Saturday, September 21, 2013

Tennis News

At $984K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[Q1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,101) bye

[Q2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,101) vs Eric Butorac (USA,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib (MAS) vs (2) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Buji is 2nd seed in the qualifying ... After receiving bye in the first round Buji is facing American doubles specialist Eric Butorac ... Other hand Yuki missed chance of getting special exemption at Fergana challenger after reaching semis at Kaohsiung Challenger ... He added his name for Malaysian qualifying but missed as he still playing at Kaohsiung Challenger ... He is in the doubles maindraw as wild-card with Malaysian partner and facing tough match against 2nd seed Benneteau-Zimo.
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At $567.5K Thailand Open, Bangkok

[Q1] (8) Karunuday Singh (IND,684) bt Pruchya Isarow (THA,821) 62 46 76(8)

[Q2] (8) Karunuday Singh (IND,684) vs Warit Sornbutnark (THA,1246)

Karunuday is playing qualifying at Thailand open ... He stretched to fullest in the first round by local player as he won the final set tie-break in extra points ... Next he is facing another local Thai player.
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At $10K Kuwait F1 Futures, Meshref

Singles Final
(1) Saketh Myneni (IND,312) l (7) Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW,726) 46 16

Saketh lost against experienced Mohammad Ghareeb in the final ... Disappointed to see Saketh loses in this one-sided match.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Alger, Algeria

Singles Final
(2) Shweta Rana (IND) l (1) Sherazad Benamar (FRA) 16 63 16

Good fighting performance by Shweta Rana against top-400 French girl ... Shweta stretched her to three sets after losing the first set.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] (1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l (4) Julia VALETOVA (RUS) 64 46 26

Surprising loss of Prarthana against 4th seed Russian girl and her doubles partner ... I was expecting the title from Prarthana after excellent last week but here after winning the first set she failed to keep momentum and lost next two sets ... Prarthana won the doubles title with Russian Julia Valetova.

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