Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Tennis News

At $720K BB&T Atlanta Open 2017, USA

[R1] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (WC) Eric Sock (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA) 63 63

[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 76(6) 67(5) 10-3
[QF] Hyeon Chung (KOR)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Another similar hard fought win for Divij and Purav against good doubles players, Lipsky and Gonzalez ... This time also they dominated the match tie-break.

Jeevan-Chung started with a confident win against Sock brothers ... Next, they r facing another brothers combination but this time formidable Bryans.


At €540K Swiss Open 2017, Gstaad, Switzerland

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 36 26

Lee with his new Croatian partner Sancic, failed to challenge Brazilian pair in their one-sided loss.

At $226,750 Ericsson Open 2017, Bastad, Sweden

[QF] Jessica Moore (AUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (2) Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL) 36 26

Prarthana-Jessica failed to challenge 2nd seed Kalashnikova and Kalashnikova.

At $100K Granby Challenger 2017, Canada

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) bt Roberto Quiroz (ECU,238) 67(4) 63 61

[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,201) vs (4) Denis Shapovalov (CAN,130)

After struggling in the first set Yuki dominated the match as he won last two sets comfortably ... In the first set, Yuki took early break for leading 2-0 but while serving for the set at 5-4 he missed a set point on his serve and lost his serve ... He lost the tie-break and was a break down in the second set at 0-2 ... After that he changed his game plan and winning 12 games of the next 14 games for completing the win ... Next, he is facing in-form Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,349) bt Karin KENNEL (SUI,562) 61 46 63

[QF] (6) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,349) vs Naiktha BAINS (AUS,454)

Karman is in the quarters with three sets win over Swiss girl ... Next, she is facing Indian origin Aussie girl Naiktha Bains.

At $25K+H Italy F23 Futures 2017, Pontedara

[R2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,305) bt Gian Marco Moroni (ITA,888) 62 36 76(5)

Sumit in the quarter-final with hard fought win over another Italian Moroni ... In the final set tie-break, he was 1-5 down before winning last 6 points to complete the victory.

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