Thursday, September 15, 2016

Tennis News

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

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,203) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP,4)
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,137) vs David Ferrer (ESP,13)

Day Two
[R3] Leander Paes (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)

Day Three
[R4] Saketh Myneni (IND,137) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP,4)
[R5] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,203) vs David Ferrer (ESP,13)

RamK is facing Rafa in the first match and Saki is facing Ferrer in the second ... Yesterday Saki asked his girlfriend Sri Lakshmi Anumolu to marry him and she accepted it at Davis cup team dinner ... Congratulation to Saki and his fiancee Sri.

At $125K+H Szczecin Challenger, Poland (clay)

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Andre Begemann (GER)/ Alezander Bury (BLR) 36 76(2) 6-10

Divij-Purav lost in the quarters against tricky pairing of Begemann and Bury ... After losing the first set Divij-Purav fought back to win the second in tie-break but they failed to keep same momentum in match tie-break.

At $75K+H Nanchang Challenger, China

[QF] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Amir Weintraub (ISR) bt Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 64 67(5) 10-6

[SF] Jeevan Neduncheziyan (IND)/ Amir Weintraub (ISR) vs Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/ Ruben Gonzales (PHI)

Jeevan-Amir continue with their good form and scored upset win over experienced Japanese pair ... After winning the first set they lost second in tie-break but Jeevan-Amir recovered for winning match tie-break ... In the semis they r facing another unseeded pair Barrientos and Gonzales.

At $50K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Zhuhai, China

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) bt (4) Olga Govortsova (BLR)/ Lidziya Marozava (BLR)

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) vs Kamonwan Buayam (THA) / Pei-Chi Lee (TPE)

Ankita and her British partner Emily scored superb upset win over Belarus pair in straight sets ... Next they r facing Thai-Taipei pair.

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