At 2M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, UAE (WTA Premier)
[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE) 67(5) 75 9-11
This match was tricky but I was still hoping for win for our 4th seed pair ... After losing first set in tie-break Sania-Cara fought hard and won second set ... In match tie-break Czech pair proved better of Sania-Cara in extra points.
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At $100K Delhi Challenger, India
[R1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,293) l Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,181) 67(4) 67(4)
[R1] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,143) l Lucas Pouille (FRA,187) 62 57 57
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,407) l (SE) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB,204) 26 76(5) 46
[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) bt (WC) Karunuday Singh (IND,483) 62 75
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs Di Wu (CHN,212)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 76(4) 16 10-4
[R1] Theodoros Angelinos (GRE)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) l Radu Albot (MDA)/ Illya Marchenko (UKR) 46 75 6-10
[QF] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ti Chen (IND)
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
Saketh lost against Fabbiano in two tie-breaks ... Fabbiano was better player on the court though score was looking close ... Saketh struggled with his second serve and amanged to win only 28% points.
Expected win for Buji against KU but still creditable performance by KU in second set ... Buji won first set with double break but in the second set Buji lost his serve thrice and needed to break KU four times for winning it.
Yuki started confidently against Pouille and won first set comfortably despite losing his serve once ... In second set Yuki struggled with his serve and Pouille take crucial break in 12th game when Yuki was serving for staying in the set ... In third set Yuki broke Pouille in 3rd game to lead 3-1, Yuki missed another break point opportunity in 5th game ... But from 5-3 Yuki lost the plot as he struggled to finish the match ... Pouille broke Yuki when he was serving for the match at 5-4 and it repeated like second set that this time Yuki failed to hold his serve from 40-15 when he was serving for staying in the match ... Big missed opportunity of pushing his ranking inside top-130 for Yuki.
RamK gave creditable fighting performance against last week's winner Bozo ... After losing first set RamK fought back to won second set in tie-break ... But he failed to kept momentum in third and Bozo won it with single break.
In doubles Buji and his Greece partner lost in match tie-break ... But other hand Saketh-Sanam showed their last week's title win wasn't fluke ... They defeated top-seed Divij-Purav in match tie-break ... Saki_Sanam won first set in tie-break but played poor second set which they lost winning a single game ... In match tie-break Saki-Sanam didn't give chance to Divij-Purav and won it comfortably.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India
[R1] (Q) Eetee Maheta (IND) l Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR) 57 76(3) 06
[R1] (Q) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) l Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 75 36 36
[R1] (WC) Natasha Palha (IND) bt (Q) Manya Nagpal (IND) 62 62
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND) bt (WC) Rishika Sunkara (IND) 76(2) 62
[R1] (Q) Riya Bhatia (IND) l (3) Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) 26 36
[R1] (Q) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND) bt (Q) Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 62 60
[R1] (Q)Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) l (2) Olga Savchuk (UKR) 06 16
[R2] (WC) Natasha Palha (IND,587) vs (7) Ilona Kremen (BLR,242)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,285) vs (5) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA,222)
[R2] (Q) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,718) vs Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA,436)
As such no upset other than fighting performance from Eetee in first 2 sets against higher ranked Israeli opponent but only Indian players move to next round who faced Indian players.
[R1] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) l Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lucie Safarova (CZE) 67(5) 75 9-11
This match was tricky but I was still hoping for win for our 4th seed pair ... After losing first set in tie-break Sania-Cara fought hard and won second set ... In match tie-break Czech pair proved better of Sania-Cara in extra points.
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At $100K Delhi Challenger, India
[R1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,293) l Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,181) 67(4) 67(4)
[R1] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,143) l Lucas Pouille (FRA,187) 62 57 57
[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,407) l (SE) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB,204) 26 76(5) 46
[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) bt (WC) Karunuday Singh (IND,483) 62 75
[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs Di Wu (CHN,212)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 76(4) 16 10-4
[R1] Theodoros Angelinos (GRE)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) l Radu Albot (MDA)/ Illya Marchenko (UKR) 46 75 6-10
[QF] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ti Chen (IND)
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND)
Saketh lost against Fabbiano in two tie-breaks ... Fabbiano was better player on the court though score was looking close ... Saketh struggled with his second serve and amanged to win only 28% points.
Expected win for Buji against KU but still creditable performance by KU in second set ... Buji won first set with double break but in the second set Buji lost his serve thrice and needed to break KU four times for winning it.
Yuki started confidently against Pouille and won first set comfortably despite losing his serve once ... In second set Yuki struggled with his serve and Pouille take crucial break in 12th game when Yuki was serving for staying in the set ... In third set Yuki broke Pouille in 3rd game to lead 3-1, Yuki missed another break point opportunity in 5th game ... But from 5-3 Yuki lost the plot as he struggled to finish the match ... Pouille broke Yuki when he was serving for the match at 5-4 and it repeated like second set that this time Yuki failed to hold his serve from 40-15 when he was serving for staying in the match ... Big missed opportunity of pushing his ranking inside top-130 for Yuki.
RamK gave creditable fighting performance against last week's winner Bozo ... After losing first set RamK fought back to won second set in tie-break ... But he failed to kept momentum in third and Bozo won it with single break.
In doubles Buji and his Greece partner lost in match tie-break ... But other hand Saketh-Sanam showed their last week's title win wasn't fluke ... They defeated top-seed Divij-Purav in match tie-break ... Saki_Sanam won first set in tie-break but played poor second set which they lost winning a single game ... In match tie-break Saki-Sanam didn't give chance to Divij-Purav and won it comfortably.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India
[R1] (Q) Eetee Maheta (IND) l Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR) 57 76(3) 06
[R1] (Q) Rushmi Chakravarthi (IND) l Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 75 36 36
[R1] (WC) Natasha Palha (IND) bt (Q) Manya Nagpal (IND) 62 62
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND) bt (WC) Rishika Sunkara (IND) 76(2) 62
[R1] (Q) Riya Bhatia (IND) l (3) Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) 26 36
[R1] (Q) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND) bt (Q) Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 62 60
[R1] (Q)Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) l (2) Olga Savchuk (UKR) 06 16
[R2] (WC) Natasha Palha (IND,587) vs (7) Ilona Kremen (BLR,242)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,285) vs (5) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA,222)
[R2] (Q) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,718) vs Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA,436)
As such no upset other than fighting performance from Eetee in first 2 sets against higher ranked Israeli opponent but only Indian players move to next round who faced Indian players.
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