Tennis News

At $1.5M Citi Open, Washington, U.S.A

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,128) bt (LL) Rhyne Williams (USA,121) 75 61

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,129) vs (9) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR,25)

Buji was early break down but then recover well and won the first set 7-5 ... In the second set he was up with early break and kept that advantage for comfortable win ... Next he is facing defending champion Alexandr Dolgopolov in the second round.
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At $10K Denmark F3 Futures , Copenhagen (red clay)

[R1] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,627) vs Milos Sekulic (SWE,761)

This week field is more tougher so interesting to see how Prajnesh perform after his title win.
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At $10K USA F21 Futures, Decatur

[R1] (2) Vijayant MALIK (IND,462) vs (Q) Fares GHASYA (LBA,UNR)

This week Vijayant is facing Libyan qualifier and hopefully this week he perform as per his seeding.
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At $10K Egypt F18 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh (clay)

[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs Mark FYNN (ZIM)
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND) vs (6) Denys MYLOKOSTOV (UKR)
[R1] Chandril SOOD (IND) vs (7) Damiano DI IENNO (ITA)
[R1] Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) vs (5) Issam Haitham TAWEEL (SYR)

Doubles
[R1] Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt (1) Matteo CIVAROLO (ITA)/ Edoardo EREMIN (ITA) 62 63
[R1] (3) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt Oleg DOVGAN (UKR)/ Viktor PROKOPOV (UKR) 64 64
[R1] Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) l (WC) Filippo GIORGETTI (ITA)/ Giacomo VIANELLO (ITA) 26 75 9-11

[QF] Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) vs Dmytro KOVALYOV (UKR)/ Denys MYLOKOSTOV (UKR)
[QF] (3) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs (WC) Filippo GIORGETTI (ITA)/ Giacomo VIANELLO (ITA)

This week our three players r facing seeded players in the singles.

In the doubles upset win by Neeraj-Sidharth, as they convincingly defeated top-seed Italian pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

[R1] Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) vs (Q) Kristi BOXX (USA)
[R1] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) vs (8) Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS)
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND) vs Kanami TSUJI (JPN)
[R1] (4) Shweta RANA (IND) vs Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND)
[R1] (2) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs (SE) Linda PRENKOVIC (GER)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Alessia CAMPLONE (ITA)/ Shweta RANA (IND) 62 63
[R1] Shivika BURMAN (IND)/ Ao GAI (CHN) l Susanne CELIK (SWE)/ Samira GIGER (SUI) 36 64 4-10
[R1] (WC) Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Yana YURCHENKO (RUS) l (4) Kristi BOXX (USA)/ Abigail GUTHRIE (NZL) 26 16
[R1] (WC) Yuriko MIYAZAKI (JPN)/ Tanisha ROHIRA (IND) l Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA)/ Nastassia RUBEL (BLR) 36 46
[R1] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND)/ Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) l (2) Kim KILSDONK (NED)/ Nicolette VAN UITERT (NED) 36 26

[QF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS)/ Pauline PAYET (FRA)

Hoping for better outing for Indian girls ... In the doubles only our top-seed pair enter into the quarter final.