Thursday, October 24, 2013

Tennis News

At $50K Melbourne Challenger, Australia

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,287) bt (Q) Maverick Banes (AUS,836) 61 76(5)

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,287) vs (5) James Duckworth (AUS,147)

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) l (3) Bradley Klahn (USA)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 46 63 5-10

Yuki won the first set comfortably and was leading 5-3 when he was serving for the match ... Banes broke him in 9th game but Yuki kept his nerves and won the tie-break for victory ... Next he is facing 5th seed Aussie James Duckworth.

In the doubles Yuki-Yasutaka lost against 3rd seed pair in match tie-break.

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At $25K Hamamatsu ITF Women's Tournament, Japan

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,298) l (1) Zarina Diyas (KAZ,175) 57 06

Ankita fought hard in the first set but Diyas won last eight games in a row for comfortable victory.
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At Lagos $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Nigeria

[QF] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,505) l (2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS,128) 06 46

After losing the first set without winning a single game Prarthana gave decent performance in the second set against former top-80 Russian player Bratchikova.

So overall good two weeks for Prarthana ... She reached 2 quarter-finals in two $25K tournaments ... This performance will push her ranking inside top-425 and she will become 2nd ranked Indian singles player after Ankita Raina in the new rankings update.

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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures , Lagos

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,315) bt (8) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,596) 76(4) 75

[SF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,315) vs (8) Andre Gaspar Murta (POR,679)

Doubles
[SF] Mithun Murali (IND)/ Tunde Segodo (BEN) l (1) Ante Pavic (CRO)/ Ruan Roelofse (RSA) 16 36

Jeevan won the tight first set in tie-break ... In the second set also Ranjeet tried hard but Jeevan kept pressure and take important break for winning match in two sets ... Next he is facing young Portuguese Gaspar Murta.

Mithun and his partner failed to put challenge against top-seed pair.

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At $10K Spain F36 Futures, El Prat De Llobregat

[SF] (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (3) Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP)/ Jean-Marc Werner (GER) 60 62

[F] (2) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (4) Antonio Campo (ITA)/ Omar Giacalone (ITA)

One-sided win by Ramkumar-Sanz against 3rd seed German-Spanish pair ... They lost only 2 games in the match ... In the final they r facing 4th seed Italian pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] (7) Natasha PALHA (IND) l Elise MERTENS (BEL) 26 26
[R2] Sneha PADAMATA (IND) l Pauline PAYET (FRA) 26 16
[R2] (3) Shweta RANA (IND) bt Karina VENDITTI (BRA) 67(4) 75 64

[QF] (3) Shweta RANA (IND) vs Pauline PAYET (FRA)

Shweta needed to dig deep for winning her match against Karina ... She lost the first set in tie-break against Brazilian girl and was match points down with break when Karina was serving at 5-3, 40-0 ... She saved those match points then Shweta broke Brazilian in 11th game before holding her serve for winning the set ... In the second set Shweta take crucial break in 7th game and hold that advantage for excellent comeback win ... Other hand Natasha again lost against young Belgian girl without much fight

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