Tennis News

At $50K Champaign Challenger, USA

[R1] (ALT) Sanam Singh (IND,368) bt (Q) Evan King (USA,603) 63 62

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,509) vs (Q) Daniel Smethurst(GBR,485)
[R2] (ALT) Sanam Singh (IND,368) vs (8) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,224)

Expected solid win from Sanam against local qualifier ... Next he is facing 8th seed Australian top-225 player John-Patrick Smith ... Prajnesh is facing British qualifier Smethurst, who scored upset win over 5th seed Polansky.
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At $15K ITF Tournament, Mumbai, India

Singles Second Round
(1) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Smriti Joon (IND) 62 63
(6) Natasha Palha (IND) bt (Q) Adnya Naik (IND) 60 62
(3) Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Sharmada Balu (IND) 16 64 63
(7) Anamika Bhargava (USA) bt Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) 62 62
(8) Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt Mahitha Dadi Reddy (IND) 63 61
(Q) Riya Bhatia (IND) bt Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 61 61
(5) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) bt (Q) Likitha Shetty (IND) 60 61
Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE) bt (2) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 76(3) 36 61

Doubles Quarter Finals
(1) Anamika BHARGAVA (USA)/ Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) bt Sagarika PHADKE (IND)/ Sahan SHETTY (IND) 60 63
Prerna BHAMBRI (IND)/ Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) bt Ayaka OKUNO (JPN)/ Natasha PALHA (IND) 63 64
(3) Sharmada BALU (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Riya BHATIA (IND)/ Adnya NAIK (IND) 64 63
Ching-Wen HSU (TPE)/ Eden SILVA (GBR) bt (2) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 67(1) 63 10-5

Riya continues with her impressive run with easy win over Vaniya.
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At $10K India F9 Futures, Delhi

Singles Second Round
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (WC) Arjun KADHE (IND) 75 61
(7) Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) 61 61
Sidhart RAWAT (IND) bt (Q) Akash WAGH (IND) 63 46 64
(5) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) bt Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) 64 64
Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) bt (8) Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ) 26 63 63
(3) Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) 46 63 62
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (Q) Abdullah SHAIKH (IND) 62 63
(2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHUYAN (IND) bt Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) 67(2) 61 63

Doubles Quarter Finals
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt Chandril SOOD (IND)/ Lakshit SOOD (IND) 64 63
(WC) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Timon REICHELT (GER)/ Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) 62 76(4)
Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ)/ Timur KHABIBULIN (KAZ) bt (4) Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE)/ Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA) 16 76(1) 10-8
(2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) 63 62

Vijay, Ramkumar and Akash stretched their higher ranked Indian opponents to three sets but otherwise expected results for Indians.