Tennis News

At $721K Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos 2016, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (1) Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Tough match but with their recent performance we can expect upset from Divij-Purav.

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At $100K Aptos Challenger, USA

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,199) vs Qualifier

RamK is 5th seed and facing qualifier in the first round at Aptos.

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At $125K Qingdao Challenger, China (clay)

[Q1] (4) Jeevan Nendincheziyan (IND,628) bye
[Q1] (5) Kunal Anand (IND,881) bye

[Q2] (4) Jeevan Nendincheziyan (IND,628) bt (WC) Runhao Hua (CHN,NR) 62 61
[Q2] (5) Kunal Anand (IND,881) bt Huxian Wang (CHN,1809) 64 62

[Q3] (4) Jeevan Nendincheziyan (IND,628) vs (6) Sheng Hao Zhou (CHN,1105)
[Q3] (5) Kunal Anand (IND,881) vs (1) Danilo Petrovic (SRB,352)

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,388) vs Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS,475)
[R1] (PR) Karunuday Singh (IND,1144) vs Xin Gao (CHN,593)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) vs Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhe Li (CHN)
[R1] (PR) Karunuday Singh (IND)/ Kento Takeuchi (JPN) vs (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Hopefully one or both of Jeevan and Kunal qualify for main-draw ... In the doubles Jeevan is top-seed with his Japanese partner but they r facing tough match against in-form Chinese pair Xin Gao-Ze Zhang, who defeated them in semis at last week's Chengdu challenger.

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At $75K Gatineau Challenger, Canada

[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,150) vs Luke Saville (AUS,247)

Saki is facing Luke in the first round of Gatineau Challenger.