Tennis News

At €410K Moselle Open, Metz, France

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Eric Butorac (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Rohan-Edouard r playing at Metz.
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[Q3] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) bt (5) Arata Onozawa (JPN,674) 75 61
[Q3] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,687) l (1) Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,358) 26 16

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) vs Amir Weintraub (ISR,190)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 76(5) 76(1)

Yuki qualify for main-draw of Kaohsiung Challenger with straight sets win ... In the first set he was 0-2 down after losing the serve in 1st game but he broke Onozawa in 6th game to made it 3-all ... Yuki missed a set point in 10th game before breaking Onozawa in 12th game for winning the first set ... In the second set Yuki dominated from the start and broke Onozawa twice for comfortable win ... In the main-draw he is facing Israeli experienced Davis Cupper Amir Weintraub ... Other hand Karunuday failed to produce challenge against Yasutaka Uchiyama.

Yuki and his Taiwani partner Chieh-Fu Wang produced huge upset against 2nd seed Ratiwatana brothers ... Both sets were closely fought but Indian-Taiwani wild-card pair played tie-breaks perfectly for huge win.
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At $15K Canada F8 Futures, Toronto

[R1] (4) Vijayant Malik (IND,446) vs George Jecminek (CAN,855)
[R1] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,375) vs Daniel Chu (CAN,1999)

This week Sanam and Vijayant r playing in the singles only ... Both r facing Canadian opponent in the first round.
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At $10K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref

[Q1] (1) Akash Wagh (IND,1787) bye
[Q2] (1) Akash Wagh (IND,1787) bt Phillip Gresk (POL,UNR) 63 61

[R1] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) bt Mohammed Reda (KUW,1999) 61 61
[R1] (8) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,942) l Ali Ghareeb (KUW,1522) 26 57
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1089) vs (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1787)

Doubles
[R1] Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Jordan Ubiergo (FRA)
[R1] (2) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bye

Akash Wagh qualified for main-draw but facing tough match against fellow Indian Sidharth Rawat ... Saketh is favorite to dominated these Kuwait futures and he started with comfortable win ... But poor loss of Kaza against local player.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Tlemcen, Algeria

[R1] (8) Shivika Burman (IND) vs (WC) Sanaa Benkaddour (ALG)
[R1] (WC) Victoria Chehal (IND) bt (Q) Samara Amour (ALG) 60 61
[R1] Nikita Deshmukh (IND) bt (Q) Ines Belkis Alimoussa (ALG) 62 63
[R1] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) vs (Q) Doria Khetib (ALG)

This week winnable first round matches for all players as they r facing local players ... So expected wins for Victoria Chehal and Nikita Deshmukh.
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At $10K USA F24 Futures, Costa Mesa

[Q1] (3) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1131) bye
[Q2] (3) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1131) bt Jonas Meinzer (GER,UNR) 63 63
[Q3] (3) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1131) bt Andrew Diefenbach (USA,UNR) 61 64
[Q4] (3 )Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1131) l (11) Ziad Sultan (KUW,1787) 26 46

[R1] (LL) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1131) vs Alex Blumenberg (BRA,708)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Evan Song (USA)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) vs Andrew Diefenbach (USA)/ Brett Van Linge (USA)

Ashwin Vijayragavan is playing in tough US futures but he lost in the final qualifying ... He is main-draw as luckyloser and facing Brazilian ... Also in the doubles he is 4th seed with his American partner.
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At $10K Egypt F24 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,UNR) vs (Q) Maxim Kravtsov (RUS,UNR)
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,543) vs Dmitry Surchenko (RUS,1463)
[R1] (5) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,582) vs Dariusz Lipka (POL,UNR)

This week Prajnesh join Ranjeet and Sasi for Egypt futures.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bye
[R1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) vs Parris TODD (USA)

This week Prarthana is top-seed and receive bye in the first round ... Ashmitha is having tricky match against young 15 yrs old talented American girl, who is ranked in 1000s.