Tennis News

At Davis Cup Asia/ Oceania Group I 2016 - Second Round, Chandigarh, India

India bt Korea 4-1

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,217) bt Seong Chan Hong (KOR,427) 63 26 63 5-6 retd.
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,150) bt Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR,626) 61 36 64 36 5-2 retd.

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Hong Chung (KOR)/ Yunseong Chung (KOR) 63 64 64

Day Three
[R4] Rohan Bopanna (IND,UNR) bt Hong Chung (KOR,655) 36 64 64
[R5] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,217) l Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR,626) 36 75 67(2)

As expected Saki decided to skip return singles ... In his place Rohan played and showed his touch on grass ... He scored comeback win over top-650 type Korean Hong Chung ... In last match of the day Lim scored upset win over RamK ... So with that Indians miss chance of winning this tie 0-5.

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At € 520K Konzum Croatia Open, Umang

[R1] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (4) Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO)

Lee is playing in Croatian open with Russian Gabashvili and they r facing 4th seed local pair in the first round.

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At € 520K Swiss Open 2016, Gstaad

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Tough first round against French pair for Divij and Purav.

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At $50K Gimcheon Challenge, Korea

[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,584) vs Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,381)

Doubles
[R1] Cheong-Eul Kim (KOR)/ Sidharth Rawat (IND) vs (4) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Sidharth having tough matches in the singles and doubles.

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At $50K Binghamton Challenger,, USA

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,217) vs Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,314)

RamK will be jet-lagged in his first round match.