Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Tennis News

At $6.28M China Open 2016, Beijing (WTA Premier Mandatory)

[R2] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) l Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ María José Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 64 16 4-10

Turn to be terrible China open for Indians as Sania also lost her second round with Strycova after winning the first set.

At $25K Hungary F8 Futures, Balatonboglar (clay)

[R2] (4) Sumit Nagal (IND,372) bt (Q) David Gorsic (SLO,UNR) 60 60

[QF] (4) Sumit Nagal (IND,372) vs Pavel Nejedly (CZE,669)

Sumit gave double bagel to his Slovakian opponent for dominating win in the second round ... Next he is facing Czech opponent Nejedly.

At $25K+H France F21 Futures,Saint-Eloi (Indoor Hard)

[R2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,229) bt Romain Bauvy (FRA,1009) 76(6) 76(3)

[QF] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,229) vs Mick Lescure (FRA,678)

Doubles
[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan(IND)/ Jordi Munoz-Abreu (VEN) bt Remi Boutillier (FRA)/ Mick Lescure (FRA) 64 64

[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan(IND)/ Jordi Munoz-Abreu (VEN) vs Hugo Grenier (FRA)/ Elie Rousset (FRA)

RamK needs to dig deep for winning this match in two tie-breaks against 1000+ ranked Frenchman Bauvy ... Next he is facing another top-700 Frenchman Lescure.

In the doubles also Ramk-Jordi r in the semis with a win against Lescure and his partner.


At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R2] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,576) bt Katharina LEHNERT (PHI,514) 26 63 76(5)

[QF] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,576) vs (Q) Yixuan LI (CHN,994)

Karman survived in a close match against Filipino Lehnert in three sets ... After losing the first set Karman fought back for winning the second ... In the third set both players had multiple breaks ... Karman had crucial break in 11th game but she failed to hold for a win ... In tie-break also Karman was leading 5-3 before losing next couple of points 5-all ... But she won next 2 points for reaching into the quarters ... Next she is facing Chinese qualifier Yixuan Li.

At $10K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Tarakan, Indonesia

[R1] (5) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,975) bye
[R2] (5) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,975) bt Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND,UNR) 64 63

[QF] (5) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,975) vs Ran MENG (CHN,UNR)

Good to see Kanika is taking full advantage of weak draw in Indonesian tournament.

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