Q1] Saketh Myneni (IND,263) bt (9) Donald Young (USA,155) 67(2) 63 64
[Q1] Sanam Singh (IND,309) l (12) Samuel Groth (AUS,227) 06 57
[Q1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,128) bt Jesse Witten (USA,572) 75 60
[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,263) vs (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS,117)
[Q2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,128) vs Christian Harrison (USA,373)
Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Andre Begemann (GER) vs Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
Saketh scored biggest win of his career when he defeated American Donald Young in comeback victory ... Last week at Atlanta Open qualifying Young defeated Saketh in straight sets, 67(3) 36 ... This match started on similar note when Young won the first set in tie-break but this time Saketh showed his learning curve and won next two sets ... In the first set Saketh broke Young in 8th game to lead 5-3, but he failed to hold his serve while serving for the set in next game, 5-4 ... Young dominated tie-break and won it comfortably ... In the second set Saketh broke Young in 5th game to lead 3-2 ... He again broke Young in 9th game when Young was serving for staying in the set for winning this set ... In the decider Saketh missed 6 break points before taking crucial break in 10th game for memorable victory ... With this win he enter into the final qualifying round and facing Aussie Matthew Ebden.
Witten stretched Buji in the first set ... Buji was down early 1-3 but after that he produced excellent comeback he won 12 out of the last 14 games ... In that from 5-all Buji won last 8 games in a row for comfortable win ... Next he is facing American Christian Harrison.
Sanam failed to produce any challenge against Samuel Groth in the first set but he fought back in the second ... Samuel Groth take important break for completing victory in two sets.
In the doubles Rohan is partnering little unknown German Andre Begemann but they r facing top-seed pair Alexander Peya-Bruno Soares in the first round.
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At $10K Denmark F2 Futures , Aarhus (red clay)
Singles Final
(3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,627) bt Colin VAN BEEM (NED,663) 63 46 60
Prajnesh won the Denmark futures title beating in-form Dutch player Colin Van Beem, who was finalist in last week's futures ... After many years Indian player lifted a title on European clay, so huge achievement ... In the first set Prajnesh dominated and generated too many break points opportunities ... He broke Colin three times and lost his serve once for winning this set ... In the second set also Prajnesh created opportunities but failed to convert ... He had 5 break points on Colin's serve and converted one but lost his serve twice on two break points to lose the set ... Prajnesh played near perfect service games in the final set as he lost only 2 points on his serve ... And broke Colin three times for completing exciting win ... This is Prajnesh's 2nd futures title.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt
Doubles Final
(1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l (3) Mayar SHERIF (EGY)/ Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK) 57 36
Top seed Sowjanya-Rishika lost against third seed Mayar-Zuzana in the doubles final.
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