Saturday, October 17, 2015

Tennis News

At $7M Shanghai Masters, China

[SF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) l Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 76(1) 7-10

Rohan-Lukasz lose in the semis against 6th seed Klaasen-Melo in match tie-break ... After losing first set Rohan and Lukasz fought back to win second ... But they failed to keep momentum in match tie-break to lose.

At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) l (1) Denis ISstomin (UZB,67) 64 36 36

For Yuki yesterday's rain break cost the match ... Today due to rain match moved to indoor court and Istomin broke Yuki in 1st game and then hold for winning second set ... In final set Istomin broke Yuki in 1st game and then again broke Yuki in 9th game when he was serving for staying in the match ... In last set Yuki was looking injured and he struggled ... Yuki withdrawn from Bangalore challenger which is starting in next week.

At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[SF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt (5) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,170) 57 64 62

[F] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs (8) Jordan Thompson (AUS,189)

Doubles
[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(5) 64 10-6

[F] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Nils Langer (GER)

Saki scores excellent comeback win over his Italian opponent Fabbiano ... In first set both players hold their respective service games till 10th game ... Saki made couple of errors which cost him 11th game then Fabbiano hold his serve for winning this set ... In second set also both players hold their respective service games till 9th game ... Then Saki broke Fabbiano in 10th game for winning this set ... Saki made adjustment in his game and was approaching more to the net and that benefited ... In last set Saki broke Fabbiano in 4th game to lead 3-1 and then again broke Fabbiano when he was serving for staying in the match in 8th game ... In the final Saki is facing young Aussie Jordan Thompson.

Saki-Sanam score comeback win over top-seed Ratiwatana twins after losing first set in tie-break ... Saki-Sanam won second set with a break and then winning match tie-break comfortably ... In the final they r facing unseeded French-German pairing.


At $50K Banglore Challenger, India

[Q1] (8) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 75 26 64
[Q1] (5) Chandril SOOD (IND) bt (WC) Rashein SAMUEL (IND) 64 16 64
[Q1] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) bt (6) Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) 36 63 63
[Q1] (4) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bt (WC) Ribhav RAVIKIRAN (IND) 60 62
[Q1] (7) Lakshit SOOD (IND) bt Anvit BENDRE (IND) 63 75

[Q2] (1) Temur ISMAILOV (UZB) vs (8) Christopher MARQUIS (IND)
[Q2] (2) Petros CHRYSOCHOS (CYP) vs (5) Chandril SOOD (IND)
[Q2] (3) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) vs Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND)
[Q2] (4) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) vs (7) Lakshit SOOD (IND)

Our other third and fourth string players fail to participate and misses big opportunity of playing in challnger qualifying.

At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

[Q1] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) bt Sabastiani LEON (MEX,1024) 63 62

Good comfortable winning start for Karman.

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