At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals, Singapore
[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) l (4) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 26 6-10
Tough loss but this was expected due to their change of playing partners so less chemistry on the court ... After losing the first set Russian pair dominated the match with keeping more pressure on Martina's serve.
At $50K Pune Challenger, India
Singles Final
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,346) l Sadio Doumbia (FRA,359) 64 46 36
(1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) 36 63 11-9
Prajnesh failed to take pressure of his first title and lost in the final after winning the first set against Frenchman Doumbia ... In the first set both players exchanges early breaks but Prajnesh took crucial break in 9th game, 5-4 and then hold his serve for winning the first ... From the second set Prajnesh playes some casula tennis made too many unforced errors and Doumbia took full advantage of it ... He won the second set breaking Prajnesh in 10th game ... In the final he broke Prajnesh in 2nd game for 3-0 lead and kept that advantage for winning his first challenger title ... Still remarkable week for Prajnesh as he will first time breaks into top-300.
Purav-Divij lift the doubles title after their comeback win over Swiss-French pair ... After losing the first set Divij-Purav made excellent comeback for winning the second ... In match tie-break they took early 5-2 lead but Nya-Margaroli fought back and they had 2 match points at 7-9 ... After this Divij-Purav played excellent next 4 points as they saved these both match points before converting on their first match point ... This title win guarantee Purav and Divij's career high ranking and mostly Australian open direct entry.
[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) l (4) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) 63 26 6-10
Tough loss but this was expected due to their change of playing partners so less chemistry on the court ... After losing the first set Russian pair dominated the match with keeping more pressure on Martina's serve.
At $50K Pune Challenger, India
Singles Final
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,346) l Sadio Doumbia (FRA,359) 64 46 36
Courtesy of Divij
Doubles Final(1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Hugo Nys (FRA) 36 63 11-9
Prajnesh failed to take pressure of his first title and lost in the final after winning the first set against Frenchman Doumbia ... In the first set both players exchanges early breaks but Prajnesh took crucial break in 9th game, 5-4 and then hold his serve for winning the first ... From the second set Prajnesh playes some casula tennis made too many unforced errors and Doumbia took full advantage of it ... He won the second set breaking Prajnesh in 10th game ... In the final he broke Prajnesh in 2nd game for 3-0 lead and kept that advantage for winning his first challenger title ... Still remarkable week for Prajnesh as he will first time breaks into top-300.
Purav-Divij lift the doubles title after their comeback win over Swiss-French pair ... After losing the first set Divij-Purav made excellent comeback for winning the second ... In match tie-break they took early 5-2 lead but Nya-Margaroli fought back and they had 2 match points at 7-9 ... After this Divij-Purav played excellent next 4 points as they saved these both match points before converting on their first match point ... This title win guarantee Purav and Divij's career high ranking and mostly Australian open direct entry.
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