Tennis News

At $5.2M China Open, Beijing (WTA Premier)

[R1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Kimiko Date-Kuumm (JPN)/ Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 63 63

[R2] (8) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE)

Good straight sets win for Sania and Cara ... In both sets both pairs traded early breaks but after that Sania-Cara take control to won it ... Next they r facing tricky pairing of Pavlyuchenkova-Safarova.
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At $15K Rwanda F1 Futures, Kigali (clay)

[R1] Kunal Anand (IND,2121) vs (1) Gerald Melzer (AUT,197)
[R1] Neishit Vakil (IND,1904) vs (Q) Gilles De Sousa (FRA,UNR)
[R1] (Q) Mithun Murali (IND,UNR) bt Yu Takahashi (JPN,2117) 60 61
[R1] (Q) Rahul Sadhwani (IND,UNR) vs (6) Lorenzo Papasidero (ITA,853)
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1408) bt Eric Vehovec (CAN,2038) 76(3) 61
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,329) bt (Q) Medhir Goyal (IND,UNR) 61 60

[R2] (Q) Mithun Murali (IND,UNR) bt (7) Hassan Ndayishimiye (BDI,885)
[R2] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1408) vs (5) Alexander Lazov (BUL,643)
[R2] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,329) vs Henry Atseye (NGR,1774)

Doubles
[R1] Rahul Sadhwani (IND)/ Neishit Vakil (IND) vs Anatole Bizimana (RWA)/ Mathieu Uwizeyimana (RWA)
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Kunal Anand (IND) bt (3) Mark Fynn (ZIM)/ Hassan Ndayishimiye (BDI) 64 26 10-7
[R1] Medhir Goyal (IND)/ David Oringa (UGA) l Sanni Adamu (NGR)/ Henry Atseye (NGR) 16 26
[R1] Jannis Liniger (SUI)/ Mithun Murali (IND) vs Olivier Havugimana (RWA)/ Refiloe Molaoa (RSA)

[QF] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Kunal Anand (IND) vs Sanni Adamu (NGR)/ Henry Atseye (NGR)

Good to see Sagar joins Mithun and Jeevan in the second round ... Sagar-Kunal started with upset win over 3rd seed African pair in match tie-break.
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At $10K Kuwait F3 Futures, Meshref

[R1] Akash Wagh (IND,1774) vs Thomas Statzberger (AUT,1317)
[R1] Arpit Sharma (IND,1650) l Patrick Davidson (USA,1442) 26 06
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,1181) l (5) Torsten Wietoska (GER,656) 16 46
[R1] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1310) bt (Q) Uros Lukic (YUG,UNR) 60 62

[R2] Jatin Dahiya (IND,1310) vs (8) Matias Castro (ARG,1100)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Patrick Davidson (USA)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Mohammed Reda (KUW)/ Kento Tagashira (JPN)
[R1] Matias Castro (ARG)/ Akash Wagh (IND) vs Hussain Jamal (KUW)/ Abdulaziz Redha (KUW)
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND)/ Arpit Sharma (IND) vs Hassan Al Mousa (KUW)/ Punn Bodhidatta (THA)

Only Jatin managed to win his first round against unseeded.
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At $10K Spain F33 Futures, Sabadell

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,684) vs Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR,741)

Doubles
[R1] (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Manel Perez Esteve (ESP)/ Jaume Santo-Valdivieso (ESP) 63 61

[QF] (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Lucas McCone (BEL) / Thomas McCone (BEL)

Interesting first round match up against 18 yrs old Silva ... In the doubles Ramkumar had easy win with his Spanish partner ... Next they r facing Belgian twins.
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At $10K Turkey F39 Futures , Antalya - Kaya-Belek

[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,544) vs (Q) Alexander Mozgovoy (RUS,UNR)

This week Prajnesh is playing in Turkey.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bye
[R1] Anjana KOMPALLY (IND) vs Caroline UEBELHOER (GER)
[R1] (Q) Shivani MANCHANDA (IND) vs (Q) Chantelle RIGOZZI (AUS)

This week little better participants but still first round bye for Rishika.