Friday, July 07, 2017

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2017, London, England

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (7) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 36 46 64 76(6) 8-10
[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 67(6) 36 76(5) 36

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) l KenSkupski (GBR)/ Jocelyn Rae (GBR) 36 46
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) l Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Raluca Olaru (ROU) 75 36 26
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Eri Hozumi (JPN) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 57 64 (suspended)

Juniors
[Q1] (3) Mihika Yadav (IND) l Cori Gauff 26 46
[Q1] (4) Siddhant Banthia (IND) bt Joshua Rose(GBR) 63 64
[Q2] (4) Siddhant Banthia (IND) bt Carlos Saanchez Jover (ESP)67(7) 61 61

[R1] (Q) Siddhant Banthia (IND,59) vs Matteo Martinaeu (FRA,33)

[R1] (15) Zeel Desai (IND,19) vs Naho Sato (JPN,50)
[R1] Mahak Jain (IND,29) vs Lea Boskovich (CRO,26)

Our both men's pairs lost in the second round in contrasting style ... Divij-Purav was 2 sets down and from there they made excellent fightback in the match ... They won next 2 sets for taking the match into the decider ... In the final set, our pair took crucial break in 11th game but Purav failed to hold despite having one match point ... And in 18th game, Divij failed to hold with back to back double faults in the end.

After losing the first 2 sets Rohan tried fight back winning the third but failed to keep momentum in the fourth.

Lee-Yifan failed to keep momentum after winning the first set but our pair failed to challenge their opponents in next two ... They lost last 2 sets convincingly ... Divij also with his Chinese partner Yang lost in the straight sets ... Purav and his Japanese partner Hozumi lost the first set but they fought back for winning the second before the match got suspended due to bad weather.

Siddhant Banthia qualified for main-draw of Wimbledon with back to back win ... Mihika lost in the first qualifying.


At $25K China F11 Futures 2017, Kunshan

[QF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) bt (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) 75 64
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND,806) l (2) Zhe LI (CHN,253) 16 57

[SF] (3) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,259) vs (2) Zhe LI (CHN,253)

Expected win for Prajnesh in straight sets, but decent fight by Vishnu considering Prajnesh's current form ... Next, he is facing Zhe Li, who defeated KU in the quarters.

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

[R2] (LL) Kanika VAIDYA (IND,1100) l Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS,UNR) 06 26
[R2] (SE) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,1054) l (1) Jacqueline CABAJ AWAD (SWE,512) 57 36

Pranjala and Kanika lost i the second round against Zvonareva and Cabaj Awad in contrasting style..

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