At $923K St. Petersburg Open, Russia
Doubles Final
(PR) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Henri Kontinen (FIN) 64 36 10-12
Lee's first ATP tour title in 18 months is still waiting ... Lee-Andre lost in match tie-break against top-seed Inglot-Kontinen ... After winning the first set Lee-Andre lost the second when Lee's service got broke in 8th game ... In match tie-break both pairs exchanged mini-breaks but our pair had a match point at 9-8 on opponent's serve ... Inglot-Kontinen saved that and converted 2nd match point.
At $2.58M Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open 2016, China (WTA Premier 5)
[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bye
Sania-Strycova r 3rd seed at Wuhan open and having bye in the first round.
At $841K Chengdu Open, China
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Juan Monaco (ARG)
Rohan and Jeevan r facing Lopez-Monaco in the first round ... Purav-Divij r facing 3rd seed Zimo-Inglot in the first round.
At $641K Shenzhen Open, China
[R1] (PR) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Malek Jaziri (TUN)
Lee is playing at Shenzhen open with Andre and they r facing pairing of Garcia-Lopez and Jaziri in the first round.
At $250K WTA Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan
[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,293) l (7) Ipek Soylu (TUR,172) 61 16 26
Doubles
[R1] Nao HIBINO (JPN)/ Prarthana THOMBARE (IND) vs (WC) Polina MERENKOVA (UZB)/ Dayana YASTREMSKA (UKR)
Ankita failed to build on her first round upset win over top-150 Russian Ekatetina Alexandrova ... After winning the first set against Ipek Ankita failed to keep momentum and lost next two sets cheaply.
In the doubles Prarthana is playing with Japanese partner Nao Hibino and they r facing wild-card Uzbek-Ukrainian pair.
At $100K Stockton Challenger, California, USA
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,220) vs Darian King (BAR,163)
After six months injury break Yuki is coming back on the tour at Stockton Challenger.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Hua Hin, Thailand
[Q2] (13) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,668) bt (2) Jia-Qi KANG (CHN,473) 64 46 76(5)
[Q2] (10) Natasha PALHA (IND,634) l (3) Na Ri KIM (KOR,501) 06 26
[Q2] (12) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,655) bt (8) Emilie FRANCATI (DEN,578) 61 62
[R1] (Q) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,668) vs (6) Shiho AKITA (JPN,301)
[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,655) vs Fang Ying XUN (CHN,392)
Karman scored dominating win over higher ranked Danish player to qualify for main-draw ... Pranjala also joined her with good win over talented top-475 Chinese girl ... After sharing first 2 sets Pranjala was double break up in the third, 4-1 ... But Pranjala failed to keep advantage and scored became 5-all ... In tie-break Pranjala took 4-0 lead but Kang came back, 4-3 ... Pranjala converted 2nd match point for a win.
Karman is facing top-400 Chinese girl Xun and Pranjala is facing top-300 Japanese girl Akita.
At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles Final
(2) Riya BHATIA (IND,615) bt (6) Ana Bianca MIHAILA (ROM,611) 36 64 60
Riya scored another comeback win again in-form Mihaila for lifting her first ITF title ... After losing the first set Riya fought back for winning the second and then just breezed through in the third for a win.
Doubles Final
(PR) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Henri Kontinen (FIN) 64 36 10-12
Lee's first ATP tour title in 18 months is still waiting ... Lee-Andre lost in match tie-break against top-seed Inglot-Kontinen ... After winning the first set Lee-Andre lost the second when Lee's service got broke in 8th game ... In match tie-break both pairs exchanged mini-breaks but our pair had a match point at 9-8 on opponent's serve ... Inglot-Kontinen saved that and converted 2nd match point.
At $2.58M Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open 2016, China (WTA Premier 5)
[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bye
Sania-Strycova r 3rd seed at Wuhan open and having bye in the first round.
At $841K Chengdu Open, China
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Juan Monaco (ARG)
Rohan and Jeevan r facing Lopez-Monaco in the first round ... Purav-Divij r facing 3rd seed Zimo-Inglot in the first round.
At $641K Shenzhen Open, China
[R1] (PR) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Malek Jaziri (TUN)
Lee is playing at Shenzhen open with Andre and they r facing pairing of Garcia-Lopez and Jaziri in the first round.
At $250K WTA Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan
[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,293) l (7) Ipek Soylu (TUR,172) 61 16 26
Doubles
[R1] Nao HIBINO (JPN)/ Prarthana THOMBARE (IND) vs (WC) Polina MERENKOVA (UZB)/ Dayana YASTREMSKA (UKR)
Ankita failed to build on her first round upset win over top-150 Russian Ekatetina Alexandrova ... After winning the first set against Ipek Ankita failed to keep momentum and lost next two sets cheaply.
In the doubles Prarthana is playing with Japanese partner Nao Hibino and they r facing wild-card Uzbek-Ukrainian pair.
At $100K Stockton Challenger, California, USA
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,220) vs Darian King (BAR,163)
After six months injury break Yuki is coming back on the tour at Stockton Challenger.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Hua Hin, Thailand
[Q2] (13) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,668) bt (2) Jia-Qi KANG (CHN,473) 64 46 76(5)
[Q2] (10) Natasha PALHA (IND,634) l (3) Na Ri KIM (KOR,501) 06 26
[Q2] (12) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,655) bt (8) Emilie FRANCATI (DEN,578) 61 62
[R1] (Q) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,668) vs (6) Shiho AKITA (JPN,301)
[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,655) vs Fang Ying XUN (CHN,392)
Karman scored dominating win over higher ranked Danish player to qualify for main-draw ... Pranjala also joined her with good win over talented top-475 Chinese girl ... After sharing first 2 sets Pranjala was double break up in the third, 4-1 ... But Pranjala failed to keep advantage and scored became 5-all ... In tie-break Pranjala took 4-0 lead but Kang came back, 4-3 ... Pranjala converted 2nd match point for a win.
Karman is facing top-400 Chinese girl Xun and Pranjala is facing top-300 Japanese girl Akita.
At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles Final
(2) Riya BHATIA (IND,615) bt (6) Ana Bianca MIHAILA (ROM,611) 36 64 60
Riya scored another comeback win again in-form Mihaila for lifting her first ITF title ... After losing the first set Riya fought back for winning the second and then just breezed through in the third for a win.
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