Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Tennis News

At €2.1M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain (Red clay)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,100) l Martin Klizan (SVK,102) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Treat Huey (PHI)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) 61 64

Playing his first match on European clay against European player was tough task ... Buji gives his best but Klizan prove better player in the end.

In their last meeting Rohan-Aisam lost against Huey-Inglot at AO ... But this time Rohan-Aisam shows superiority over them with dominating win.

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At $710K Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany (WTA Premier) (Red clay)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt Angelique Kerber (GER)/ Andrea Petkovic (GER) 46 62 10-7

Sania-Cara scores really good comeback win over local pair ... After losing the first set they dominated the second and then kept same momentum in the match tie-break.
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At $50K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,260) bt (Q) Jason Jung (USA,322) 63 62

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,260) vs (1) Yen Hsun Lu (TPE,49)

Confident start for Saketh ... In the first set Saketh take important break in 8th game for winning it ... But he dominated the second set and won it comfortably ... Next Saki having real test against top-50 Yen Hsun Lu.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R1] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,404) bt bt (Q) Alena Tarasova (RUS,465) 64 75
[R1] (Q) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,689) l (Q) Sviatlana Pirazhenka (BLR,430) 63 26 57
[R1] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,295) l Sabina Sharipova (UZB,332) 36 67(4)

[R2] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) vs (3) Naomi Broady (GBR,218)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR)

Only Prarthana manages to win in her first round match ... Next she is facing top-225 ranked British player.

This is second loss for Ankita against Sharipova in their two meetings ... Ankita need to start win such matches to show progress in her career ... Sharrmadaa started well winning the first set against top-425 type player but she fails to convert that advantage and lose next two sets.

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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan

[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) bt Remi Boutillier (FRA,605) 64 63
[R1] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) bt Evgeny Elistratov (RUS,1068) 57 63 62
[R1] Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,642) l Djurabeck Karmiov (UZB,UNR) 46 06

[R2] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) vs Alexander Vasilenko (RUS,882)
[R2] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) vs Djurabeck Karmiov (UZB,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Kuatbek Abiyev (KAZ)/ Sagadat Avap (KAZ) 61 64
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) bt Mikhail Esipov (UZB)/ Khumoun Sultanov (UZB) 63 76(4)

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs Stanislav Korshunov (RUS)/ Sergey Shipilov (UZB)
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) vs Kaysar Bekimov (KAZ)/ Fedor Chervyakov (RUS)

Other than Ranjeet's loss our players win their respective matches though Vishnu needs comeback after losing the first set.
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At $10K Iran F6 futures , Kish

[R1] Anvit Bendre (IND,1456) l Kevin Kaczynski (GER,833) 26 16
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1362) l (Q) Luca Pancaldi (ITA,1655) 36 06
[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2183) l Alexandr Kushakov (UKR,907) 26 36
[R1] Akash Wagh (IND,1138) l (7) Matias Sborowitz (CHI,792) 67 36
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1267) l (2) Martin Vaisse (FRA,338) 16 26

Doubles
[R1] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt Kevin KACZYNSKI (GER)/ Christian PLATTES (GER) 76(3) 16 10-8
[R1] Matias Franco DESCOTTE (ARG)/ Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND) l (4) Jerome INZERILLO (FRA)/ Martin VAISSE (FRA) 46 36
[R1] Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Anvit BENDRE (IND) l Toni ANDROIC (CRO)/ Hamid Reza NADAF (IRI) 36 16

[QF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs (3) Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA)/ Francois-Arthur VIBERT (FRA)

Akash and Ronak lose their respective matches against seeded opponents but others lose with similar ranked players.

In the doubles only Akash-Ronak r in the quarters after tight win.

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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R1] (2) Shweta RANA (IND,551) l Fang Ying XUN (CHN,787) 16 06
[R1] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) bt (Q) Deeon MLADIN (AUS,UNR) 36 63 61
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,727) l Chihiro NUNOME (JPN,889) 06 06

[R2] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) vs (Q) Maria SMITH (USA,UNR)
[R2] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,586) vs (WC) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA,NR)

Natasha needs three sets against unranked Australian qualifier but more shocking one-sided losses of Nidhi and Shweta against their Japanese and Chinese opponents.
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At $10K Tukey F13 Futures, Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) vs (Q) Yvo PANAK (CZE,1949)

RamK is top-seed in this Turkish futures.

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