Sunday, March 20, 2016

Tennis News

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

[SF] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Rosol (CZE) l (2) Chris Guccione (AUS)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 36 26

Guccione and Sa prove too strong for Lee-Rosol pairing in the semis.

At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger, China

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,156) vs (5) Lukas Lacko (SVK,106)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (2) Dino Marcan (CRO)/ Fanko Skugor (CRO)

Saki is facing tough challenge in the singles and the doubles in next week's Shenzhen challenger ... As expected Yuki is withdrawn due to elbow injury.

At $50K+H San Luis Potosi Challenger, Mexico (clay)

[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND) bt (3) Yannik Reuter (BEL,312) 76(4) 64

[Q2] Divij Sharan (IND) l Daniel Elahi Galan (COL,408) 67(6) 36

Really good upset win by Divij against top-400 Belgian Reuter in straight sets ... Colombian Galan proves better that Divij.

At $25K+H ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2015, Irapuato, Mexico

[R1] (4) Akiko Omae (JPN)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Michaela Honcova (SVK)/Katerina Kramperova (CZE) 60 63
[QF] (4) Akiko Omae (JPN)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Dalma Galfi (HUN)/ Alexandrina Naydenova (BEL) 36 63 10-6
[SF] (4) Akiko Omae (JPN)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt (2) Ksenia Lykina (RUS)/ Irina Khromacheva (RUS) w/o

[F] (4) Akiko Omae (JPN)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) l (1) Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/ Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) 16 46

Prarthana Thombare and her Japanese partner Akiko Omae lose one-sided final against Kichenok sisters ... But still really good two weeks for Prarthana as last week's she was winner and this week she finishes as runner-up.

At $10K Japan F3 Futures, Kofu

[R1] Karuunuday Singh (IND,529) vs Young Seok Kim (KOR,507)
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,624) vs (WC) Shintaro Imai (JPN,1022)

KU is facing in-form young Korean and Sid is facing local wild-card player.

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