Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Tennis News

At $648K BB&T Atlanta Open, USA

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Donald Young (USA) l Kevin King (USA)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 16 63 9-11

Divij was needing couple of victories for bringing back his ranking around top-100 ... So this loss is going to hurt him big way as he again ned to play challengers to earn these all points and chances r high that this time he is going to miss US open due to his ranking ... Here after losing the first set easily Divij-Donald fightback to win the second set ... But again in close match tie-break Divij and his partner lose their match.
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At $125K Zhong Hong Jiang Xi International Women's Open, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,285) bt (Q) Junri Namigata (JPN,290) 64 26 62

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,285) vs Ling Zhang (HKG,265)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Tamara Curovic (SRB) l Gioia Barbieri (ITA)/ Marina Melnikova (RUS) 46 57

In her first WTA match Ankita start with fighting win against in-form Japanese qualifier Junri Namigata in thre sets ... Next she is facing similar ranked Hong Kong player Ling Zhang, who score upset win against 8th seed Ukrainian.

In the doubles Ankita and her Serbian partner Curovic fail to win their first round match.

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At $50K Lexington Challenger, USA

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) l Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA) 16 63 9-11
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Jarmere Jenkins (USA) bt Andrea Collarini (ARG)/ Emilio Gomez (ECU) 64 63

[QF] Sanam Singh (IND)/ Jarmere Jenkins (USA) vs Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Rhyne Williams (USA)

Sanam start with straight sets win in the doubles with his American partner Jenkins.

But Purav-Marcelo fail to give just to their top-seeding and lose in tight match tie-break against American pair.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Phuket, Thailand

[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND,348) l Peangtarn Plipuech (THA,440) 16 06

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Sabina Sharipova (UZB) l (1) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 36 46

Prarthana Thombare seriously need to work more on her game as she is getting hammered by below ranked player outside India.
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At $10K Spain F19 Futures, Denia (clay

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,356) vs Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP,1275)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Jaume Pla Malfeito (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Joao Domingues (POR)/ Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP)

Here RamK is top-seed in the singles but hopefully he will remain fit in this week after long last two weeks in that he was in four finals and won 2 titles.

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