Tennis News

At $15K Australia F10 Futures, Sydney

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,284) bt (Q) Scott Browne (AUS,UNR) 61 60

[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,284) vs Gavin van Peperzeel (AUS,586)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) bt Jacob Scott (AUS)/ Yusuke Watanuki (JPN) 61 61

[SF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs Maverick Banes (AUS)/ Gavin van Peperzeel (AUS)

Very dominating win by Yuki in the singles ... Next he is facing top-600 Aussie ... In the doubles Yuki and Yasutaka moved into the semis with comfortable win.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Lagos, Nigeria

[R1] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,505) bt (Q) Loveth NNADOZIE (NGR,UNR) 61 61
[R1] Rishika SUNKARA (IND,470) l Michaela FRLICKA (GER,613) 76(2) 36 57

[R2] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,505) vs (3) Eva BIRNEROVA (CZE,145)

Expected dominating winning start for Prarthana against local unranked player but Rishika lost after winning the first set in close match against her German opponent ... Prarthana having real tough match in the next round against former top-60 Czech player.
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At $15K Nigeria F1 Futures , Lagos

[R1] (8) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,596) bt (Q) Bolaji Olawepo (NGR) 62 62
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,315) bt Henry Atseye (NGR,1780) 61 60

[R2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,699) vs (4) Dino Marcan (CRO,447)
[R2] (8) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,596) vs Andre Gaspar Murta (POR,681)
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,315) vs Sanni Adamu (NGR,1499)
[R2] (Q) Mithun Murali (IND,1658) vs (WC) Joseph Imeh Ubon (NGR,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Henry Atseye (NGR)/ Eric Vehovec (CAN)

Expected easy victories for Jeevan and Ranjeet in the singles ... In the second round Vishu is facing 4th seed Croatian, who is former top-300 player like Vishnu ... Ranjeet having tricky match against Portuguese teenager.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F7 Futures, Shymkent

[R1] (2) Karunuday Singh (IND,684) l Temur Ismailov (UZB,916) 26 46

Another poor loss for Karunuday.
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At $10K Great Britain F21 Futures, Loughborough

[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,797) l (5) Joris De Loore (BEL,412) 36 16

Expected loss against top-400 type Dutch player.
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At $10K Germany F19 Futures, Essen

[R1] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,457) bt Marvin Netuschil (GER,1058) 76(6) 46 62

[R2] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,457) vs Alexander Ritschard (SUI,747)

Unexpectedly tough match for Bala but he managed to win it ... Next he is facing Swiss teenager.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Shivani MANCHANDA (IND) l (WC) Angelina GORDIENKO (RUS) 06 06
[R1] (WC) Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) vs Ksenia DMITRIEVA (RUS)
[R1] Sneha PADAMATA (IND) vs Liudmila VASILYEVA (RUS)
[R1] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Harmony TAN (FRA) 75 63

Interesting to see if Natasha manage to perform as per her seeding.