Thursday, March 17, 2016

Tennis News

At $50K+H Guangzhou Challenger, China

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Go Soeda (JPN)

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Due to bad weather all singles matches moved for tomorrow but doubles first round matches were played indoor ... Easy winning start for Yuki-Saki against experienced players ... Next they r facing top-seed Ratiwatanas.

At $125K+H Irving Challenger, Texas, USA

[QF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 62 64

[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs (2) Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Andre Sa (BRA)

Another convincing win for Lee-Rosol against good challenger level pair ... Next they r facing 2nd seed Andre Sa and Chris Guccione.

At $25K USA F10 Futures , Bakersfield, California

[R2] (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,277) bt (Q) Lucas Renard (SWE,1763) 16 62 63

[QF] (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,277) vs Sebastian Fanselow (GER,502)

Not a convincing win for Buji as Swedish qualifier Renard stretched him to three sets ... After losing one-sided first set Buji recovered to win next two sets comfortably ... In the quarters he is facing top-500 type German opponent.

At $10K Japan F2 Futures, Nishi-Tokyo

[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) bt Issei Okamura (JPN,821) 64 16 76(4)

[QF] Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) vs Soon Woo Kwon (KOR,644)

Sid scores upset win over in-form Issei Okamura, last week's finalist and Sid lost against him in last week, in three sets ... After winning the first set Sid lost the second easily but he recovered in the third and won it in tie-break ... Next he is facing similar ranked 18 yrs old Korean.

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