At $567.5K Thailand Open, Bangkok
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 57 57
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniele Brachial (ITA) bt James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 75 76(4)
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniele Bracciali (ITA) vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)
Winning start for Lee and his Italian partner but match was tougher than expected ... Divij-Purav gave fighting performance against higher ranked Colombian pair but lost due to failing to win crucial points in this match ... In the first set Divij-Purav were up with a break 3-0 and then in the second set 4-2 before losing both sets ... Lee and Bracciali r facing this Colombian pair in the quarters.
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At $984K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[R1](ALT) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Rik De Voest (RSA) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU) 63 62
[QF] (ALT) Somdev Devvarman / Rik De Voest (IND/RSA) vs (2) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
Buji and Rik played as alternate pair and scored comfortable win in the first round over decent pair ... Next they r facing 2nd seed, who defeated Yuki and His Malaysian partner in the first round.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,586) l (7) Basak ERAYDIN (TUR,293) 46 16
[R1] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,310) bt (WC) Jamilya SADYKZHANOVA (UZB,UNR) 60 61
[R2] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,310) vs Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,548)
Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR) bt Anna GRIGORYAN (RUS)/ Tatiana GRIGORYAN (RUS) 62 62
[QF] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Anna SMOLINA (RUS) vs Basak ERAYDIN (TUR)/ Melis SEZER (TUR)
[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR) vs (2) Michaela HONCOVA (SVK)/ Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR)
Expected win for Ankita against local unranked wild-card ... Nidhi lost against top-300 Turkish girl ... In the doubles Ankita and her Israeli partner started with comfortable win ... Next they r facing 2nd seed pair and Nidhi with her Russian partner r facing Turkish pair.
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At $15K Burundi F1 Futures, Bujumbura (clay)
[R2] Mithun Murali (IND,UNR) vs (6) Lorenzo Papasidero (ITA,864) 75 06 36
[R2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,329) bt Francesco Garzelli (ITA,1240) 64 64
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,329) vs (8) Mark Fynn (ZIM,1059)
Doubles
[QF] George BARTH (USA)/ Medhir GOYAL (IND) l (1) Lukas JASTRAUNIG (AUT)/ Gerald MELZER (AUT) w/o
[QF] (2) Yannick MERTENS (BEL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt James ALLEMBY (GBR)/ Gilles DE SOUSA (FRA) 46 63 10-6
[SF] (2) Yannick MERTENS (BEL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) vs (3) Alexander LAZOV (BUL)/ Jannis LINIGER (SUI)
Straight sets win for Jeevan ... Next he is facing Zimbabwean Fynn ... Mithun started with winning the first set but failed to kept momentum.
Jeevan is in the doubles semis with his Belgian partner after scoring win in match tie-break in the quarter.
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At $10K Kuwait F2 Futures, Meshref
[R2] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,321) l Q) Sadio Doumbia (FRA,UNR) 0-5 ret
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1181) l (5) Ivo Klec (SVK,589) 62 67(3) 26
Doubles
[QF] (4) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Siyu Liu (CHN)/ Chuhan Wang (CHN) 67(3) 62 5-10
[QF] Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) l (3) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Tak Khunn Wang (FRA) 26 26
Saketh got injured in his match and Rawat failed to kept momentum after winning the first set ... How come Saketh played his doubles match after retiring from the singles? Sometime feel disturbing when players try to took simple route of retiring from their matches when things r not going in their favor ... Anyway Saketh-Davidson lost against Chinese pair in match tie-break ... 3rd seed Roelofse-Wang proved too strong for Akash-Kaza.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
[R1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) l Erika HENDSEL (EST) 46 26
[R2] (1) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Linda DUBSKA (CZE)
Not promising outing for Indian girls as only Rishika is in the second round.
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL) 57 57
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniele Brachial (ITA) bt James Cerretani (USA)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) 75 76(4)
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniele Bracciali (ITA) vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)
Winning start for Lee and his Italian partner but match was tougher than expected ... Divij-Purav gave fighting performance against higher ranked Colombian pair but lost due to failing to win crucial points in this match ... In the first set Divij-Purav were up with a break 3-0 and then in the second set 4-2 before losing both sets ... Lee and Bracciali r facing this Colombian pair in the quarters.
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At $984K Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[R1](ALT) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Rik De Voest (RSA) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP)/ Victor Hanescu (ROU) 63 62
[QF] (ALT) Somdev Devvarman / Rik De Voest (IND/RSA) vs (2) Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
Buji and Rik played as alternate pair and scored comfortable win in the first round over decent pair ... Next they r facing 2nd seed, who defeated Yuki and His Malaysian partner in the first round.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,586) l (7) Basak ERAYDIN (TUR,293) 46 16
[R1] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,310) bt (WC) Jamilya SADYKZHANOVA (UZB,UNR) 60 61
[R2] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,310) vs Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,548)
Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR) bt Anna GRIGORYAN (RUS)/ Tatiana GRIGORYAN (RUS) 62 62
[QF] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Anna SMOLINA (RUS) vs Basak ERAYDIN (TUR)/ Melis SEZER (TUR)
[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR) vs (2) Michaela HONCOVA (SVK)/ Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR)
Expected win for Ankita against local unranked wild-card ... Nidhi lost against top-300 Turkish girl ... In the doubles Ankita and her Israeli partner started with comfortable win ... Next they r facing 2nd seed pair and Nidhi with her Russian partner r facing Turkish pair.
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At $15K Burundi F1 Futures, Bujumbura (clay)
[R2] Mithun Murali (IND,UNR) vs (6) Lorenzo Papasidero (ITA,864) 75 06 36
[R2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,329) bt Francesco Garzelli (ITA,1240) 64 64
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,329) vs (8) Mark Fynn (ZIM,1059)
Doubles
[QF] George BARTH (USA)/ Medhir GOYAL (IND) l (1) Lukas JASTRAUNIG (AUT)/ Gerald MELZER (AUT) w/o
[QF] (2) Yannick MERTENS (BEL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt James ALLEMBY (GBR)/ Gilles DE SOUSA (FRA) 46 63 10-6
[SF] (2) Yannick MERTENS (BEL)/ Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) vs (3) Alexander LAZOV (BUL)/ Jannis LINIGER (SUI)
Straight sets win for Jeevan ... Next he is facing Zimbabwean Fynn ... Mithun started with winning the first set but failed to kept momentum.
Jeevan is in the doubles semis with his Belgian partner after scoring win in match tie-break in the quarter.
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At $10K Kuwait F2 Futures, Meshref
[R2] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND,321) l Q) Sadio Doumbia (FRA,UNR) 0-5 ret
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1181) l (5) Ivo Klec (SVK,589) 62 67(3) 26
Doubles
[QF] (4) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Siyu Liu (CHN)/ Chuhan Wang (CHN) 67(3) 62 5-10
[QF] Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND)/ Akash Wagh (IND) l (3) Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Tak Khunn Wang (FRA) 26 26
Saketh got injured in his match and Rawat failed to kept momentum after winning the first set ... How come Saketh played his doubles match after retiring from the singles? Sometime feel disturbing when players try to took simple route of retiring from their matches when things r not going in their favor ... Anyway Saketh-Davidson lost against Chinese pair in match tie-break ... 3rd seed Roelofse-Wang proved too strong for Akash-Kaza.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
[R1] Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) l Erika HENDSEL (EST) 46 26
[R2] (1) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) vs Linda DUBSKA (CZE)
Not promising outing for Indian girls as only Rishika is in the second round.
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