Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Tennis News

At $50K Knoxville Challenger, USA

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,546) l Michael Mmoh (USA,268) 46 67(8)

Yuki struggled with his game in this match ... No zip was in his serve and he made numerous unforced errors ... In the first set both players exchanged early breaks in 1st two games ... In the second set Yuki was 1-4 down before he tried comeback ... He broke Mmoh in 7th game for making 4-all ... In tie-break Yuki had set point at 7-6 but then his serve let him down ... Mmoh converted 5th match point for completing a win.

At $75K Ortisei Challenger, Italy

[QF] Alessandro Motti (ITA)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (3) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Dino Marcan (CRO) 46 67(7)

RamK and Motti lost in closely fought two sets against 4th seeds.

At $50K+H Kobe Challenger, Japan

[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 26 75 10-8

Jeevan and Rungkat scored comeback win after losing the first set against Gonzales and Matsui for entering into the semis.

At $25K Australia F9 Futures, Wollongong

[R1] (6) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,439) bt Maciej Smola (POL,936) 46 63 64

[R2] (6) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,439) vs (WC) Benard Bruno Nkomba (AUS,UNR)
[R2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,350) vs (Q) Dimitri Vidin (AUS,UNR)

Bala needed comeback win against her Polish opponent after losing the first set ... Next Bala and Sumit having winnable matches as Bala is facing 17 yrs old Aussie wild-card Nkomba and Sumit is facing Aussie qualifier Vidin.

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

[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,602) l (1) Irina Khromacheva (RUS,92) 26 16
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,284) bt Magdalena French (POL,320) 62 63

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND,284) vs Jaqueline Adina Cristian (ROU,363)

Ankita scored comfortable win over her Polish opponent ... Next she is facing 18 yrs old Romanian Jaqueline Adina Cristian in the quarters ... Karman failed to challenge top-100 Russian in her second round match.

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