Thursday, October 13, 2016

Tennis News

At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[SF] (3) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (WC) Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Jurabeck Karimov (UZB) 62 60

[F] (3) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)

Expected dominating win by Lee-Andre against local wild-card pair losing only two games ... In the final they r facing pairing of Istomin and Elgin.

At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[R2] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,559) l (5) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR,119) 16 57

Doubles
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (LL) Laurent Rochette (FRA)/ Maxime Tabatruong (FRA)

This was a tough match for Sanam against top-125 player ... He lost match in straight sets against Stakhovsky but gave fighting performance in the second.

In the doubles Jeevan in the semis with RamK as they defeated French pair in straight sets.


At $25K USA F31 Futures, Houston

[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,283) bt Austin Gonzalez (USA,569) 60 76(5)

[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,283) vs Sebastian Fanselow (GER,411)

Yuki completed win in straight sets though he stretched to tie-break in the second ... After winning the first set easily Yuki was break up in the second set, 4-3 ... But while serving for the set at 5-4 he failed to hold ... He recovered and completed victory in straight sets after winning tie-break ... Next he is facing in-form German Sebastian Fanselow, who is having 15-1 win-loss record in last three tournaments ... In that he won 2 titles and one semi-final appearance ... good test for Yuki.

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