Tennis News

At €2M Swiss Indoors, Basel

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 57 63 10-7

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)

Rohan-Edouard needed comeback after losing the first set against tricky pairing of Seppi and Kubot ... Our pair won the second set comfortably before winning the match tie-break after keeping their nerves ... Next they r facing Austrian pair.
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At Lagos $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Nigeria

[R2] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,505) bt (8) Conny Perrin (SUI,308) 62 76(11)

[QF] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,505) vs (2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,128)

Doubles
[QF] Rishika SUNKARA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l (3) Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS)/ Anna MORGINA (RUS) 36 67(5)

Prarthana continues with her really good run at Nigerian tournament ... She scored upset win over 8th seed Swiss girl ... After winning the first set easily Prarthana stopped tremendous fight back of Perrin ... In tie-break Prarthana had 6 match points when she take 6-0 lead but after that Perrin won next 7 points in a row ... After that it was see-saw battle and Perrin was creating set points but Prarthana saved all those set points before converting her 9th match point for excellent win ... Next she is facing 2nd seed and former top-80 Russian Nina Bratchikova ... In the doubles Prarthana-Rishika lost against 3rd seed Russian pair.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures , Lagos

[R2] (Q) Mithun Murali (IND,1658) l (4) Ante Pavic (CRO,495) 16 46
[R2] (8) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,596) bt Vishnu Vardhan (IND,699) 63 64
[R2] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,315) bt Lawal Shehu (NGR,1786) 60 63

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,315) vs (8) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,596)

Doubles
[QF] Mithun Murali (IND)/ Tunde Segodo (BEN) bt Sunday Maku (NGR)/ Lawal Shehu (NGR) 36 62 10-8

[SF] Mithun Murali (IND)/ Tunde Segodo (BEN) vs (1) Ante Pavic (CRO)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA)

I m going to call upset for Ranjeet's win against Vishnu ... Ranjeet won the match comfortably and that shows Vishnu's mental state after coming out of injury ... Ranjeet is going to face Jeevan in the quarters, who scored comfortable win against local player.

In the doubles Mithun with his partner r in the semis with comeback win in the match tie-break against local pair ... Next they r facing top-seed pair.
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At $10K Great Britain F22 Futures, Tipton

[QF] (2) Adam CHADAJ (POL)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) l Graeme DYCE (GBR)/ Calum GEE (GBR) 46 46

2nd seed Vijay Sundar and his Polish partner lost against British pair in straight sets.
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At $10K Spain F36 Futures, El Prat De Llobregat

[QF] (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Bogdan Didenko (UKR)/ Alan Gadjiev (UZB) 63 62

[SF] (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (3) Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP)/ Jean-Marc Werner (GER)

Comfortable win for Ramkumar-Sanz against Eastern European pair ... In the semis they r facing 3rd seed Spanish-German pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (7) Natasha PALHA (IND) bt Ola ABOU ZEKRY (EGY) W/O
[R1] Sneha PADAMATA (IND) bt (Q) Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) 46 62 64

[R2] (7) Natasha PALHA (IND) vs Elise MERTENS (BEL)
[R2] Sneha PADAMATA (IND) vs Pauline PAYET (FRA)
[R2] (3) Shweta RANA (IND) vs Karina VENDITTI (BRA)

Prarthana ans Sneha joined Shweta in the second round.