Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Tennis News

At €540K Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open 2017, Switzerland (Red clay)

[R1] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (PR) David Marrero (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 67(3) 76(3) 10-4

[QF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)/ Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)

Lee-Scott scored tight comeback win over Spanish pair in the first round ... After losing the first set, Lee-Scott fought back to win the second set in the tie-break ... But they dominated match tie-break from the start ... Next, they r facing another unseeded pair, who scored upset win over 4th seed.

At €540K Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon 2017, France

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (WC) Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Thomas Paire (FRA) 63 26 2-10

Disappointing loss for Purav-Divij against Paire brothers, one was an amateur player, after their last week's title win.

At €226K NÜRNBERGER Versicherungs Cup 2017, Germany

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) l Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Misaki Doi (JPN) 57 26

This was a tough loss for Sania-Yaroslava against Doi-Chuang in straight sets.

At $226K Internationaux de Strasbourg 2017, France

[QF] Vera Lapko (BLR)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Chantal Skamlova (SVK)/ Eva Wacanno (NED) 36 57

Prarthana-Vera failed to score back to back wins in this WTA tournament ... This was an upset loss as their opponents were lower ranked, so missed an opportunity for Prarthana.

At $50K+H Mestre Challenger 2017, Italy (Red clay)

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,270) l (8) Blake Mott (AUS,256) 57 36

Very disappointing result for Prajnesh against similar ranked Aussie opponent ... Morover, he was 3-1 up in the first set before losing this match.

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