Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Tennis News

At Asia/Oceania Final Qualifying WJT Boys 2014, Delhi, India

Group C
(3) India bt (5) Japan 2-1
ADIL KALYANPUR bt KAI KAWANO 76(3) 64
SIDDHANT BANTHIA bt NAOKI TAJIMA 62 76(2)
ADIL KALYANPUR/ VIKASH SINGH l KAZUMA AOKI/ KAI KAWANO 26 30 retd.

(3) India bt Singapore 3-0
VIKASH SINGH bt GABRIEL CHUM 61 60
SIDDHANT BANTHIA bt SHAWN NG 60 60
ADIL KALYANPUR/ VIKASH SINGH bt GABRIEL CHUM/ Jing Xu MAX YEO 60 61

(3) India bt Hong Kong 3-0
ADIL KALYANPUR bt CHING HO YUE 26 61 62
SIDDHANT BANTHIA bt ZHENG QI JONATHAN ZHANG 64 63
ADIL KALYANPUR/ VIKASH SINGH bt KA WAI ARTHUR L CHAU/ ZHENG QI JONATHAN ZHANG 64 64

Indians boys r in the quarter final with three straight wins and in the quarters they r facing 7th seed New Zealand.
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At €2.1M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Spain (Red clay)

Doubles
[R1] (LL) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) bt (WC) Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Albert Montanes (ESP) 64 64

[QF] (LL) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Ante Pavic (CRO) vs (LL) Jesse Huta Galung (NED)/ Stephane Robert (FRA)

Lucky break for Buji and his Croatian partner Pavic ... Due to couple of withdrawals they entered into main-draw as 2nd lucky loser ... In the first round they faced Spanish wild-card pair and won this match in straight sets ... In the quarter final they r facing another lucky loser pair, who defeated 4th seed Spanish pair in the first round.
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At $50K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(5) 76(6) 12-10

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) vs Dominik Meffert (GER)/ Tim Puetz (GER)

Terrific upset win by Saki and his partner Peng against seasoned pairing of 2nd seed Ratiwatanas ... This match was very close and Saketh-Peng needed to save couple of match points after losing the first set ... Such win shows Saki's doubles mastery and his improved confidence after Davis cup doubles wins.
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At €42.5K Vercelli Challenger, Italy

[R1] (1) Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Stephan Fransen (NED)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED) 26 46

This new partnership doesn't work for Raja and they lose easily against Dutch pair.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R2] (Q) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) l (3) Naomi Broady (GBR,218) 26 16

Doubles
[R1] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Veronika KAPSHAY (UKR) 61 75

[QF] Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l (2) Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) 67(3) 36

Broady prove too strong to Prarthana.

Ankita-Prarthana won the first round but lost the quarter final against 2nd seed pair.

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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Namangan

[R2] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) bt Alexander Vasilenko (RUS,882) 61 62
[R2] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,563) l Djurabeck Karmiov (UZB,UNR) 36 26

[QF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,329) vs (Q) Vitaly Kozyukov (RUS,1697)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt Stanislav Korshunov (RUS)/ Sergey Shipilov (UZB) 61 61
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) bt Kaysar Bekimov (KAZ)/ Fedor Chervyakov (RUS) 61 76(5)

[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs Markos KALOVELONIS (GRE)/ Alexander VASILENKO (RUS)
[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Piotr Gadomski (POL) vs Mikhail FUFYGIN (RUS)/ Shonigmatjon SHOFAYZIYEV (UZB)

This 15 yrs old Karmiov looks really good player ... After beating Ranjeet in the first round he easily beat Vishnu in the second ... Other hand expected win for Bala against Russian and next he is facing another Russian in the quarter.

In the doubles our top-seed pairs win their respective matches and enter into the semi-final.

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

[R2] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) bt (Q) Maria SMITH (USA,UNR) 63 60
[R2] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,586) l (WC) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA,UNR) 16 61 46

[QF] (4) Natasha PALHA (IND,580) vs (7) Michika OZEKI (JPN,632)

Comfortable win for Natasha but Rishika lose her match against unranked Thai opponent.
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At $10K Tukey F13 Futures, Antalya

[R1] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) bt (Q) Yvo PANAK (CZE,1949) 75 64

[R2] (1) Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND,388) vs Franjo RASPUDIC (CRO,855)

Due to rustiness after long break RamK struggle in the first round against qualifier.
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At $10K Iran F6 futures , Kish

[QF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (3) Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA)/ Francois-Arthur VIBERT (FRA) 62 62

[SF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (1) Matias CASTRO (ARG)/ Cristian RODRIGUEZ (COL)

Ronak-Akash score dominating win against 3rd seed French pair ... In the semis they r facing top-seed South American pair.

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