At $5M Cincinnati Masters 2017, USA
[R1] (LL) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,180) bt (Q) Christopher Eubanks (USA,374) 67(5) 61 64
RamK got a lucky and received lucky loser spot after late withdrawal of Gaël Monfils ... He was facing American qualifier and 6'7" giant player Eubanks ... In the first set, RamK struggled with returning game due to huge services from Eubanks and in the tie-break, a single mini-break was enough for Eubanks to win this set ... In the second set, RamK won 5 games in a row from 1-all and in that, he broke Eubanks in 4th and 6th games ... In the final set, RamK too crucial break in the 3rd game to lead 3-1 ... Eubanks tried to put pressure on RamK's serve but he managed to hold ... While serving for the match at 5-4 Eubanks put pressure on RamK's serve but after two deuces RamK wins with an excellent volley from the net ... The commentators were impressed with his attitude and exuberance in this match ... This win gives him big pay cheque $33K and 61 (45+16) ATP points, which will be propelled him a couple of places ahead of Yuki on next Monday rankings ... Very healthy competition between these two for India's #1 spot.
At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,732) bt Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,497) 64 62
[R1] (Q) Natasha Palha (IND,768) l Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE,349) 26 16
[R2] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,732) vs (8) Yuuki Tanaka (JPN,322)
Pranjala scored impressive win against in-form Taipei player Pei-Chi for entering into the second round ... Next, she is facing 8th seed Japanese girl, Yuuki Tanaka.
At $15K Thailand F6 2017, Nonthaburi
[R1] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,505) bt (WC) Jirat Navasirisomboon (THA,931) 64 63
[R1] (4) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,440) l (Q) Wei-de Lin (TPE,1285) 67(6) 67(4)
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,502) bt Karunuday Singh (IND,690) 3-0 retd.
[R2] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,505) vs (Q) Blake Ellis (AUS,1386)
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,502) vs Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN,649)
VSP completed win within 10 mins when KU retired after playing only 3 games ... Hopefully, no serious injury issue for KU ... Sid scored expected win over local wild-card player ... Next, he is facing junior top-25 Aussie player, Blake Ellis ... Surprised loss of Sasi in the two tie-breaks against Taipei qualifier.
[R1] (LL) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,180) bt (Q) Christopher Eubanks (USA,374) 67(5) 61 64
RamK got a lucky and received lucky loser spot after late withdrawal of Gaël Monfils ... He was facing American qualifier and 6'7" giant player Eubanks ... In the first set, RamK struggled with returning game due to huge services from Eubanks and in the tie-break, a single mini-break was enough for Eubanks to win this set ... In the second set, RamK won 5 games in a row from 1-all and in that, he broke Eubanks in 4th and 6th games ... In the final set, RamK too crucial break in the 3rd game to lead 3-1 ... Eubanks tried to put pressure on RamK's serve but he managed to hold ... While serving for the match at 5-4 Eubanks put pressure on RamK's serve but after two deuces RamK wins with an excellent volley from the net ... The commentators were impressed with his attitude and exuberance in this match ... This win gives him big pay cheque $33K and 61 (45+16) ATP points, which will be propelled him a couple of places ahead of Yuki on next Monday rankings ... Very healthy competition between these two for India's #1 spot.
At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Nonthaburi, Thailand
[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,732) bt Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,497) 64 62
[R1] (Q) Natasha Palha (IND,768) l Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE,349) 26 16
[R2] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,732) vs (8) Yuuki Tanaka (JPN,322)
Pranjala scored impressive win against in-form Taipei player Pei-Chi for entering into the second round ... Next, she is facing 8th seed Japanese girl, Yuuki Tanaka.
At $15K Thailand F6 2017, Nonthaburi
[R1] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,505) bt (WC) Jirat Navasirisomboon (THA,931) 64 63
[R1] (4) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,440) l (Q) Wei-de Lin (TPE,1285) 67(6) 67(4)
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,502) bt Karunuday Singh (IND,690) 3-0 retd.
[R2] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,505) vs (Q) Blake Ellis (AUS,1386)
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,502) vs Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN,649)
VSP completed win within 10 mins when KU retired after playing only 3 games ... Hopefully, no serious injury issue for KU ... Sid scored expected win over local wild-card player ... Next, he is facing junior top-25 Aussie player, Blake Ellis ... Surprised loss of Sasi in the two tie-breaks against Taipei qualifier.
4 comments:
He will receive 45 points for Round 2 and 16 points for Q2, so in total will gain 61 points this week.
My concern ia regarding Yuki's health, why isn't he playing anywhere since last week?? Or simply taking rest for US open qualifiers??
If Ram wins Round 2, what u r saying could be correct, though i must admit,I m not so sure. Yuki is highly talented but injury prone-so could be taking a week's break. If he can get his serve to be as strong as Ram's (though Yuki has improved on his serve) he surely can be in the top 50. Likewise Ram needs to be more consistent like Yuki with his ground stokes (though Ram has also improved as his results indicate) Nice to see many Indian tennis fans out here following Ram & Yuki. Gr8 work Jay!
Just 2 add 1 more thing, any update on the live telecast of India's Davis Cup tie against Canada? Hope Star or Sony do decide to telecast the tie considering Yuki & Ram's good form. Also the possibility of Milos Raonic's absence, does leave India in with a fighting chance. Still the fact that Canada had lost narrowly to GBR 2-3 in the absence of Milos & the fact that their top 2 singles players (excluding Milos) would still be ranked above Yuki & Ram (Infact 1 of them did beat Rafa recently!)and the home court advantage, it no doubt is an uphill task for India but certainly not an impossible one!
I think Canada will win the tie comfortably against India.. they have highly talented Shopavalov as well in form Peter Polanski.. also their second highest ranked player Vasek Pospisil is Top-50.. so home advantage plus strong single players makes Canada the better side.
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