Tennis News

At $75K Istanbul-2 Challenger, Turkey

[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,101) l Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS,175) 26 36

Very poor outing for Buji against Russian ... Kravchuk didn't gave any chance of settling in the match ... He take early break and then broke Buji in 8th game for winning the first set ... In the second set Kravchuk broke Buji in 4th game and take crucial lead ... Buji had only single break point chance in 7th game on Kravchuk's serve but failed to convert ... Kravchuk hold his serve in 9th game for comfortable win.
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At $75K Petange Challenger, Luxembourg

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT)/ Jurgen Zopp (EST) 36 36

Purav lost in the singles final qualifying ... In the doubles he was back with his in-form partner Divij but they failed to gel as they were playing together after more than 4 weeks break ... They struggled and Neuchrist-Zopp take advantage for winning match comfortably.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Sanya, China

[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Zi YANG (CHN) l (WC) Boyan WANG (CHN)/ Yafan WANG (CHN) 36 26

In the doubles Ankita and her Chinese partner Zi Yang lost in one-sided match against Chinese pair.
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At $15K Canada F8 Futures, Toronto

[R1] (4) Viajayant Malik (IND,450) bt (Q) Alexandru Pasareanu (CAN,UNR) 63 60
[R1] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,379) bt Duck Hee Lee (KOR,890) 63 63

[R2] (4) Viajayant Malik (IND,450) vs Sekou Bangoura (USA,677)
[R2] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,379) vs Evan King (USA,952)

Doubles
[R1] Viajayant Malik (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (2) Daniel Chu (CAN)/ Erick Chovjka (CAN) 75 64

[QF] Viajayant Malik (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Sekou Bangoura (USA)/ Eric Quigley (USA)

Winning start for Sanam against Korean in the singles ... Next he is facing American opponent ... Vijayant started with comfortable win against local qualifier ... Next he is having tricky match against American Sekou Bangoura.

In the doubles Sanam-Vijayant scored upset win over 2nd seed Canadian pair with Vijayant ... Next they r facing American pair.
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At $10K Egypt F24 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,UNR) vs (6) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP,638) 16 16
[R1] (5) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,582) l (Q) Sebastian Rivera (ECU,1487) 67(1) 46
[R1] (2) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,471) bt Eric Vehovec (CAN,UNR) 60 61
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,1279) bt (Q) Youssef Hossam (EGY,1768) 62 60

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,1279) vs (8) Cristian Rodriguez (COL,661)
[R2] (2) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,471) vs Rafal Teurer (POR,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Adham ELGANAINY (EGY)/ Youssef HOSSAM (EGY) 61 62
[R1] Mohamed ADNAOUI (MAR)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) bt Dariusz LIPKA (POL)/ Pavel LIPKA (POL) 63 36 10-6
[R1] Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP)/ Arjun KADHE (IND) bt (2) GASPAR MURTA (POR)/ Danyal SUALEHE (POR) 64 62

[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs Skander MANSOURI (TUN)/ Marlon OLIVEIRA (BRA)
[QF] Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP)/ Arjun KADHE (IND) vs Mohamed ADNAOUI (MAR)/ Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND)

Confident start for Arjun against local qualifier ... Next he is having tough match against last week's finalist Cristian Rodriguez ... Bala started with comfortable win but horrible start for Ranjeet, who lost against qualifier in the singles.

In the doubles our all three pairs won their matches but most impressive by Arjun with his Spanish partner, who scored upset over 2nd seed pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (2) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bye
[R1] Vishesh VISHNU (IND) bt Leciane COMPARIN DA SILVA (BRA) 62 67(6) 62
[R1] Tanisha ROHIRA (IND) l (5) Giulia BRUZZONE (ITA) 26 16
[R1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) bt Cyrine BEN CHEIKH (TUN) 60 60

[R2] Vishesh VISHNU (IND) vs (1) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS)
[R2] (2) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND)

Hard fought win for Vishesh Vishnu against Brazilian girl but she is facing top-seed Russian in the second round ... Ashmitha scored one-sided win without losing a single game but next she is facing 2nd seed Prarthana.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Tlemcen, Algeria

[R1] (1) Shweta RANA (IND) bye
[R1] Nikita DESHMUKH (IND) bt Souha CHIBOUT (ALG) 62 60
[R1] (6) Shivika BURMAN (IND) l Ines IBBOU (ALG) 16 16
[R1] Victoria CHEHAL (IND) bt Saadia BELHADJ (ALG) 60 60

[R2] (1) Shweta RANA (IND) vs Harmony TAN (FRA)
[R2] Nikita DESHMUKH (IND) vs (7) Natasha BREDL (AUT)
[R2] Victoria CHEHAL (IND) vs (2) Josephine BOUALEM (FRA)

Interestingly these days our players r trying different countries foe earning ranking points but shocking loss of Shivika against unranked Algerian girl.