Tennis News

At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[Q1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) bt Shao-Chi Yang (TPE,UNR) 61 60
[Q1] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,687) bt (WC) Chien-Hsun Lo (TPE,UNR) 64 61

[Q2] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) vs Punn Bodidatta (THA,2122)
[Q2] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,687) vs Hao-Yang Hu (TPE,1787)

Expected wins from Yuki and Karunuday.
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At $15K Canada F8 Futures, Toronto

[SF] (4) Vijayant Malik (IND,450) l (1) Peter POLANSKY (CAN,235) walkover
[SF] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,379) bt (5) Michael SHABAZ (USA,454) 63 36 75

[F] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,379) vs (1) Peter POLANSKY (CAN,235)

Really good win by Sanam against his former UVa team-mate Shabaz in three sets ... Sanam won the first set but Shabaz fought back to won the second ... In the decider Sanam was 1-3 and 3-5 down before winning next 4 games for excellent comeback win and enter into the final ... In the final he is facing Canadian top-seed Peter Polansky, who received walkover in the semis from Vijayant ... Vijayant got injured in the doubles semi-final.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] (2) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (3) Alina MIKHEEVA (RUS) 75 76(1)

[F] (2) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs (1) Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS)

Really good hard fought win from Prarthana against 3rd seed Russian ... In the final she is facing top-seed Russian.