Monday, October 14, 2013

Tennis News

At $15K Australia F10 Futures, Sydney

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,284) vs (Q) Scott Browne (AUS,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) bt Blade Fong (AUS)/ Marious Zelba (AUS) 62 62

[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs Jacob Scott (AUS)/ Yusuke Watanuki (JPN)

Yuki back on the tour after three weeks break ... Next three weeks he is playing in Australia ... This week futures and next 2 weeks challengers.

In the doubles he is started with easy win with his Japanese partner.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Lagos, Nigeria

[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,591) lMargarita LAZAREVA (RUS,380) 57 76(6) 36
[R1] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,505) vs (Q) Loveth NNADOZIE (NGR,UNR)
[R1] (Q) Kyra SHROFF (IND,760) l (Q) Jasmin STEINHERR (GER,690) 26 36
[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,470) vs Michaela FRLICKA (GER,613)

Doubles
[R1] Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO)/ Kyra SHROFF (IND) vs (4) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT)/ Tadeja MAJERIC (SLO)
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Michaela FRLICKA (GER) vs (3) Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA)/ Cristina DINU (ROU)
[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS)/ Jasmin STEINHERR (GER)

Big Indian contingent in Nigeria but missing name is Ankita Raina ... Nidhi gave big fight top-400 Russian girl .. After losing the first set Nidhi won tight second set in the tie-break but failed to keep momentum and lost the third set.
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At $15K Nigeria F1 Futures , Lagos

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,699) bt (Q) Abdullah Hamidu (NGR,UNR) 62 62
[R1] (8) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,596) vs (Q) Bolaji Olawepo (NGR)
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,315) vs Henry Atseye (NGR,1780)
[R1] (Q) Mithun Murali (IND,1658) bt (WC) Daouda Ndiaye (SEN,UNR) 63 76(3)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Candy Idoko (NGR)/ Nonso Madueke (NGR) 61 62
[R1] (2) Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Henry Atseye (NGR)/ Eric Vehovec (CAN)

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs Sunday Maku (NGR)/ Lawal Shehu (NGR)

Jeevan and Ranjeet r back for African safari ... They started with comfortable win in the doubles against local pair ... Next they r facing another Nigerian pair.

Expected win in the singles for Vishu and Mithun.

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At $15K USA F27 Futures, Mansfield, Texas

[R1] (5) Vijayant Malik (IND,494) vs Qualifier
[R1] (3) Sanam Singh (IND,357) vs Andrew Harris (AUS,809)

Doubles
[R1] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Mindaugas Celedinas (LTU)/ Marek Pesicka (CZE)

Hoping for better outing in the singles for Sanam and Vijayant.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F7 Futures, Shymkent

[R1] (2) Karunuday Singh (684) vs Temur Ismailov (UZB,916)

Hopefully this week Karunuday perform as per his seeding.
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At $10K Germany F19 Futures, Essen

[QF] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,457) vs Marvin Netuschil (GER,1058)

Doubles
[R1] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Miki Jankovic (SRB) vs Jan Oliver Sadlowski (GER)/ Johann Willems (GER)

This weel Bal;a is 3rd seed in the singles and the doubles.
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At $10K Spain F35 Futures, Sant Cugat

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,688) l (1) Jordi Samper-Montana (ESP,221) 36 36

Doubles
[R1] (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Nikita Kardivar (USA)/ Alexander Zhurbin (RUS) 62 64

[QF] (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Javier Fernandez (ESP)/ Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP)

Had a tough draw in the singles against top-seed and top-225 player for Ramkumar ... Ramkumar gave decent performance in his loss against Jordi Samper-Montana.

In the doubles Ramkumar and Sanz had winning start against Russian-American pair ... Next they r facing Spanish pair.

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At $10K Great Britain F21 Futures, Loughborough

[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,797) vs (5) Joris De Loore (BEL,412)

Tough match for Vijay Sundar.

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