Friday, October 18, 2013

Tennis News

At $15K Nigeria F1 Futures , Lagos

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) l Sunday Maku (NGR)/ Lawal Shehu (NGR) 63 36 6-10
[QF] (2) Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Pekun Akingbade (NGR)/ Kehinde Alade (NGR) 60 61

[SF] (2) Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Borna Coric (CRO)/ Dino Marcan (CRO) 61 36 10-12

Dominating win for 2nd seed Vishu-Hiroki against local pair ... In the semis they r faced Croatian pair in which young talented Borna Coric was playing ... Other hand Jeevan-Ranjeet pair lost against local pair in match tie-break after winning the first set.

In end Croatian puzzle was tough to crack for Vishu-Hiroki in the semis ... They started confidently winning the first set losing only a single game but Croatian fought back and won the second set ... In closely fought the match tie-break Croatian pair prevailed in extra points.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[QF] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt (7) Valeria PROSPERI (ITA) 63 63

[SF] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND) vs (5) Elise MERTENS (BEL)

Natasha scored straight sets win over Italian girl Prosperi ... In the semis she is facing Belgian junior WR #7 Elise Mertens.

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