Friday, September 02, 2016

Tennis News

At US Open 2016, New York, USA

Doubles
[R1] Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Stephane Robert (FRA)/ Dudi Sela (ISR) 62 57 46

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN) l Brian Baker (USA) / Marcus Daniell (NZL) 26 67(5)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Taylor Townsend (USA)/ Donald Young (USA) 64 64
[R1] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (WC) Jamie Loeb (USA)/ Noah Rubin (USA) 75 64

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/ Marin Draganja (CRO)
[R2] Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (7) Coco Vandeweghe (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)
[R2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (6) Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/ Lukasz Kubot (POL)

Juniors
[Q1] (12) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,77) bt Victoria Emma (USA,93) 63 62

[Q2] (12) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,77) vs Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA,133)

Lee-Andre lost in the first round after winning the first set ... In the third they were break up before losing the match ... I m not sure if these results going to help Lee for keep burning desire of playing on the tour.

Rohan-Frederik lost in straight sets against Brian Baker and Daniell ... So with that Indian challenge is over in men's doubles ... Missed participation of our in-form pair of Divij and Purav, who didn't got opportunity to play in this US open.

Good winning start for Pranjala in US junior qualifying as she is coming out of injury ... Pranjala is having another American challenge of Kariann Pierre-Louis in second qualifying.

In MXD, our respective pairs started with straight sets victory ... In second round Lee and Martina having tough match against American pair of Vandeweghe and Ram ... Rohan and his Canadian partner r also facing 6th seed Kubot and Hlavackova.


At $10K Thailand F2 Futures 2016, Hua Hin

[R1] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,547) bt Ryota TANUMA (JPN,790) 63 62
[R2] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,547) bt (WC) Punn BODHIDATTA (THA,NR) 61 63
[QF] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,547) bt (2) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,460) 76(2) 62
[SF] (5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,547) bt (4) Kuan-Yi LEE (TPE,527) 64 63

Singles Final
(5) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,547) bt (1) Seong Chan HONG (KOR,365) 64 76(3)

Bala win a double crown in Thailand futures this week ... He won his 7th singles title and 34th doubles title ... In the singles final he defeated talented Korean kid Seong Chan Hong in straight sets.

At $10K Indonesia F3 Futures 2016, Jakarta

[R1] (6) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,648) bt Su Hao ZHONG (CHN,1459) 63 retd.
[R2] (6) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,648) bt ANAND, Kunal (IND,911) 63 62
[QF] (6) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,648) bt (2) Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN,466) 63 64
[SF] (6) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,648) bt (5) Chuhan WANG (CHN,609) 76(3) 62

Singles Final
(6) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,648) bt (8) Masato SHIGA (JPN,719) 62 62

19 year old Sasi Kumar Mukund wins his 2nd futures title and which is first one outside India when he won $10K futures in Indonesia this week ... In the final he convincingly defeated his Japanese opponents Masato Shiga.

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