At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan
[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) bt Nikola Mectic (CRO,330) 63 16 61
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) bt Jan Satral (CZE,251) 63 64
[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) vs (1) Denis Istomin (UZB,67)
Yuki scores back to back wins for entering into the semis of Tashkent challenger ... With these wins Yuki in chance of breaking into top-100 for the first time ... If he wins semis then he will be cementing his top 100 position ... Interestingly only Vijay Amritraj, Ramesh Krishnan, Somdev Devvarman, Leander Paes, Anand Amritraj, Sashi Menon and Jasjit Singh have top-100 Indian players in Open era ... So this is really big achievement.
First in the second round he faced Croatian Mectic ... After winning the first set Yuki lost his concentration and lose the second set cheaply ... In the final set Yuki recovered and won it comfortably ... In the quarters he faced Czech player Satral ... In the first set Yuki broke Satral in 6th game to lead 4-2 and he kept that advantage for winning this set ... In the second set Satral broke Yuki in 2nd game to lead 0-2 but Yuki immediately broke back in next game to make it 2-all ... Yuki again broke Satral in 5th game to lead 3-2 and this time also Yuki kept this break advantage for winning the match ... In the semis he is facing top-seed Uzbek Danis Istomin.
At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam
[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,229) 64 46 61
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,266) l (2) James Duckworth (AUS,99) 16 26
[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA,206)
Doubles
[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (Q) Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)
In the first set only break came in 10th game when Saki broke Uchiyama for winning this set ... But Saki failed to repeat it in the second and lose this set with similar scoreline ... Saki recovered in the third and broke Uchiyama in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... Saki again broke Uchiyama in 6th game for winning this set comfortably ... In the quarters he is facing Frenchman Tristan Lamasine ... Other hand Sanam fails to raise his game and lose one-sided match against Duckworth.
At $10K Turkey F41 futures, Antalya
[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt (LL) Robert Galloway (USA,1544) 63 61
[R2] (Q) Haadin Bava (IND,2189) l Alex Molcan (SVK,1044) 61 36 26
Expected easy win for RamK ... Bava lose his match after winning the first set.
[R2] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) bt Nikola Mectic (CRO,330) 63 16 61
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) bt Jan Satral (CZE,251) 63 64
[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) vs (1) Denis Istomin (UZB,67)
Yuki scores back to back wins for entering into the semis of Tashkent challenger ... With these wins Yuki in chance of breaking into top-100 for the first time ... If he wins semis then he will be cementing his top 100 position ... Interestingly only Vijay Amritraj, Ramesh Krishnan, Somdev Devvarman, Leander Paes, Anand Amritraj, Sashi Menon and Jasjit Singh have top-100 Indian players in Open era ... So this is really big achievement.
First in the second round he faced Croatian Mectic ... After winning the first set Yuki lost his concentration and lose the second set cheaply ... In the final set Yuki recovered and won it comfortably ... In the quarters he faced Czech player Satral ... In the first set Yuki broke Satral in 6th game to lead 4-2 and he kept that advantage for winning this set ... In the second set Satral broke Yuki in 2nd game to lead 0-2 but Yuki immediately broke back in next game to make it 2-all ... Yuki again broke Satral in 5th game to lead 3-2 and this time also Yuki kept this break advantage for winning the match ... In the semis he is facing top-seed Uzbek Danis Istomin.
At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam
[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,229) 64 46 61
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,266) l (2) James Duckworth (AUS,99) 16 26
[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA,206)
Doubles
[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (Q) Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA)
In the first set only break came in 10th game when Saki broke Uchiyama for winning this set ... But Saki failed to repeat it in the second and lose this set with similar scoreline ... Saki recovered in the third and broke Uchiyama in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... Saki again broke Uchiyama in 6th game for winning this set comfortably ... In the quarters he is facing Frenchman Tristan Lamasine ... Other hand Sanam fails to raise his game and lose one-sided match against Duckworth.
At $10K Turkey F41 futures, Antalya
[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt (LL) Robert Galloway (USA,1544) 63 61
[R2] (Q) Haadin Bava (IND,2189) l Alex Molcan (SVK,1044) 61 36 26
Expected easy win for RamK ... Bava lose his match after winning the first set.
No comments:
Post a Comment