Sunday, October 27, 2013

Tennis News

At €€2.6M Paris Masters, France

[R1] (7) Leander Paes (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) bye
[R1] (5) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bye

Lee and Daniel r 7th seed and in bottom draw ... Rohan-Edouard r 5th seed and r in top-draw with Bryans.
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At $75K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[Q1] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,365) l Denis Zivkovic (USA,799) 46 36
[Q1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,506) bt (8) Vijayant Malik (IND,504) 62 64

[Q2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,506) l Alexios Halebian (USA,824) 67(5) 67(0)

[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,90) vs Samuel Groth (AUS,193)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,312) vs (1) Tim Smyczek (USA,84)

Turned to be poor qualifying rounds for our players ... Sanam lost in straight sets against 800 ranked American ... Prajnesh scored upset win over Vijayant but got upset by local teenager in the second round in tie-breaks.

In main-draw Sakeh is facing toughest challenge against top-seed Tim Smyczek and Buji is facing tricky Aussie opponent Samuel Groth.

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At $50K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] (8) Yuki Bhambri (IND,287) vs (Q) Brendon Moore (AUS,1078)

Doubles
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA) vs Maverick Banes (AUS)/ Gavin Van Pepperzeal (AUS)

Favorable draw for Yuki in the singles ... This week in the doubles he is playing with American partner and facing Aussie pair.
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At €30K+H Eckental Challenger, Germany

[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND,70) / Purav Raja (IND,82) v. (WC) Robin Kern (GER) / Maximilian Marterer (GER)

Divij-Purav is playing in lower level challenger instead of $75K challenger ... They r top-seed ad hopefully lift the title.
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At $50K Taipei ITF Women's Tournament, Chinese Taipei

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,298) vs Wen-Hsin Hsu (TPE,444)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Gioia Barbieri (ITA) vs Shao-Yuan Kao (TPE)/ Hua-Chen Lee (TPE)

Good to see Ankita is trying higher level tournaments whenever she is getting chance to play.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F1 Futures , Lagos

Singles Final
(3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,315) l (4) Ante Pavic (CRO,495) 46 36

Jeevan failed to raise his game against Pavic and lost in straight sets ... Pavic broke Jeevan once in both sets but other hand Jeevan failed to put pressure on Pavic's serve.

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