Friday, April 28, 2017

Tennis News

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

[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) bt (Q) Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA,267) 62 57 64

[F] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs (Q) Blaz Rola (SLO,271)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (LL) Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/ Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 61 67(4) 10-3

[F] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (3) Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

RamK scored three sets win over Italian Andrea Arnaboldi for entering his first singles final on challenger level ... After winning the first set RamK was in the control of the match ... In the second set, he took a break in the 9th game and was serving for the match at 5-4 ... He had 3 match points at 40-0 but he lost concentration and lose next 5 points to get broken ... Arnaboldi again broke RamK in the 12th game for taking a match in the third ... In the third set, RamK took a break but missed another match point on Arnaboldi's serve at 5-3 ... But this time he holds his serve comfortably for completing win ... Good to see he didn't meltdown after messing up 3 match points on his own serve in the second set ... Next, he is facing similar ranked Blaz Rola, who is former top-100 players and his ranking was in the 60s ... He is on comeback trail after his injuries so not an easy match.

Lee-Scott needed the match tie-break for entering the final after beating Ecuadorian pair ... After losing the second set tie-break Lee-Scott recovered for dominating the match tie-break ... In the final, they r facing experienced 3rd seed Argentine pair.


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

Doubles Final
Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) l Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN) 26 57

Prarthana and her partner Fang Ying Xun fairytale ended in the final as they lost in straight sets against Chinese pairing of Xinyun Han and Qiu Yu Ye.

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