Saturday, April 29, 2017

Tennis News

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

Courtesy Leander's FB page
Singles Final
Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) l (Q) Blaz Rola (SLO,271) 26 76(8) 57

Doubles Final
(1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (3) Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 46 76(5) 10-7

RamK failed to win th title but this was excellent week for him ... In the final, he fought till end but Rola proved better player ... After losing the first set cheaply RamK fought back ... He saved match points before winning it on the tie-break ... In the final set also he kept fighting but failed to cross final hurdle.

Lee-Scott lifted the title with superb comeback win over 3rd seed Argentine pair ... After losing the first set they dig deep to win the second set in tie-break ... They kept momentum in the match tie-break for winning this match.


At $50K+H Gimcheon Challenger 2017, Korea

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,276) vs (1) Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE,55)
[R1] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,285) vs (WC) Seong-chan Hong (KOR,518)

Yuki is coming back on the tour and facing local wild-card player ... Prajnesh having a tough match against top-seed Yen-Hsun Lu.

At $75K+H Ostrava Challenger, Czech Republic (Clay)

[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,380) bt (WC) PatriK Rikl (CZE,UNR) 64 75

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,380) l (8) Dragos Dima (ROU,320) 36 61 36

Sumit was on the court after 6 months due to career threatening shoulder injury ... He won the first match but lost in the second qualifying showing rustiness in his game.

At $75K Savannah Challenger 2017, Georgia, USA (green clay)

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,264) vs (WC) Ryan Shane (USA,506)

RamK is facing local wild-card player Ryan Shane.

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