Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Tennis News

At US Open 2016, New York, USA

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,202) l Alessandro Giannessi (ITA,247) 57 16

Disappointing loss of RamK against Italian in straight sets ... As per onlooker he was heat exhausted and physical discomfort due to playing in scorching heat ... Till 10th games both players hold their respective service games ... RamK got broken in 11th and then Giannessi hold for winning the first set ... After close first set Ramk capitulated in the second.

At $761K Connecticut Open 2016, New Haven, USA (WTA Premier)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) bt (WC) Louisa Chirico (USA)/ Alison Riske (USA) 60 63

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) vs Darija Jurak (CRO)/ Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

Expected comfortable winning start for Sania-Monica against local wild-card pair ... Next they r facing Rodionova-Jurak pairing.

At $25K Poland F6 Futures, Poznan (clay)

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,404) bt (1) Kamil Majchrzak (POL,306) 63 64

[QF] Sumit Nagal (IND,404) vs (WC) Adam Majchrowicz (POL,1310)

Impressive win by Sumit in straight sets against top-seed Polish opponent Kamil Majchrzak ... This match wasn't easy as score suggested as in both sets Sumit needed to fightback ... In the first set he was break down at 2-3 and he won next four games for winning the set ... In the second set also he was 2-4 down and again he won four game in a row for winning the set and match ... In the quarters he is facing Polish top-200 doubles specialist Adam Majchrowicz.

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