Sunday, March 13, 2016

Tennis News

At $7M BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, USA

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Meargea (ROM) l Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marc López (ESP) 62 46 4-10

Disappointing loss for Rohan-Florin in match tie-break after winning the first set ... Spanish pair outperformed them in match tie-break.

At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Puebla, Mexico

[R1] (3) Akiko OMAE (JPN)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Melissa MORALES (GUA)/ Kirsten-Andrea WEEDON (GUA) 62 60
[QF] (3) Akiko OMAE (JPN)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Cristiana FERRANDO (ITA)/ Michaela HONCOVA (SVK) 64 63
[SF] (3) Akiko OMAE (JPN)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Victoria RODRIGUEZ (MEX)/ Ana Sofia SANCHEZ (MEX) 75 76(5)

Doubles Final
(3) Akiko OMAE (JPN)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (1) Irina KHROMACHEVA (RUS)/ Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) 64 26 10-8

This week Prarthana Thombare wins doubles title at $25K tournament with her Japanese partner ... In the final they defeated top-seed Russian pair in match tie-break ... This is Prarthna's third $25K level doubles title.

At $50K+H Guangzhou Challenger, China

[Q1] Sanam Singh (IND,302) bt (1) Amir Weintraub (ISR,195) 62 75
[Q1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,) l (2) Marius Copil (ROU,198) 46 36
[Q1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) bt (WC) Zihao Xia (CHN,UNR) 76(1) 63

[Q2] Sanam Singh (IND,302) vs Jimmy Wang (TPE,378)
[Q2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,415) vs (3) Marton Fucsovics (HUN,200)

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,156) vs (1) Taro Daniel (JPN,86)
[R1] (6) Yuki Bhambri (IND,111) vs Qualifier

In qualifying Sanam starts with upset win over top-200 Israeli Amir Weintraub in straight sets ... Next he is facing experienced Jimmy Wang ... Jeevan is also in second qualifying round with win over Chinese un-ranked player ... Next he is facing top-200 Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.

In main-draw really tough draw for Saki as he is facing top-seed and top-90 Japanese Taro Daniel and Yuki is facing qualifier.

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