Sunday, October 18, 2015

Tennis News

At €2.3M Erste Bank Open 2015, Vienna, Austria

[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) vs (WC) Julian Knowle (AUT)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)

This week Florin Meargea is back on the court with Rohan but they r having tricky match against very experienced players.

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



Singles Final
(4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt (8) Jordan Thompson (AUS,189) 75 63

Doubles Final
(3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Nils Langer (GER) 61 36 8-10

Saki wins his second challenger title at Ho Chi Minh City beating young Aussie Jordan Thompson in straight sets.

In first set Saki saved a break point in 9th game before holding his serve ... With deep ground strokes and net approaches Saki broke Thompson in 12th game for winning this set ... In second set Thompson broke Saki in 5th game to lead 2-3 but from here Saki changed the gears ... He won next four games breaking Thompson in 6th and 8th games ... In 9th game while serving for the match Saki saved couple of break points but he kept his cool for winning his first title.

In the doubles final Sanam-Saki lose against unseeded German-French pair after winning first set ... So with this loss Saki misses opportunity of double crown but winning his first challenger singles title of 2015 is very important.


At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[Q2] (1) Temur ISMAILOV (UZB) l (8) Christopher MARQUIS (IND) 36 67(6)
[Q2] (2) Petros CHRYSOCHOS (CYP) l (5) Chandril SOOD (IND) 67(5) 36
[Q2] (3) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) bt Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) 64 60
[Q2] (4) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) bt (7) Lakshit SOOD (IND) 64 60

[R1] (WC) Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND,600) vs (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,849)
[R1] (WC) Suraj Prabodh (IND,1101) vs Arthur De Greef (BEL,308)
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs Nikola Milojevic (SRB,311)
[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,507) vs (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,671)
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,342) vs (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL,180)
[R1] (4) Somdev Devvarman (IND,175) vs Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT,405)
[R1] Sanam Singh (IND,268) vs (8) Germain Gigounon (BEL,217)
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR,337)
[R1] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,476) vs Ilya Ivashka (BLR,399)
[R1] (LL) Lakshit Sood (IND,1103) vs (2) James Ward (GBR,157)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Maximillan Neuchrist (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Petros Chrysochos (CYP)/ Temur Ismailov (UZB)
[R1] Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Michal Konecny (CZE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ James Ward (GBR)/ Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)
[R1] (WC) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) vs (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Christopher Marquis (IND)
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Ilya Ivashka (BLR)

Matches goes as per rankings, so Sidharth and Prajnesh qualify for main-draw.

Good to see so many our players r playing in main-draw ... Hoping for some upset wins from our players.


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

[Q2] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,1029) bt Petra JANUSKOVA (CAN,810) 67(2) 63 64

Superb comeback win by Karman in this long match ... Like the way she keeps fighting in her matches ... Now she is facing top-500 player for main-draw qualification.

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