Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Tennis News

At $717K Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia

[R1] (PR) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) 57 46

Disappointing loss of Lee-Andre in straight sets against Croatian pair.

At $566K Stockholm Open 2016, Sweden

[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)/ Gilles Muller (LUX) 76(6) 63

[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Treat Huey (PHI) vs Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/ Andreas Siljestrom (SWE)

Winning start for Rohan and Treat against Muller-Baghdatis ... Next they r facing local favorite pair.

At $566K European Open, Antwerp, Belgium

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) l Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 36 36

Jeevan fails to cross first hurdle with Vasilevski against more experienced pair.

At $25K Nigeria F6 Futures, Lagos

[R2] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,557) bt Mohammed MOHAMMED (NGR,1752) 62 60

[QF] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,557) vs Moez ECHARGUI (TUN,1198)

Expected easy win for Sasi ... Next he is facing 1200 ranked Tunisian Echargui.

At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Lagos, Nigeria

[R1] (1) Valentini GRAMMATIKOPOULOU (GRE)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Nina KOLAR (SLO)/ Ushna SUHAIL (PAK) 63 75
[R1] Kyra SHROFF (IND)/ Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) bt (3) Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA)/ Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR) 63 36 10-7

[QF] (1) Valentini GRAMMATIKOPOULOU (GRE)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Fiona CODINO (FRA)/ Draginja VUKOVIC (SRB) 60 62
[QF] Kyra SHROFF (IND)/ Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) bt Brenda NJUKI (SWE)/ Fanny OSTLUND (SWE) 6-2 6(8)

[SF] (1) Valentini GRAMMATIKOPOULOU (GRE)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs (4) Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS)/ Julia TERZIYSKA (BUL)
[SF] Kyra SHROFF (IND)/ Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) vs Chayenne EWIJK (NED)/ Rosalie VAN DER HOEK (NED)

After disappointing outing in the singles our players r performing well in the doubles ... Our three players r in the semis with contrasting win.

At $25K USA F32 Futures, Harlingen

[R1] (Q) Arjun KADHE (IND,1752) vs (Q) John McNALLY (USA,1844) 46 64 57

Arjun failed to earn a point after qualifying as he lost his first round match in three sets ... After losing the first set he tried fightback winning the second ... Arjun was broken early in the third but he broke back ... He lost his serve in crucial stage in 11th game for losing the match.

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