Tennis News

At $638K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Emilio Gomez (ECU)/ Michael Quintero (COL) 62 62

Purav-Divij scored their first win on the tour as pair in Colombia open ... As expected they scored comfortable straight sets win against wild-card pair.
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At $50K Binghamton Challenger, New York, USA

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,414) l (5) Bradley Klahn (USA,162) 36 36
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,336) bt Dino Marcan (CRO,409) 64 64
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,265) l (7) Malek Jaziri (TUN,176) 57 16

[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,336) vs (3) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,148)

So no upset from Saketh or Yuki in the singles ... Now Saketh needs to wait till last moment for his qualification for US open qualifying ... Happy for Sanam for his straight sets win .. Much needed win for him after his injury break to build his confidence ... Next he is facing 3rd seed Japanese Yuichi Sugita.
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At $50K Eskisehir Challenger, Turkey

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,329) l Jules Marie (FRA,272) 26 26

Disappointing loss for Balaji in the singles against little higher ranked Frenchman.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Valladolid, Spain (clay)

[R1] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,664) l (Q) Aina Schaffner Riera (ESP,UNR) 61 26 67(6)

Heartbreaking loss for Rutuja as she was up 5-2 in the third set before losing this match against unranked Spanish girl.