Monday, March 13, 2017

Tennis News

At $7.7M BNP Paribas Open 2017, Indian Wells, California, USA

[QF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs (6) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI)

Next is an interesting match between Sania and Hingis with their respective partners.

At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs Stefano Napolitano (ITA,175)

Doubles
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (3) Dino Marcan (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 36 46

Yuki having tricky first round against consistent challenger level performer.

Another first round loss in the doubles for Yuki and Jeevan ... These results are more hurting for Jeevan's ranking.


At $150K+H Irving Challenger, Texas, USA

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) bt Federico Gaio (ITA,159) 57 61 64

[Q2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) bt (3) Jozef Kovalik (SLO,118) 76 63

[Q3] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,277) vs (6) Andrey Rublev (RUS,134)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Dustin Brown (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Brian Baker (USA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA)

RamK scored impressive back to back upset win over top-200 players in this big US challenger ... In the first qualifying he scored comeback win after losing the first set but in the second match he scored straight sets win over top-125 player ... He needs another big win over Andrey Rublev for qualifying in main-draw.

In the doubles, our all players r playing and they r having tough first round matches ... Lee is partnering Dustin Brown and they r facing top-seed pair Marach-Martin ... Rohan is playing with Lu and facing experienced players Peya-Petzschner ... Divij and Purav r facing 2nd seed American pair Baker-Monroe.

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