Tennis News

At $710K Aegon Classic, Birmingham, Great Britain - WTA Premier (Grass)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Jie Zheng (CHN)

Sania-Cara r top-seed in this big WTA Premier tournament.
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At €711K Aegon Championships, London, Great Britain (Grass)

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) l Kenny De Schepper (NED,72) 46 57

Lot better performance by Buji than expected considering his current form ... Buji matched De Schepper in this match despite big serving from De Schepper, who served 14 aces and Buji managed only one ... Still encouraging start on the grass for Buji but we need to see if he show consistency in his performance in coming weeks.
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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, England (Grass)

[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Paul Hanley (AUS) l Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 62 57 11-13

Heartbreaking loss for Divij with Hanley ... In the first set from 2-all they won next four games for winning the set ... In the second set also Divij-Hanley broke opponents in 1st game to lead 1-0 but they failed to hold their serve in next game, 1-all ... At 4-5 Divij-Hanley saved a set point but got broken in 12th game to lose this set ... In match tie-break Divij-Hanley take early 4-2 lead but lost next 5 points to down 4-7 ... Divij-Hanley won next 5 points and had 2 match points at 9-7 ... They failed to convert both and lose match tie-break in extra points ... So again Divij fail to break his first round loss jinx with different partners.
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At $50K Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,302) bt (WC) Rasul Akhmadaliev (UZB,1701) 61 61

Doubles
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) bt Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Denis Matsukevich (RUS) 64 62

Expected easy victory for Jeevan ... In the doubles also Bala-Ti Chen start with comfortable win.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,262) vs Ekaterina Yashina (RUS,451)
[R1] (8) Prarthana Thombare (IND,355) vs Margarita Lazareva (RUS,367)
[R1] Sharmadaa Baluu (IND,651) vs Xi-Yao Wang (CHN,627)
[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND,522) vs Ekaterina Gorgodze (GEO,365)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Sabina Sharipova (UZB) vs (1) Anna Danilina (KAZ)/ Ekaterina Yashina (RUS)
[R1] Rishika Sunkara (IND)/ Sharmadaa Baluu (IND) vs Ester Masuri (ISR)/ Xi-Yao Wang (CHN)
[R1] (4) Nao Hibino (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Ekaterine Gorgodze (GEO)/ Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO)

All having tricky matches other than Ankita.
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At $10K South Africa F3 Futures , Sun City

[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND,1364) bt Refiloe Molaoa (RSA,1807) 60 62
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND,1694) l (WC) Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (RSA,UNR) 26 26
[R1] (Q) Tejas Chaukulkar (IND,UNR) l Damon Gooch (RSA,934) 36 36

[R2] Ronak Manuja (IND,1364) vs (4) Tyler Hochwalt (USA,617)

Doubles
[R1] Ronak Manuja (IND)/ Anderson Reed (USA) vs Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (RSA)/ Brandon Laubser (RSA)
[R1] Sagar Ahuja (IND)/ Tejas Chaukulkar (IND) vs Charl Wolmarans (RSA)/ Fritz Wolmarans (RSA)

Again only Ronak manages to win.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Solo, Indonesia

[R1] (4) Natasha Palha (IND,521) vs (WC) Nathania Ratih Putri Karsita (INA,UNR)
[R1] (5) Shweta Rana (IND,582) vs Ho Ching Wu (HKG,866)

Both players r facing lower ranked opponent but not sure about Shweta's performance.