Sunday, June 07, 2015

Tennis News

At €604K Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

[R1] (2) Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)/ Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)

Hoping better performance on grass by this pair ... Winnable first round against clay court specialists.

At $50K Surbiton Challenger, Great Britain

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,203) vs (WC) David Rice (GBR,382)
[R1] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,156) vs John-Patrick Smith (AUS,162)

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yuki Bhambri (IND) vs (WC) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Liam Broady (GBR)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)/ Luca Vanni (ITA)
[R1] (4) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ James Ward (GBR)
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) vs (WC) Sean Thornley (GBR)/ Darren Walsh (GBR)

Yuki and Saki having tricky grass court season openers ... Yuki is facing similar ranked Aussie player and Saki is facing local wild-card player.

In the doubles after long time Divij and Yuki r playing together ... Interestingly Buji is also playing in the doubles.


At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R1] (6) Ankita RAINA (IND,229) vs Vlada ESHKIBAROVA (UZB,515)
[R1] (Q) Sharrmadaa BALUU (IND,717) vs (1) Hiroko KUWATA (JPN,174)
[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,587) vs (5) Nadiia KICHENOK (RUS,223)
[R1] (Q) Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,673) vs Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR,346)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Sharmadaa BALUU (IND)/ Ankita RAINA (IND) vs (WC) Arina FOLTS (UZB)/ Guzal YUSUPOVA (UZB)
[R1] Alexandra GRINCHISHINA (KAZ)/ Natasha PALHA vs (WC) Gulchekhra MUKHAMMADSIDIKOVA (UZB)/ Shakhsiya TUKHTAMATOVA (UZB)
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND)/ Anna MORGINA (RUS) vs Ekaterina KLYUEVA (KAZ)/ Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ)

Our three players qualify for main-draw but facing tough opponents in the first round ... On paper only Ankita having winnable match in the singles.

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