Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Tennis News

At $75K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,91) bt Samuel Groth (AUS,192) 36 63 64
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,313) bt (1) Tim Smyczek (USA,83) 64 46 75

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,91) vs Denys Molchanov (UKR,239)
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,313) vs Chase Buchanan (USA,271)

Saketh scored the best win of his career, his first win over top-100 player ... Saketh used his big serving for his advantage ... His second serves were huge which Smyczek struggled to return ... After winning the first set with a single break Saketh broke Smyczek in 1st game to lead 2-0 in the second set ... When Saketh was 4-2 up he missed 2 break point opportunities on Smyczek's serve ... Smyczek won next four games breaking Saketh in 8th and 10th games for winning the second set ... In the third set Saketh broke Smyczek in 5th game to lead 3-2 but Smyczek immediately broke him for 3-all ... Saketh take crucial break on Smyczek's serve in 11th game and then hold his service game for memorable win ... Next he is facing American Chase Buchanan.

Another slow start for Buji ... Buji missed break point chances on Groth' serve and one bad service game from Buji gave important break to Groth ... He kept that advantage for winning the first set ... In the second set Buji take crucial break in 8th game to lead 5-3 and then hold his serve for winning the second set ... In the final set Buji broke Groth in 5th game to lead 3-2 but Groth broke back on 8th game for 4-all ... This time Buji immediately broke Groth in 9th game for retaking the lead and then hold his serve for fighting win ... Next he is facing Ukrainian Denys Molchanov.

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At $50K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] (8) Yuki Bhambri (IND,277) bt (Q) Brendon Moore (AUS,1078) 62 1-0 Retd.

[R2] (8) Yuki Bhambri (IND,277) vs Michael Venus (NZL,391)

Yuki started with comfortable win as his opponent retired after losing the first set ... In the second round Yuki is facing the doubles's specialist Venus.
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At $50K Taipei ITF Women's Tournament, Chinese Taipei

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,298) l Wen-Hsin Hsu (TPE,444) 36 36

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Gioia Barbieri (ITA) l Shao-Yuan Kao (TPE)/ Hua-Chen Lee (TPE) 67(3) 26

Turned to be disappointing week for Ankita ... She lost against experienced Taipei player Hsu without giving much fing in the single ... Then in the doubles Ankita and Gioia lost against higher ranked local Taipei pair.
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At $10K Great Britain F23 Futures, Edgbaston

[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,775) l (Q) Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA,1267) 36 46

Doubles
[R1] Adam CHADAJ (POL)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) l (3) Erik CREPALDI (ITA)/ James MARSALEK (GBR) 36 26

Vijay Sundar's terrible run in the singles continued in this futures also.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND) vs (Q) Caroline Daxhelet (BEL)
[R1] Arantxa Andrady (IND) vs (WC) Anke Poncelet (BEL)
[R1] Manya Nagpal (IND) l (WC) Tanya Samodelok (RUS)67(8) 26
[R1] Vishesh Vishnu (IND) l (3) Natalija Kostic (SRB) 16 16
[R1] (5) Shweta Rana (IND) vs (Q) Tanisha Rohira (IND)

Expected losses for our girls.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Benicarlo, Spain

[R1] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND) l Andrea Lazaro Garcia (ESP) 06 0-4 Retd.

Sowjanya received bagel in the first set and then she was 0-4 down when she retired from the match ... May be due to injury.

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