Tennis News

At $50K Champaign Challenger, USA

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,509) l (Q) Daniel Smethurst(GBR,485) 62 67(5) 26
[R2] (ALT) Sanam Singh (IND,368) l (8) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,224) 36 46

Doubles
[QF] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Michael Shabaz (USA) bt (3) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 64

Yuki missed too many break point chances in this match and John-Patrick was better on the court in this two college players ... The first set won by John-Patrick with a single break ... In the second set John-Patrick broke Sanam in 5th game to lead 3-2 but this time Sanam broke back immediately to make 3-all ... John-Patrick take crucial break in 9th game and then hold his serve for straight sets win.

Prajnesh started positively and won the first set easily after breaking Daniel twice ... In the second set Daniel raised his game and the set went into tie-break ... In the tie-break Prajnesh was up 4-3 but after that everything changed ... Prajnesh lost 4 points from next 5 points to lost the set ... In the third set Daniel didn't gave much chance to Prajnesh and broke him twice for winning the set from 2-all.

Sanam scored huge upset win in the doubles over former top-50 doubles player Rajeev Ram and his South African partner Rik De Voest with his ex-UVa partner Michael Shabaz.
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At $15K ITF Tournament, Mumbai, India

Singles Quarter Finals
(1) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt (6) Natasha Palha (IND) 63 63
(7) Anamika Bhargava (USA) bt (3) Rishika Sunkara (IND) 62 26 75
(8) Prerna Bhambri (IND) bt (Q) Riya Bhatia (IND) 63 61
Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE) bt (5) Nidhi Chilumula (IND) 64 75

Doubles Semi Finals
(1) Anamika BHARGAVA (USA)/ Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) bt Prerna BHAMBRI (IND)/ Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) 63 62
Ching-Wen HSU (TPE)/ Eden SILVA (GBR) bt (3) Sharmada BALU (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) 46 62 10-8

Only Prarthana and Prerna managed to win their matches but Rishika and Nidhi lost their respective matches against lower ranked opponents.
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At $10K India F9 Futures, Delhi

Singles Quarter Finaks
(1) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND) bt (7) Karunuday SINGH (IND) 60 63
(5) Torsten WIETOSKA (GER) bt Sidhart RAWAT (IND) 63 62
(3) Sriram BALAJI (IND) bt Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) 36 63 75
Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHUYAN (IND) 63 62

Doubles Semi Finals
(1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND)/ Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) bt (WC) Ashutosh SINGH (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) 61 36 10-7
(2) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ)/ Timur KHABIBULIN (KAZ) 61 75

Good dominating win by Yuki and upset win by Vishnu ... Deserving win over Jeevan ... Bala scored comeback win over his Taiwani opponent.

In the doubles contrasting wins for top 2 seeds Indian pairs in the semi-finals.
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At $10K USA F31 Futures, Bradenton, Florida

[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,UNR) bt Catalin-Ionut Gard (ROU,772) 60 76(5)

[R2] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,UNR) vs (3) Romain Arneodo (MON,556)

Doubles
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Naoki Nakagawa (JPN) bt Oleg Dmitriev (RUS)/ Mohd Assri Merzuki (MAS) 76(6) 61

[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Naoki Nakagawa (JPN) l Maxim Lunkin (RUS)/ Andrey Rublev (RUS) 76(6) 46 7-10

Sumit received wild-card for Bradenton futures and he utilized to his advantage ... Sumit earned his first ATP point with upset win over top-800 ranked Romanian player Gard ... Sumit bageled Gard in the first set ... In the second set Gard fought back but Sumit won the set in tie-break ... Next he is facing 3rd seed Monaco player Romain Arneodo.

In the doubles also Sumit started with win against Dmitriev-Merzuki with his Japanese partner Naoki Nakagawa ... But they lost in super tie-break against Russian pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Sant Jordi, Spain (clay)

[R1] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,788) bt (WC) Eva Martinez Regalado (ESP,UNR) 63 61

[R2] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,788) bt (3) Olga Saez Larra (ESP,475) 36 62 61

[QF] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,788) vs (6) Paula Badosa (ESP,634)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Lucia Cervera-Vazquez (ESP) bye

[QF] (1) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Lucia Cervera-Vazquez (ESP) bt Emma Ek (SWE)/ Elke Tiel (NED) 60 76(8)

[SF] (1) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Lucia Cervera-Vazquez (ESP) vs Ksenija Sharifova (RUS)/ ANNA Shepita (RUS)

Sowjanya started with comfortable win against local wild-card player ... In the second round she scored huge upset over top-500 Spanish player Olga Saez Larra after losing the first set.

In the doubles Sowjanya is top-seed with Spanish girl Lucia Cervera-Vazquez and they r in the semis-final.