Tennis News

At $50K Champaign Challenger, USA

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,509) bt Denys Molchanov (UKR,266) 64 62
[R1] (ALT) Sanam Singh (IND,368) vs (Q) Evan King (USA,603)

Doubles
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Michael Shabaz (USA) bt Milan Pokrajac (CAN)/ Denis Zivkovic (USA) 64 64

Prajnesh scored terrific upset with over top-275 Ukrainian Denys Molchanov for his first win at challenger level ... He scored comfortable win over Denys in the first round ... In the doubles former UVa teammates Sanam and Shabaz started with win.
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At $15K ITF Tournament, Mumbai, India

Singles First Round
(1) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND) 60 46 61
Smriti Joon (IND) bt (Q) Preethi Ujjini (IND) 60 64
(Q) Adnya Naik (IND) bt (Q) Anushka Sathe (IND) 61 60
(6) Natasha Palha (IND) bt Nikita Deshmukh (IND) 64 40 retd.
(3) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt (WC) Jeni Patel (IND) 63 61
Sharmada Balu (IND) bt Eden Silva (GBR) 61 26 64
Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) bt (WC) Snehadevi S Reddy (IND) 64 75
(7) Anamika Bhargava (USA) bt (WC) Varunya Chandrashekar (IND) 61 61
(8) Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt (Q) Sagarika Phadke (IND) 61 61
Mahitha Dadi Reddy (IND) bt (Q) Amreen Naaz (IND) 61 61
Vaniya Dangwal (IND) bt (Q) Manya Nagpal (IND) 63 75
(Q) Riya Bhatia (IND) bt (4) Shweta Rana (IND) 62 62
(5) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) bt Sneha Padamata (IND) 62 61
(Q) Likitha Shetty (IND) bt (WC) Sanya Madan (IND) 62 63
Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE) bt Ayaka Okuno (JPN) 76(5) 62
(2) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) bt (Q) Supriya Zende (IND) 60 60

Doubles First Round
(1) Anamika BHARGAVA (USA)/ Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) bye
Sagarika PHADKE (IND)/ Sahan SHETTY (IND) bt Varunya CHANDRASHEKAR (IND)/ Smriti JOON (IND) 75 63
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND)/ Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) bt (4) Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND)/ Shweta RANA (IND) 75 62
Ayaka OKUNO (JPN)/ Natasha PALHA (IND) bt (WC) Anushka SATHE (IND)/ Diana Abi SEKAR (IND) 60 60
Riya BHATIA (IND)/ Adnya NAIK (IND) bt Sneha PADAMATA (IND)/ Likitha SHETTY (IND) 60 63
(3) Sharmada BALU (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Vaniya DANGWAL (IND)/ Manya NAGPAL (IND) 61 61
Ching-Wen HSU (TPE)/ Eden SILVA (GBR) bt Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND)/ Snehadevi S REDDY (IND) 46 60 10-6
(2) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bye

Good upset win by Riya over Shweta.
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At $10K India F9 Futures, Delhi

Singles First Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt Shonigmatjon SHOFAYZIYEV (UZB) 61 64
(WC) Arjun KADHE (IND) bt (Q) Garvit BATRA (IND) 64 36 76(3)
Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) bt (WC) Dineshkanthan THANGARAJAH (SRI) 62 63
(7) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) 63 62
Sidhart RAWAT (IND) bt (4) Vijayant MALIK (IND) 62 4-4 Retd.
(Q) Akash WAGH (IND) bt (Q) Timon REICHELT (GER) 63 46 76(3)
Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) bt (Q) Ronak MANUJA (IND) 60 64
(5) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) bt (Q) Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA) 62 46 61
(8) Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ) bt (Q) Jannis LINIGER (SUI) 63 26 62
Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) bt Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 62 63
Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt (WC) Garry TOKAS (IND) 63 61
(3) Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt (WC) Rishab AGARWAL (IND) 63 64
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (6) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) 76(4) 63
(Q) Abdullah SHAIKH (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 76(3) 64
Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt (Q) Lakshit GOOD (IND) 75 76(3)
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHUYAN (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 62 62

Doubles First Round
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Amrit NARASIMHAN (USA)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) 63 62
Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Rakshit RISHI (IND) 61 64
(WC) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (3) Jannis LINIGER (SUI)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 46 76(5) 10-8
Timon REICHELT (GER)/ Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 61 64
Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ)/ Timur KHABIBULIN (KAZ) bt Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 64 63
(4) Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE)/ Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA) bt Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)/ Arjun KADHE (IND) 64 62
Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt Luca MARGAROLI (SUI)/ Shonigmatjon SHOFAYZIYEV (UZB) 76(6) 61
(2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Kumara P Saradhi ADAVELLY (IND)/ Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 61 62

Good to see Akash managing tight win against fellow qualifier ... Also good win by Vishnu against Ranjeet.