Friday, July 21, 2017

Tennis News

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

[SF] (3) Sam Groth (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 67(6) 9-11

Lee and Sam missed multiple match points in the second set and in the match tie-break they saved 2 match points from 7-9 down but failed to save third ... So another close match and again missed opportunities of closing match in two sets.

At $75K Gatineau Challenger 2017, Canada

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,212) l Alexander Sarkissian (USA,255) 36 64 46

This was surprising loss of Yuki against Sarkissian in three sets ... Before this match he scored really good win against more fancied opponents ... In this match, he played defensively and gave chance to Sarkissian for dominating the points.

At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[SF] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Michal Konecny (CZE) 76(5) 76(1)

[F] (1) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS)/ Evgeny Tyurnev (RUS)

Vishnu and Toshihide in the final after scoring win with two tie-breaks ... In the final, they r facing Russian pair.

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

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) l (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180) 46 64 26

Ankita lost in three sets against top-200 turkish player Ipek Soylu ... After winning the second set Ankita failed to keep momentum in the third.

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

[SF] (8) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,578) l (Q) Hua-Chen LEE (TPE,UNR) 36 46

Dhruthi failed to continue with her run and lost in the straight sets against Hua-Chen Lee.

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

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) bt (Q) Eva Siska (USA,1103) 64 62

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,793) vs (WC) Mayar Sherif (EGY,UNR)

Rutuja is in the semis with comfortable straight sets win over American qualifier Eva Siska ... Next, she is facing local wild card player, Mayar Sherif.

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