Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Tennis News

At $50K Canberra 2 Challenger, Australia

[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,598) bt Luke Saville (AUS,254) 64 62
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,287) l Maverick Banes (AUS,436) 36 57
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,352) bt Dayne Kelly (AUS,328) 64 16 62
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,442) l (9) Marc Polmans (AUS,262) 26 46

[R2] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,598) vs (8) John-Patrick Smith (AUS,234)
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,358) vs (5) James Duckworth (AUS,160)

Doubles
[R1] Omar Jasika (AUS)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l (1) Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 26 16
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Jarmere Jenkins (USA)/ Anderson Reed (USA) 75 46 10-7

[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Dayne Kelly (AUS)/ Max Purcell (AUS)

Really good straight sets win by VSP against talented and top-250 caliber Luke Saville ... Sumit also started with three sets win over higher ranked local player but other hand it seems Prajnesh struggled with jet-lag for his straight sets loss against lower ranked Aussie player ... Bala also failed to challenge Polmans in his straight sets loss ... Sumit and VSP having tough second round matches against local seeded players.

Bala-VSP started with tight match tie-break win over American pair ... Next they r facing Aussie pair ... Other hand top-seed proved too strong for Sumit and his partner.


At $50K Charlottesville Challenger, USA

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,552) l (6) Henri Laaksonen (SUI,134) 36 67(3)

Yuki lost in straight sets against Swiss player Laaksonen ... In the first set Yuki made load of unforced errors for losing the set ... In the second set he raised level of game but in end that wasn't enough as Laaksonen won tie-break for winning the match ... As per analysis, Yuki is failing to generate more power in his shots (like before injury) and also failing to give depth in his shots ... Similarly his serve is becoming liability ... His approaches to the net r on wrong selection of shots so he is struggling on the net ... Need more match practice and importantly hard work on his serve before next season.

At $10K Vietnam F9 Futures, Thu Dau Mot City

[R1] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,527) bt Maciej SMOLA (POl,1005) 46 63 76(5)
[R1] Rishab AGARWAL (IND,846) bt Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA,1156) 57 63 76(4)
[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1084) bt (Q) Congsup CONGCAR (THA,1404) 60 63
[R1] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1011) bt Siyu LIU (CHN,UNR) 2-0 retd.

[R2] (3) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,527) vs Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1084)
[R2] Rishab AGARWAL (IND,846) vs Francis Casey ALCANTARA (PHI,1340)
[R2] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1011) vs (6) Evan SONG (USA,719)

Our all four players r started with win but in contrasting style ... Sasi and Rishab needed comeback win after losing the first set and they both won their respective last set in tie-break ... Niki and Vinayak faced no such trouble in their respective matches, as Niki's Chinese opponent retired after 2nd game only.

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