Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Tennis News

At Davis Cup World Group - Play-off 2016, India

The Draw for the 2016 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group play-offs is out ... India will be hosting 6th seed Spain to fancy their chances to qualify for the elite group of nations ... Hoping for again grass court selection by our think tank and this time in Kolkata.

At $250K Citi Open 2016, Washington DC, USA (WTA Premier)

[R1] (WC) Malkia Menguene (USA)/ Nidhi Surapaneni (IND) l Sanaz Marand (USA)/ Jessica Pegula (USA) 63 16 2-10

Really don't know much about Nidhi ... She and her American partner lost in the first round of Citi open.

At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Hong Kong

[R1] Kyra SHROFF (IND,660) bt Ying ZHANG (CHN,688) 26 76(8) 61
[R1] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,962) bt (4) Ching-Wen HSU (TPE,389) 76(10) 63
[R1] (3) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,372) bt Yuenu LI (CHN,909) 63 62

[R2] (Q) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,962) vs Kyra SHROFF (IND,660)
[R2] (3) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,372) vs.(WC) Kwan Yau NG (HKG,1256)

terrific upset win by Kanika over top-400 Taipei player ... Kyra also scored good comeback win over similar ranked Chinese girl.

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