Thursday, July 20, 2017

Tennis News

At $600K Hall of Fame Open 2017, Newport, USA

[QF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Wesley Koolhof (NED)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 67(5) 67(4)

[SF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Lee-Sam stromed into the semis with comfortable win over Koolhof-Sitak ... In the semis, they r facing top-seed Ram and Qureshi ... Divij-Purav lost in two tie-breaks against Aussie pair, tough luck.

At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) l (4) Duckhee Lee (KOR,153) 06 46

Doubles
[QF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Aldin Setkic (BIH) 67(3) 64 10-8

[SF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE)

After receiving bagel in the first set, Saki managed a decent score in the second against Duckhee ... This was his first real test against challenger level player after the long injury layoff so we can say, three wins r a good start.

Hard fought comeback win in the match tie-break for Vishnu-Matsui ... Next, they r facing unseeded pairing of Doumbia and Konecny.


At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[QF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274)< bt (3) Dejana Radanovic (SRB,260) 16 75 61

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180)

Ankita scored an excellent comeback win over higher ranked Radanovic ... After losing the first set easily Ankita regrouped and won the second set taking a crucial break in 11th game ... After that Ankita dominated the last set for winning it comfortably ... Next, she is facing top-200 Turkish player Ipek Soylu.

At $25K Turkey F26 Future 2017, Istanbul (Clay)

[R2] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,306) l Miki Jankovic (SRB,842) 46 26

Surprising loss of Sumit against Jankovic.

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

[R1] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt Andrea KA (CAM,580) 60 62
[R2] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt Sung-Hee HAN (KOR,732) 64 62
[QF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) bt (1) Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA,466) 64 61

[SF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL(IND,578) vs (Q) Hua-Chen LEE (TPE,UNR)

Dhruthi scored some good wins in Thai ITF ... In the quarters, she scored straight sets win over top-seed and very experienced Al Nabhani.

At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt Ramu Ueda (JPN,914) 62 64
[R2] (Q) Snehal Mane (IND,UNR) l (3) Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE,530) 26 16

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs (Q) Eva Siska (USA,1103)

Rutuja in the quarters with straight sets win over her Japanese opponent ... Next, she is facing American qualifier Eva Siska, who scored upset win over top-seed British player ... Awad proved too better player for Snehal.

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