Monday, November 21, 2016

Tennis News

At $100K+H Bratislava Challenger, Slovakia

[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 36 76(3) 10-3

Doubles Final
(3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (4) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 64 36 5-10

Divij-Purav lost the final against their good friends Skupski brothers after winning the first set ... Still this performance helped them to achieve their highest career ranking ... Divij is finished on #61 and Purav is on #65 ... As pair they have finished #35 on the tour.

At $50K+H Kobe Challenger, Japan

[SF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Sergey Betov (BLR)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 63 61

Doubles Final
(4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) l Ante Pavic (CRO)/ Daniel Masur (GER) 64 36 6-10

Jeevan-Rungkat reached in the final but lost the final after winning the first set.

At $25K Australia F9 Futures, Wollongong

[QF] (6) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,439) bt (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,350) 57 62 76(8)

[SF] (6) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,439) l (4) Jarmere Jenkins (USA,421) 16 16

Bala upset Sumit in the quarters before losing one-sided semi-final against American Jenkins.

At $25K+H ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Pune, India

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND,284) l (1) Irina Khromacheva (RUS,93) 46 46

Ankita lost in straight sets against top-100 Russian opponent.

At $50K+H Brescia Challenger, Italy

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) bt (8) Marko Tepavac (SRB,187) 75 63

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,239) l Salvatore Caruso (ITA,274) 46 57

In the first round RamK scored impressive win over top-200 Serbian opponent but failed to continue same momentum in the next ... He lost is straight sets against lower ranked local player.

At $50K+H Toyota Challenger, Japan

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Jui-Chen Hung (TPE)/ Cheong-Eui Kim (KOR) 62 67(6) 10-5
[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Laurent Lokoli (FRA)/ Luke Saville (AUS) w/o
[SF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt (2) Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 63 76(1)

Doubles Final
(3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) l (1) Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 36 46

This week also Jeevan reached in the final with Rungkat in Japanese challenger, which has helped him to reach his career high doubles ranking #100.

At $25K Australia F10 Futures, Blacktown

[R1] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,348) bt Harry BOURCHIER (AUS,1034) 67(4) 62 62
[R1] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,439) bt Jeremy BEALE (AUS,877) 64 61
[R1] Sanam SINGH (IND,647) l (WC) Kody PEARSON (AUS,1532) 16 67(7)

[R2] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,348) bt Steven DE WAARD (AUS,707) 62 62
[R2] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,439) bt Maciej SMOLA (POL,918) 63 67(3) 75

[QF] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,348) bt (8) Gavin VAN PEPERZEEL (AUS,486) 64 63
[QF] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,439) bt (2) Dayne KELLY (AUS,339) 76(3) 62

[SF] (3) Sumit NAGAL (IND,348) l (1) Christopher O'CONNELL (AUS,265) 26 64 67(3)
[SF] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,439) l (4) Max PURCELL (AUS,350) 67(5) 57

Another good week for Sumit and Bala in Australian futures, where they reached in the semis before losing to their higher ranked local opponents.

At Kuwait F3 Futures,

[R1] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,1076) bt Fouad BEHBEHANI (KUW,UNR) 60 61
[R2] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,1076) bt Naru SHIRAFUJI (JPN,UNR) 76(3) 64
[QF] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,1076) bt (2) Evgeny KARLOVSKIY (RUS,474) 64 76(4)

[SF] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,1076) l (3) Daniel ALTMAIER (GER,476) 46 26

18 yrs old Aryan Goveas gave really good performance in Kuwait futures beating top-500 Russian in the quarters.

At $50K+H Andria Challenger, Italy

[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,233) l Gianluca Mager (ITA,338) 67(5) 63 26

RamK lost in the first round against lower ranked Italian ... After remaining competitive in first 2 sets RamK was off-color in the third ... He really needs to take break from the tour and work on his game under coaches in this off-season.

At $50K+H Astana Challenger, Kazakhstan

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,291) vs (8) Andrey Golubev (KAZ,232)
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,533) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,384)

Tough draw for Prajnesh and Sasi.

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