Sunday, May 08, 2016

Tennis News

At €4.8M Mutua Madrid Open 2016, Spain

Doubles Final
(6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) l (3) Jean-Julien Rojer (FRA)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 46 67(5)

Rohan-Florin fail to defend their Madrid title and lose in the final in straight sets against 3rd seed Rojer and Tecau.

At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy (WTA Premier 5)

[R1] (1) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bye

Hoping for Rome title before French open for our pair.

At €2.4M Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016, Rome, Italy

[R1] (6) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) bye

Rohan-Florin r in bottom draw and can meet 2nd seed Melo-Dodig in the quarters.

At $100K Busan Challenger, South Korea



Doubles Final
(1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 61 10-7

Lee-Sam lift the title beating Ratiwatanas in match tie-break ... In this match Lee was in amazing form near net and while service returns ... After losing the first set Lee and Sam changed the gear ... Lee was putting more pressure on Thai opponents with his superb returning ... In match tie-break also Lee was better player on the court and he single handedly won this.

At $75K Heilbronn Challenger, Germany (clay)

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,409) bt (5) Laslo Djere (SRB,208) 63 67(2) 63

[Q3] Sumit Nagal (IND,409) vs (WC) Kevin Krawietz (GER,414)

Good to see in end Sumit crosses the line and complete impressive upset win over top-200 type Serbian in almost two and half hour ... After winning the first set Sumit was break up in 11th game of 2nd set 6-5 ... But he got broken in 12th game and then lost tie-break easily ... In the final set Sumit broke Laslo in 2nd and 4th games to lead 5-0 ... Sumit missed couple of match points in 6th game on Laslo's serve ... Then Laslo broke Sumit comfortably in 7th game but in 9th gme Sumit served well to hold and winning this match ... In the final qualifying he is facing in-form similar ranked local player Kevin Krawietz.

At $100K+H Seoul Challenger, Korea

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Sam Groth (AUS) vs (WC) Yeongseok Jeong (KOR)/ Dae-Hee Lee (KOR)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Mitchell Krueger (USA)

Lee-Sam and Divij-Purav r playing another big Korean challenger ... This time our both pairs r in top draw.

At $50K+H Samarkand Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] (3) Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) vs Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Steven Diez (CAN)

This week Jeevan is playing with Italian Riccardo Ghedin.

At $10K Spain F12 Futures, Lleida (clay)

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt Dan Dowson (GBR,976) 62 75
[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt Zeljko Milovic (SRB,1282) 60 61
[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt David Jorda Sanchez (ESP,UNR) 63 61
[SF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt Carlos Taberner (ESP,618) 36 75 62

Singles Final
(1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN,714) 76(1) 61

RamK lifts his first futures title of the year beating Canadian youngster in straight sets ... This is overall hi 12th futures title ... Good to see his performance on clay before French open qualifying ... He also lifts doubles title with his Spanish partner.

At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Egypt (clay)

[R1] (1) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,398) bt (Q) Agata Jadwiga BIENKOWSKA (POL,997) 60 61
[R2] (1) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,398) bt (Q) Linnea MALMQVIST (SWE,1268) 46 62 60
[QF] (1) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,398) bt (Q) Jaqueline Adina CRISTIAN (ROM, 675) 46 64 64
[SF] (1) Prerna Bhambri (IND,398) bt (7) Ola Abou ZEKRY (EGY,539) 75 60

Singles Final
(1) Prerna Bhambri (IND,398) l (5) Noppawan LERTCHEEWAKARN (THA,512) 46 16

Prerna lose in the final against former top-150 Thai girl Noppawan ... Overll good performance as she reached the final outside of India.

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