Friday, October 16, 2015

Tennis News

At $7M Shanghai Masters, China

[QF] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) 64 75

Rohan-Likasz r in the semis with straight sets win over Lopez and MadMax in the quarters.

At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,106) vs (1) Denis Istomin (UZB,67) 64 3-4 stopped due to rain

Yuki broke Istomin in 3rd game to lead 3-1 and then again broke Istomin in 5th game to lead 4-1 but Istomin broke back in 6th game for 4-2 ... After that Yuki kept break advantage for winning first set ... In second set Yuki broke Istomin in 1st game to lead 2-0 but Istomin broke Yuki in 4th game for 2-all ... At 4-3 match is stopped due to rain and will resume tomorrow.

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

[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) bt Tristan Lamasine (FRA,206) 61 26 63

[SF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,168) vs (5) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,170)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (Q) Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 57 64 10-5

[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Saki scores another good win over Frenchman Tristan Lamasine in three sets for entering into the semis ... Saki was early break up 4-1 and then he again broke Tristan in 6th game and then hold for winning first set ... In second set Saki failed to raise his game against Tristan and lost his serve twice for losing this set ... In the final set both players hold respective service games till 3-all ... Saki broke Tristan in 7th game to lead 4-3 and again broke Tristan in 9th game for completing excellent win ... Next he is facing similar ranked Thomas Fabbiano.

Saki-Sanam score comeback win over Italian qualifiers ... This match turned into surprisingly tougher one for our pair but in end they dominated match tie-break ... In the semis they r facing top-seed Ratiwatana twins.


At $10K Turkey F41 futures, Antalya

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) bt Anil Yuksel (TUR,700) w/o

[SF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,228) l (WC) Alex Molcan (SVK.1044) 46 0-3 retd.

RamK receives walkover from local player ... In the semis he retire after losing first set to current junior top-20 and 17 yrs old Molcan ... So decision of playing $10K futures doesn't help RamK.

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