Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Tennis News

At 2013 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals - u14, Prostejov, Czech Republic (clay)

Boys - Group B
India l (4) USA 1-2

Alex SOLANKI bt Samuele RIFFICE 75 63
Nitin Kumar SINHA l Gianni ROSS 26 16
Nitin Kumar SINHA/ Alex SOLANKI l Patrick KYPSON /Samuele RIFFICE 16 36

Girls - Group C
India l (4) Canada 1-2

Mihika YADAV l Vanessa WONG 26 46
Pranjala YADLAPALLI bt Katherine SEBOV 36 62 75
Pranjala YADLAPALLI/ Mihika YADAV l Charlotte ROBILLARD-MILLETTE/ Vanessa WONG 36 26

Our boys r in Group B with 4th seed USA, 5th seed Argentina and Turkey ... In the first match Alex scored upset win but we failed to take advantage.

Our Girls r in Group C with 4th seed Canada, 6th seed Spain and Peru ... So tough group on the clay ... Pranjala scored upset win over Canadian girl after Mihika's loss ... But in both matches our one-sided doubles losses r worrisome.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Koksijde ,Belgium (Red clay)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,355) bt (Q) Anna Klasen (GER,638) 62 63

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,355) vs (7) Andrea Gamiz (VEN,260)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Barbara Luz (POR) l Vanesa Furlanetto (ARG)/ Sofiya Kovalets (UKR) 36 16

Impressive win by Ankita against German qualifier on the clay ... Next she is facing 7th seed Venezuelan Andrea Gamiz ... But one-sided loss in the doubles.
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At $15K China F6 Futures , Zhangjiagang

[R1] (3) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,327) vs Toshihide MATSUI (JPN,576)
[R1] Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,530) vs (7) Hyeon CHUNG (KOR,510)

Doubles
[R1] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Yuging NING (CHN)/ Ruikai WANG (CHN) 63 62

Bala is facing experienced Japanese Matsui and I m hoping for win ... Ranjeet is facing talented Korean junior in the first round.

In the doubles our pair had comfortable win against local pair.

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At $10K USA F22 Futures, Edwardsville, IL, USA

[R1] (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND,468) l (Q) Julian Allen CHILDERS (USA,UNR) 0-4 Retd.

Vijayant retired from his singles match and then withdrew from the doubles ... Hopefully not a serious injury scare.
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At $10K Turkey F31 Futures, Izmir

[R1] (7) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,713) bt (Q) Timur KHABIBULIN (KAZ,1415) 60 46 64

[R2] (7) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,713) vs Tucker VORSTER (RSA,778)

Doubles
[R1] David PEL (NED)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Damiano DI IENNO (ITA)/ Lorenzo FRIGERIO (ITA)

Ramkumar back on the tour after training ... Surprisingly Ramkumar stretched in the first match against Kazakh qualifier after winning the first set 6-0 ... Next he is facing South African Vorster.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt

[R1] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND) bt (4) Susanne Celik (SWE) 64 16 61
[R1] Shivika Burman (IND) bt (Q) Ambre Boccard (SUI) 63 61
[R1] Mahitha Dadi Reddy (IND) vs Fiona Codino (FRA)
[R1] (WC) Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND) l (6) Danielle Konotoptseva (GBR) 06 36
[R1] Anushka Bhargava (IND) vs Dianne Hollands (NZL)
[R1] (2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt (Q) Rona Berisha (GBR) 61 75

[R2] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND) vs Shivika Burman (IND)
[R2] (2) Rishika Sunkara (IND) vs (WC) Viktoriya Bogoslovskaya (RUS)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)/ Elizaveta KHABAROVA (RUS) 61 62
[R1] Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND)/ Elke LEMMENS (BEL) bt Sara OTTOMANO (SUI)/ Michelle WERBROUCK (BEL) 67(3) 76(2) 10-1
[R1] Yuriko MIYAZAKI (JPN)/ Tanisha ROHIRA (IND) l (3) Dianne HOLLANDS (NZL)/ Anastasia KHARCHENKO (UKR) 57 36
[R1] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND)/ Shivika BURMAN (IND) bt Fiona CODINO (FRA)/ Clemence FAYOL (FRA) 63 62

[QF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND)/ Elke LEMMENS (BEL) 61 76(4)
[QF] Anushka BHARGAVA (IND)/ Shivika BURMAN (IND) vs (4) Alessia CAMPLONE (ITA)/ Pauline PAYET (FRA)

[SF] (1) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Ao GAI (CHN)/ Ekaterina LAVRIKOVA (RUS)

This week better results as our three players r in the second round ... Our one quarter final place is confirm as Sowjanya and Shivika facing each other in next round.
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At Egypt F19 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] (Q) Kumara P Saradhi Adavelly (IND,UNR) l (Q) Ilya Vasilyev (RUS,UNR) 16 26
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1088) bt Oleg Dovgan (UKR,1732) 64 76(3)

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1088) vs (5) Alessandro Petrone (ITA,573)

Doubles
[R1] Kumara P Saradhi Adavelly (IND)/ Sidharth Rawat (IND) l Sebastian Rivera (ECU)/ Ilya Vasilyev (RUS) 36 36

Sidharth started with a win in the first round but Kumara lost his siongles and doubles with Sidharath against Russian Ilya Vasilyev.

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