Tennis News

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

[SF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Jocelyn RAE (GBR)/ Anna SMITH (GBR) 57 36


Ankita-Prarthana lost in the semis and with that Indian challenge got over form this ITF tournament.
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At $10K Cambodia F3 Futures, Phnom Penh

[QF] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,581) bt (Q) Harry Meehan (GBR,1423) 64 64
[QF] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,580) bt (2) Robin Kern (GER,412) 76(6) 64

[SF] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,581) vs (1) Ti Chen (TPE,325)
[SF] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,580) vs (4) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,509)

Doubles
[SF] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) bt Robin KERN (GER)/ Maxi PONGRATZ (AUT) 64 76(5)

[F] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Karunuday SINGH (IND) vs (1) Takuto NIKI (JPN)/ Arata ONOZAWA (JPN)

RK's impressive form continues ... In the quarter-final he defeated top-400 type German youngster Kern in straight sets ... After winning the first set in tight tie-break RK won the next one with a single break advantage ... KU also join him in the semis with comfortable straight sets win over young British qualifier ... In the semis our both players r facing experienced and higher ranked Asian players ... KU is facing top-seed and former top-200 Ti Chen ... RK is facing former top-260 and 4th seed Toshihide Matsui.

In the doubles also RK and KU r in the final ... They defeated German-Austrian pair of Kern-Pongratz in straight sets ... In the final they r facing top-seed Japanese pair.