Tennis News

At €3.45M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

Rohan-Aisam r unseeded and they can face Bryans in the second round if they win the first round.
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At €2.1M Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome (Red clay) (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R1] (5) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sabine Lisicki (GER)

Really tough match for Sania-Cara against Hingis-Lisicki.
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At $50K Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan (clay)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,297) vs (Q) Alexander Lobkov (RUS,323)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,345) vs Borna Coric (CRO,246)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,322) l Aslan Karatsev (RUS,287) 26 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ James Clusky (IRL) vs Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Adrian Sikora (SVK)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nenduncheziyan(IND) l (WC) Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev (UZB)/ Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 62 67(6) 9-11

Aslan Karatsev prove too strong for Bala on clay ... Jeevan having very tough match against former junior WR #1 and junior US open champion 17 yrs old Croatian Borna Coric ... Saki will be most probably having winnable match against qualifier though his Russian opponent having experience of playing three matches on this court.

In the doubles Saki is top-sed with Irish James Clusky ... Bala-Jeevan lose their match against local wild-card pair ... After winning the first set they were up 4-1 in the second set before losing the plot ... So disappoint by their result.
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At $50K ITF Women's Tournament, Kurume, Japan (Grass)

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,299) vs Qiang Wang (CHN,294)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) vs (WC) Shizuka Hisamitsu (JPN)/ Yukiho Yasuda (JPN)

Good to see that Ankita is trying tough tournament, which will definitely going to help her progress.
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At $15K Mexico F4 futures , Morelia

[R1] (4) Sanam Singh (IND,377) vs (WC) Alan Nunez Aguilera (MEX,1679)

Doubles
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Michael Shabaz (USA) vs (1) Cesar Ramirez (MEX)/ Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)

This week Sanam is playing in Mexico ... I m really hoping good performance from him in the singles ... In the doubles he is partnering his ex-UVa mate Shabaz but they r facing local favorite top-seed pair in the first round.
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At $10K Turkey F16 Futures, Antalya - Belconti

[Q1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,3353) bye
[Q1] (8) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) bye

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) bt Batuhan Cakmak (TUR,UNR) 62 62
[Q2] (8) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) bt Gabriel Carneiro Torres Goncalves (BRA,UNR) 62 61

[Q3] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) bt Ivan Liutarevich (BLR,UNR) 62 60
[Q3] (8) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) bt (9) Tinotenda Chanakira (ZIM,2222) 62 36 63

[R1] (Q) Neeraj Elangovan (IND,2207) vs (1) Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN,318)
[R1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,353) vs Sho Katayama (JPN,804)

Doubles
[R1] Hugo GRENER (FRA)/ Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) vs (WC) Bruno AGOSTINELLI (CAN)/ David VOLFSON (CAN)
[R!} Neeraj ELANGOVAN (IND)/ Jaime PULGAR-GARCIA (ESP) vs (4) Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS)/ Mats MORAING (GER)

This week RamK is playing qualifying ... He comfortably qualify for the main-draw with Neeraj ... RamK is 2nd seed but Neeraj having crap draw as he is facing top-seed Venezuelean Ricardo Rodriguez.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Hyderabad, India

Singles Final
(1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) 67 64 63

[SF] (1) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (3) Natasha PALHA (IND) 76(5) 75
[SF] (4) Rishika SUNKARA (IND) bt (6) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) 61 60

As expected Prarthana take advantage of weak draw and lifted her third ITF title in six months.