Tennis News

At $125K Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Farrukh Dustov (UZB)/ Malek Jaziri (TUN) 75 64

[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)/ Amir Weintraub (ISR)

Divij-Purav was early break down i2-4 but after that they made excellent comeback ... With break they made it 5-all and after that they broke again in 12th game for winning the first set ... In the second set also our pair was break down at 2-3 ... After that they won 4 games from next 5 games and in that broke opponent serve twice ... Next they r facing Israeli pair who upset 3rd seed Ratiwatana brothers.
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At $15K USA F26 Futures, Houston, Texas

[R1] (Q) Srikar Alla (IND,1776) l (1) Edward Corrie (GBR,344) 46 46
[R1] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,359) bt (Q) Max Wennakoski (FIN,1502) 63 63

[R2] (2) Sanam Singh (IND,359) vs (WC) Stefan Kozlov (USA,UNR)

Doubles
[QF] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Tyler Hochwalt (USA)/ Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) 62 63

[SF] Vijayant Malik (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Sekou Bangoura (USA)/ Kevin King (USA)

Expected straight sets win for Sanam but Alla also gave decent performance in his loss against top-seed Corrie ... Sanam's next opponent in talented 15 yrs old and Jr WR #14 American Stefan Kozlov, this year who was quarter finalist at junior Wimbledon.

In the doubles Sanam-Vijayant r in the semis with comfortable win ... They r facing top-seed American pair.
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At $10K Kazakhstan F6 Futures, Shymkent

[R2] (1) Karunuday Singh (684) bt Anton Galkin (RUS,989) 64 62

[QF] (1) Karunuday Singh (684) vs (8) Andrei Vasilevski (BLR,907)

Karunuday scored another comfortable win over Russian player ... Next he is facing 8th seed Andrei Vasilevski.
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At $10K Great Britain F20 Futures, Sunderland

[R2] (8) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,801) bt (Q) Chris ANGUELOV (BUL,UNR) 64 63

[QF] (8) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,801) vs (1) Ashley HEWITT (GBR,373)

Doubles
[QF] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ David PEL (NED) bt (1) George COUPLAND (GBR)/ Marcus DANIELL (NZL) 75 76(6)

[SF] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)/ David PEL (NED) vs (4) Stefan STERLAND-MARKOVIC (GBR)/ Darren WALSH (GBR)

Vijay Sundar scored comfortable win over Bulgarian qualifier in the singles ... Next he is facing top-seed British player Hewitt ... In the doubles Vijay Sundar scored upset win with his Dutch partner David Pel against top-seed Coupland-Daniell in tight two sets ... Next they r facing 4th seed British pair.
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At $10K Spain F34 Futures, Sant Cugat

[QF] (4) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Lucas McCone (BEL) / Thomas McCone (BEL) 60 60

[SF] (4) David Perez Sanz (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) / Oriol Roca Batalla (ESP)

Ramkumar and his partner gave double bagel to McCone twins ... Next they r facing Spanish pair, who scored upset win over 2nd seed pair.
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At $10K Germany F18 Futures, Leimen

[R1] (5) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,451) bt Oscar Otte (GER,720) 3-0 Retd.

[R2] (5) N.Sriram Balaji (IND,451) vs Bastian Wagner (GER,866)

Doubles
[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) l Maximilian MARTERER (GER)/ Daniel MASUR (GER) W/O

Bala's opponent retired from the match ... Next he is facing German Wagner ... In the doubles Bala and Wietoska gave walkover due to injury to Wietoska.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Sneha PADAMATA (IND) bt (Q) Reem FAYED (EGY) 62 61

[R2] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND) vs Sneha PADAMATA (IND)

Easy win for Sneha but next she is facing Natasha.