Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Tennis News

At €2.3M Barcelona Open 2017, Spain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) l (1) Henry Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 67(3) 67(2)

This week Rohan-Pablo failed to repeat last week's result against WR #1 Kontinen-Peers and lost in two tie-breaks.

At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,288) l (SE) Oscar Otte (GER,263) 64 36 46

Prajnesh failed to overcome challenge of in form Otto after winning the first set ... All sets won by a single break advantage, so Prajnesh lost momentum after the first set.

At $75K Tallahassee Challenger 2017, Florida, USA (green clay)

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) bt (5) Peter Polansky (CAN,127) 61 75

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs James McGee (IRL,200)

RamK started with impressive straight sets win over top-130 Peter Polansky ... After winning the first set easily RamK stopped fightback of Polansky to complete win in two sets ... Next, he is facing top-200 Irishman James McGee.

At $100K+H ITF Women Tournament 2017, Anning, China

[R1] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) bt Eri Hozumi (JPN)/ Miyu Kato (JPN) 26 63 14-12

This is a huge win for Prarthana with her Chinese partner, Fang Ying Xun ... They defeated this year's Australian open finalist Japnaese pair in the match tie-break after saving match points.

At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[R1] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,295) bt Vlada Ekshibarova (ISR,439) 60 62

[R2] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,295) vs Valeria Savinykh (RUS,358)

Dominating winning start for Ankita in this Uzbek tournament.

At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND,707) l Sung-Hee HAN (KOR,638) 63 67(4) 67(4)
[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,799) bt (WC) Julaluck SAE-EUNG (THA,UNR) 60 60
[R1] (5) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,539) bt Sarah Beth GREY (GBR,727) 60 46 63
[R1] Kyra SHROFF (IND,708) l (Q) Tamachan MOMKOONTHOD (THA,1122) 46 26

[R2] (5) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,539) vs (Q) Tamachan MOMKOONTHOD (THA,1122)
[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,799) vs (7) Michika OZEKI (JPN,599)

Prerna and Karman r in the second round with contrasting wins ... Natasha missed 5 match points on Han's serve at 63 and 5-4 ... In the third also she fought back from 2-5 down but failed to score a win.

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