Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Tennis News

At $25K Navi Mumbai ITF Women's Tournament, India

Singles Second round
(1) Magda Linette (POL) bt Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA)63 62
Hao Chen Tang (CHN) bt Miyabi Inoue (JPN) 36 61 63
Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ) bt (3) Gioia Barbieri (ITA) 62 61
(8) Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) bt (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND) 62 63
(Q) Ani Amiraghyan (ARM) bt (6) Jade Windley (GBR) 64 26 64
(Q) Rika Fujiwara (JPN) bt (4) Basak Eraydin (TUR) 62 36 63
Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) bt (5) Ankita Raina (IND) 64 76(5) 61
(Q) Anna Smith (GBR) bt (2) Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) 16 63 63

Doubles
[R1] Rika FUJIWARA (JPN)/ Miyabi INOUE (JPN) bt Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Natasha PALHA (IND) 61 61
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Sharmada BALU (IND)/ Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) 46 62 10-8
[R1] (2) Ksenia PALKINA (KGZ)/ Jade WINDLEY (GBR) bt (WC) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 62 64

[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Gioia BARBIERI (ITA)/ Deniz KHAZANIUK (ISR) 75 64

[SF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Jocelyn RAE (GBR)/ Anna SMITH (GBR)

Rutuja failed to produce fight against Kalashnikova ... Ankita lost the plot after winning the first set ... She lost the second set in the tie-break and break down in the third when Plipuech broke her in 4th game ... And then Plipuech again broke Ankita in 6th game to won the third set comfortably.

So now our challenge is remaining in the doubles only as Ankita-Prarthana r in the semis with straight sets win over Italian-Israeli pair.

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At $10K Cambodia F3 Futures, Phnom Penh

[R2] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,581) bt (Q) Maxi Pongratz (AUT,1137) 63 64
[R2] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,580) bt (LL) Ivo Klec (SVK,467) 63 76(1)

[QF] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,581) vs (Q) Harry Meehan (GBR,1423)
[QF] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,580) vs (2) Robin Kern (GER,412)

Doubles
[QF] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt (4) Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA)/ Chieh-Fu WANG (TPE) 61 63

[SF] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) vs Robin KERN (GER)/ Maxi PONGRATZ (AUT)

Solid performance by RK against higher ranked and experienced Ivo Klec ... This is his 12th win in a row in three weeks ... Next he is facing 2nd seed German opponent ... KU scored straight sets win and next he is facing teenager British qualifier, who scored upset win over 3rd seed Goodall.

In the doubles RK and KU scored comfortable win over 4th seed pair ... In the semis they r facing unseeded pair.

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