Tennis News

At €410K Moselle Open, Metz, France

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Simon Stadler (GER) 63 62

[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA)

Rohan-Edouard scored comfortable win over German-American pair and enter into the semis ... Next they r facing unseeded pairing of Brunstrom-Klaasen, who scored upset win over 3rd seed in the first round.
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At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

[R2] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,476) bt (7) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,146) 76(5) 75

[QF] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,477) vs (4) Alejandro Gonzalez (COL,114)

Doubles
[QF] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) bt Arata Onozawa (JPN)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 63 64

[SF] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Danai Udomchoke (THA)

Yuki continues with his excellent run in this big Kaohsiung Challenger ... Today he defeated Japanese Davis cupper Yuichi Sugita in two tight sets ... Interestingly this was Yuki's first win against Sugita after two losses in their previous meeting ... In the first set both players traded early breaks but in tie-break Yuki converted first set point after winning point on Sugita's serve at 6-5 ... In the second set Yuki lost his serve in third game, 1-2 ... From 3-5 Yuki won next 4 games ... In 10th game Yuki converted 4th break point and made it 5-all ... Yuki won next game on love and then in 12th game Yuki had 3 match points at 0-40 on Sugita's serve ... Yuki converted 2nd match point for excellent win ... Next he is facing 4th seed Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez. In the doubles also Yuki and his Taiwani partner Chieh-Fu Wang comfortably defeated Sugita and his partner Onozawa ... In the semi-final they r facing experienced players Udomchoke and Ebden.
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At $15K Canada F8 Futures, Toronto

[R2] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,375) l Milan Pokrajac (CAN,630) 26 16

Surprised by this one-sided loss of Sanam against Milan.
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At $10K Egypt F24 Futures , Sharm El Sheikh

[R2] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,543) bt Sebastian Rivera (ECU,1381) 60 61

[QF] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,543) vs (5) Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY,542)

Prajnesh scored very dominating win over Sebastian Rivera losing only a single game ... Next he is facing local similar ranked player, interesting match.
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At $10K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref

[QF] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) bt Thomas Statzberger (AUT,1313) 75 76(2)

[SF] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) vs (6) Abdullah Maqdas (KUW,757)

Doubles
[SF] (2) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (4) Matias Castro (ARG)/ Thomas Statzberger (AUT) 63 64

[F] (2) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (1) Lewis Burton (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR)

Surprisingly tough match for Saketh ... Expected easy win but Austrian Statzberger stretched Saketh to fullest in both sets but importantly Saketh completed victory ... Next he is facing local 6th seed player Maqdas ... Saketh is in the doubles final also with Davidson, the defeated Statzberger and his Argentine partner Castro in straight sets ... In the final they r facing top-seed British pair.
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At $10K USA F24 Futures, Costa Mesa

[QF] (4) Evan Song (USA)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) l Deiton Baughman (USA)/ Joseph Digiulio (USA) 26 57

Ashwin and his partner lost in quarter-final.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Alger, Algeria

[QF] (8) Shivika Burman (IND) l Harmony Tan (FRA) 26 36
[QF] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) bt Mia Nicole Eklund (FIN) 61 61

[SF] (2) Shweta Rana (IND) vs (6) Alina Wessel (GER)

Shweta scored dominating win against her Finnish opponent but Shivika lost against lower ranked French girl ... In the semis Shweta r facing German girl.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] (1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Linda DUBSKA (CZE) 60 64

[QF] (1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Ola ABOU ZEKRY (EGY)

Good start for Prarthana in this week's tournament ... In the quarter she is facing Egyptian girl.