Tennis News

At €485,760 Portugal Open, Oeiras (Red clay)

[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL)/ Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) w/o

[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ David Marrero (ESP)

Lucky break for Divij-Purav but next they r facing top-seed pair ... this match is important for them French open qualification.
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At $15K Uzbekistan F2 Futures, Andijan

[R2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) bt Aliaksandr Halinko (BLR,1949) 62 60

[QF] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,574) vs (Q) Evgeny Elistratov (RUS,1108)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) bt (WC) Roman Safiullin (RUS)/ Alexander Vasilenko (RUS) 46 63 10-6

[SF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) vs (4) Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ)/ Vladimir Uzhylovsky (UKR)

Good easy win for Vishnu ... Next he is facing Russian qualifier, who beats 4th seed player in previous round.

In the doubles Bala-Ranjeet need comeback win after losing the first set against Russian wild-card pair ... In the semis they r facing 4th seed pair.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Bangkok, Thailand

[R2] (5) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,579) l Ashling SUMNER (AUS,914) 16 57
[R2] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) bt Shiho HISAMATSU (JPN,1145) 64 63
[R2] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,705) l Emma FLOOD (NOR,740) 57 57

[QF] (3) Natasha PALHA (IND,553) vs Mandy WAGEMAKER (NED,753)

Only Natasha manages to win ... Next she is facing Dutch girl.
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At $10K Iran F7 futures , Kish

[R2] Akash Wagh (IND,1138) l Maxi Pongratz (AUT,1162) 16 26
[R2] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2183) l (2) Marko Tepavac (SRB,629) 36 26

Doubles
[QF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) bt (4) Vadim ALEKSEENKO (UKR)/ Alexandr KUSHAKOV (UKR) 75 26 11-9
[QF] Sagar AHUJA (IND)/ Anvit BENDRE (IND) l (2) Marko TEPAVAC (SRB)/ Mark VERVOORT (NED) 57 26

[SF] Ronak MANUJA (IND)/ Akash WAGH (IND) vs Maximilian MANN (AUT)/ Maxi PONGRATZ (AUT)

In the singles our both players lose their match without much fight ... But in the doubles Akash-Ronak r in the semis with another tight win.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R2] (3) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) bt Madina Khatamova (UZB,UNR) 61 60
[R2] (7) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,685) l Polina Monova (RUS,876) 16 06

[QF] (3) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND,385) vs Polina Monova (RUS,876)

Prarthana is looking in good touch ... Next she is facing Monova, who upset Balu.
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At $10K Tukey F14 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[R1] (1) Andrei CIUMAC (MDA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) bt Peter HELLER (GER)/ David PEL (NED) 63 64

[QF] (1) Andrei CIUMAC (MDA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs Alexander JHUN (GBR)/ Yusuke WATANUKI (JPN)

RamK and Ciumac r top-seed and have winning start against German pair.