Sunday, September 27, 2015

Tennis News

At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger, Taiwan

Singles Final

(4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,125) l (2) Hyeon Chung (KOR,73) 57 46

Despite good shot-making Yuki lose in the final against Korean wonder kid Hyeon Chung ... Chung played terrific defensive game while beating Yuki ... Yuki started well and broke Chung in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... Yuki was up 5-2 and had 2 set points on Chung's serve but from here Chung turned table on Yuki ... From here Chung played amazing solid defensive game, he was returning everything Yuki was throwing at him ... First few games Yuki was coming on the net regularly but surprisingly he didn't repeat the same afterwards ... Chung broke Yuki in 9th and 11th games for completing superb comeback for winning this set ... In the second set till 4-all both players hold their respective service games ... Chung broke Yuki in 9th game and then hold for completing victory ... This is Chung's 4th challenger title of the year.

At $50K+H Agri Challenger, Turkey

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,199) vs Matija Pecotic (CRO,267)
[R1] (WC) Divij Sharan(IND,881) vs Dennis Novak (AUT,257)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Matt Seeberger (USA) vs (WC) Petru-Alexandru Luncanu (ROU)/ Yahor Yatsyk (BLR)
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Aslan Karatsev (RUS)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH)

Rematch for Saki against Pecotic, hoping for better performance in the singles after his doubles title win this week ... Surprisingly Divij manages to get wild-card and facing Austrian Dennis Novak.

In the doubles Saki and Divij r 2nd seeds ... Jeevan is playing in the doubles with his American partner Matt Seeberger and they r 3rd seeds.


At $15K Canada F11 Futures, Ontario

Singles Final
(2) Sanam SINGH (IND,329) bt (1) Frank DANCEVIC (CAN,220) 64 62

Sanam score impressive win over top-seed Frank Dancevic for lifting $15K futures title ... This also means 3rd time lucky for Sanam against Dancevic as he lost in previous two meetings against Dancevic ... After winning the first set Sanam dominated the second to break Dancevic's 19 matches winning streak ... This win will push Sanam's ranking 260s to his career best ... This is also Sanam's 2nd title of the year and both his titles come in tough North American futures.

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