Tennis News

Davis Cup 2014 - Group I,

Davis cup draw is out and India is having home tie against Chinese Taipei but if they win this tie then they r having real test in away match against seeded Koreans.
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) bt Amir Weintraub (ISR,190) 76(8) 61

[R2] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) vs (7) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,146)

Yuki scored upset win over Israeli Davis cupper Amir Weintraub in straight sets ... In the first set Yuki was up with early break, 3-1, but Amir broke back in 8th game to made it 4-all ... In long tie-break Yuki kept his nerve and won it after 18 points ... In the second set Yuki dominated and won it with double break ... In the second round he is facing Japanese top-150 and 7th seed Yuichi Sugita.
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At $15K Canada F8 Futures, Toronto

[R1] (4) Vijayant Malik (IND,446) l George Jecminek (CAN,855) 16 67(3)
[R1] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,375) bt Daniel Chu (CAN,1999) 62 16 63

[R2] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,375) vs Milan Pokrajac (CAN,630)

Surprisingly Sanam stretched to three sets by Canadian journeyman Chu but other hand Vijayant wasn't so lucky and lost in straight sets against lower ranked Canadian ... Sanam is facing another Canadian in the second round.
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At $10K Egypt F24 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,UNR) l (Q) Maxim Kravtsov (RUS,UNR) 26 64 57
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,543) bt Dmitry Surchenko (RUS,1463) 63 62
[R1] (5) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,582) l Dariusz Lipka (POL,UNR) 4-4 Retd.

[R2] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,543) vs Sebastian Rivera (ECU,1381)

Prajnesh started with win but Ranjeet got injured in his match ... 16 yrs old Sasi gave fighting performance in his loss.
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At $10K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref

[R2] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) bt Jordan Ubiergo (FRA,1491) 64 63
[R2] (Q) Akash Wagh (IND,1787) l Soichiro Moritani (JPN,1990) 26 16

[QF] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) vs Thomas Statzberger (AUT,1313)

Saketh scored straight sets win but Akash's inconsistency in his performance continued.
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At $10K USA F24 Futures, Costa Mesa

[R1] (LL) Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,1131) l Alex Blumenberg (BRA,708) 06 62 67(5)

After losing the first set without winning a single game Ashwin gave fighting performance in next two sets against higher ranked Brazilian.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Alger, Algeria

[R2] (8) Shivika Burman (IND) bt Fatima Zohra Boukezzi (ALG) 61 60
[R2] (WC) Victoria Chehal (IND) l Mia Nicole Eklund (FIN) 36 57
[R2] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) bt Nikita Deshmukh (IND) 61 60

[QF] (8) Shivika Burman (IND) vs Harmony Tan (FRA)
[QF] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) vs Mia Nicole Eklund (FIN)

Expected wins for Shivika and Shweta ... Next they r facing French and Finnish girls respectively.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) l Parris TODD (USA) 46 57

Ashmitha lost against American girl in tight two sets.