Tennis News

At $100K Vancouver Challenger, Canada

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Erik Chvojka (CAN)/ Peter Polansky (CAN) 63 76(5)

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)

Purav-Divij started with straight sets win though local wild-card pair stretched them to tie-break in the second set ... Next they r facing Japanese pair.
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At $10K USA F21 Futures, Decatur

[R1] (2) Vijayant MALIK (IND,462) bt (Q) Fares GHASYA (LBA,UNR) 62 46 63

[R2] (2) Vijayant MALIK (IND,462) vs Keith-Patrick CROWLEY (RSA,780)

Doubles
[R1] Catalin-Ionut GARD (ROU)/ Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Jeremy EFFERDING (USA)/ Kyle MCMORROW (USA) 63 75

[QF] Catalin-Ionut GARD (ROU)/ Vijayant MALIK (IND) vs Becker O'SHAUGHNESSEY (USA)/ Daniil PROSKURA (ARM)

Vijayant needed three sets against Libyan qualifier and next he is facing South African ... In the doubles also Vijayant and his Romanian partner started win win ... Next they r facing unseeded American-Armenian pair.
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At $10K Egypt F18 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh (clay)

[R1] Fariz MOHAMMED (IND) l (5) Issam Haitham TAWEEL (SYR) 64 16 06

Doubles
[QF] Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Sidharth RAWAT (IND) l Dmytro KOVALYOV (UKR)/ Denys MYLOKOSTOV (UKR) 46 16
[QF] (3) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) bt (WC) Filippo GIORGETTI (ITA)/ Giacomo VIANELLO (ITA) 61 61

[SF] (3) Fariz MOHAMMED (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) vs Dmytro KOVALYOV (UKR)/ Denys MYLOKOSTOV (UKR)

Fariz lost after winning the first set ... Expected win for Fariz-Vignesh in the doubles.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

[R1] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) bt (8) Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS) 62 63
[R1] (2) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) l (SE) Linda PRENKOVIC (GER) 36 36

[R2] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND) vs Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA)
[R2] (4) Shweta RANA (IND) vs Dianne HOLLANDS (NZL)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS)/ Pauline PAYET (FRA) 60 75

[QF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs (3) Dianne HOLLANDS (NZL)/ Anastasia KHARCHENKO (UKR)

Anushka scored excellent upset win over 8th seed Russian but Rishika failed to cross her first hurdle against German ... In the doubles Rishika-Sowjanya in the semis and they will face 3rd seed pair.