Tennis News

At $25K Pune ITF Women's Tournament, India

Singles Second round
(1) Magda Linette (POL,153) bt (Q) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,751)62 62
(Q) Rika Fujiwara (JPN,687) bt (6) Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO,303) 3-0 Retd.
(3) Diana Marcinkevica (LAT,228) bt (Q) Sharmada Balu (IND,817) 64 60
Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA,439) bt (WC) Snehadevi S Reddy (IND,UNR) 61 60
(Q) Keren Shlomo (ISR,502) bt Miyabi Inoue (JPN,389) 63 62
(4) Gioia Barbieri (ITA,266) bt (Q) Anna Shkudun (UKR,564) 63 62
(WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND,643) bt Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,407) 64 60
Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ,400) bt Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA,365) 57 75 60

[QF] (1) Magda Linette (POL,153) bt (Q) Rika Fujiwara (JPN,687) 63 57 62
[QF] (3) Diana Marcinkevica (LAT,228) bt Nungnadda Wannasuk (THA,439) 63 75
[QF] (4) Gioia Barbieri (ITA,266) bt (Q) Keren Shlomo (ISR,502) 62 63
[QF] Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ,400) bt (WC) Prerna Bhambri (IND,643) 63 63

[SF] (1) Magda Linette (POL,153) bt (3) Diana Marcinkevica (LAT,228) 67(2) 61 62
[SF] Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ,400) bt (4) Gioia Barbieri (ITA,266) 62 62

[F] (1) Magda Linette (POL,153) bt Kamila Kerimbayeva (KAZ,400) 75 76(5)

Only Prerna managed to enter into the quarters ... Was hoping better performance by Ankita ... In the doubles only Sowjanya Bavisetti and Sharmada Balu managed to enter into the semis.
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At $15K Thailand F5 Futures, Bangkok

[R2] Karunuday Singh (IND,610) bt Antal Van Der Duim (NED,427) 64 63

[QF] Karunuday Singh (IND,610) bt Mate Pavic (CRO,359) 76(2) 26 61
[SF] Karunuday Singh (IND,610) bt (7) Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,334) 76(6) 64

[F] Karunuday Singh (IND,610) l (1) Boy Westerhof (NED,263) 16 46

Doubles
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ) bt (2) Antal VAN DER DUIM (NED)/ Boy WESTERHOF (NED) 64 60

[SF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Daniiar DULDAEV (KGZ) l (4) Peng GAO (CHN)/ Wan GAO (CHN) 06 26

Impressive performance by Karunuday in tougher Thai futures ... He lost in the final against top-seed Dutchman Westerhof but before that he defeated higher ranked opponent in his every match ... Such performance will give him good confidence fr future matches.
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At $15K Senegal F2 Future, Daker

[R1] (3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND,306) l Luca MARGAROLI (SUI,930) 36 36

Doubles
[QF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Aldin SETKIC (BIH) bt Eric FOMBA (FRA)/ Theo FOURNERIE (FRA) 16 63 10-2

[SF] (2) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND)/ Aldin SETKIC (BIH) l (4) Mark FYNN (ZIM)/ Damon GOOCH (RSA) 63 46 3-10

Turned to be disappointing tournament for Jeevan, who lost in the first round of the singles.
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At $10K Cambodia F2 Futures, Phnom Penh

[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,696) bt (WC) Katsushi FUKUDA (JPN,1319) 63 64

[R2] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,696) bt (LL) Soichiro MORITANI (JPN,1296) 63 75

[QF] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,696) bt (Q) Soong-Jae CHO (KOR,1231) 60 75

[SF] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,696) bt (2) Hiroki KONDO (JPN,297) 76(2) 64

[F] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,696) bt (6) Josh GOODALL (GBR,464) 61 46 64

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Colin VAN BEEM (NED) bt Josh GOODALL (GBR)/ Harry MEEHAN (GBR) 46 64 10-4

[QF] Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND)/ Colin VAN BEEM (NED) l (1) Toshihide MATSUI (JPN)/ Danai UDOMCHOKE (THA) 1-2 retd.

Ramkumar lifted his second title in a row and that also in abroad ... In the final he defeated seasoned British player Josh Goodall ... In well fought match he completed win and now he is on 10 match winning streak.

Before that Ramkumar take full advantage of weak draw and entered in the semis with straight sets win over lower ranked opponents ... In the semis he faced in-form experienced Japanese top-300 Hiroki Kondo ... Ramkumar scored tight straight sets upset win over him ... In the final he faced former top-200 Britisher Josh Goodall.