Friday, September 13, 2013

Tennis News

At $15K Canada F8 Futures, Toronto

[QF] (4) Vijayant Malik (IND,450) bt (8) Fritz Wolmarans (RSA,483) 76(3) 62
[QF] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,379) bt Brayden Schnur (CAN,589) 75 61

[SF] (4) Vijayant Malik (IND,450) vs (1) Peter POLANSKY (CAN,235)
[SF] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,379) vs (5) Michael SHABAZ (USA,454)

Doubles
[SF] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l (3) Jason Jung (USA)/ Evan King (USA) 0-2 Retd.

Really good win by Vijayant against similar ranked South African ... Sanam also join him in the quarters with straight sets win ... In the semis Vijayant is facing tough challenge against top-seed and top-250 local player Polansky ... Other hand interesting semi-final between former two UVa team-mates Sanam and Shabaz ... But I m worrying about injury scare as our pair retired from their doubles match.
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At $10K Egypt F24 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[QF] (2) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,471) l Mazen Osama (EGY,629) 67(3) 46

Doubles
[SF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Marc ABDELNOUR (SYR)/ Issam Haitham TAWEEL (SYR) 61 64
[SF] Pol TOLEDO BAGUE (ESP)/ Arjun KADHE (IND) l (4) Karim HOSSAM (EGY)/ Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY) 16 63 0-10

[F] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) vs (4) Karim HOSSAM (EGY)/ Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY)

Bala lost against young Egyptian Osama in close straight sets ... But he is in the doubles final with Ranjeet and they r facing Egyptian pair for title match, who defeated Arjun and his partner in the semis.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Tlemcen, Algeria

[QF] (1) Shweta RANA (IND) l (7) Natasha BREDL (AUT) 26 26

Disappointing one-sided loss for Shweta.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] (2) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (7) Francesca STEPHENSON (GBR) 5-4 Retd.

[SF] (2) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs (3) Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS)

Prarthana didn't need to sweat much as her British opponent retired in the first set ... In the semis she is facing 3rd seed Russian.

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