Tennis News

At $50K Yoklahoma Challenger, Japan

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,232) l (2) Go Soeda (JPN,116) 16 26

Doubles
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) l Addam Hubble (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 67(2) 36

Surprisingly one-sided loss for Yuki against Go Soeda in the singles ... In the doubles also he and Moriya lose their match in straight sets.
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At $50K Champaign Challenger, USA

[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) bt (Q) Jared Donaldson (USA)/ Farris Fathi Gosea (GBR) 64 62

[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI) vs Gastao Elias (POR)/ Sean Thornley (GBR)

Comfortable winning start for Purav-Ruben against qualifiers ... Next they r facing Elias-Thornley.
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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Mumbai, India

[R2] (Q) Bhuvana KALVA (IND,NR) l (1) Patricia MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT,107) 67(3) 75 26
[R2] Natasha PALHA (IND,526) l (4) Tadeja MAJERIC (SLO,216) 46 76(8) 36
[R2] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,315) bt Ivana JOROVIC (SRB,449) 26 75 76(5)

[QF] (8) Ankita RAINA (IND,315) vs (2) Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR,174)

Ankita need to dig deep for this tight win against Ivana ... After losing the first set easily Ankita show terrific fighting spirit and won next two sets which were stretch to fullest ... Next she is facing 2nd seed Anastasiya Vasylueva.

Bhuvana and Natasha lose their respective matches but showed fighting quality in their matches ... Both players stretched their senior and seeded opponents to three sets.