Friday, October 23, 2015

Tennis News

At $50K Bangalore Challenger, India

[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) bt (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL,183) 63 76(6)
[QF] Sanam Singh (IND,279) l (2) James Ward (GBR,157) 36 26

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,166) vs (1) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,137)

Doubles
[SF] (WC) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (3) Ti Chen (TPE)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS) 63 36 10-8
[SF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 64 76(3)

Saki scores straight sets win over Mertens but in this match it was visible that tiredness is catching up ... Saki was up with early break in first set, 4-2 ... That break was enough for winning this set ... In second set both players hold their respective service games till 10th game ... Saki took first break in 11th game but served poorly while serving for the match for losing his serve ... In tie-break Saki saved a set point before winning the set and match in extra points ... In the semis he is facing top-seed Spanish Adrian Menendez-Maceiras.

Sanam fails to raise his game against Ward ... Ward dominated second set after winning first set with a single break.

In the doubles Saki-Sanam r in another final with straight sets win over Spanish pair ... In the final they r facing Vijay Sundar with his American partner Fruttero, who score upset win over 3rd seed pair in match tie-break.


At $10K Egypt F36 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[QF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) bt (5) Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR,630) 61 26 62

[SF] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,579) vs (2) Richard GABB (GBR,550)

Sasi scores three sets win over his Portuguese opponent ... In the semis he is facing 2nd seed Britisher Richard Gabb.

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