Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Tennis News

At $5.6M Cincinnati Masters 2017, USA

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Alexander Zverev (GER) l Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 62 67(2) 6-10

Lee and Sascha lost in the match tie-break against Spanish pair ... They started well after winning the first set comfortably but failed to complete the win.

At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[R2] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,732) bt (8) Yuuki Tanaka (JPN,322) 61 67(3) 62
[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,337) bt (4) Shiho Akita (JPN,247) 63 75

[QF] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,732) vs (1) Luksika Kumkhum (THA,179)
[QF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,337) vs Kyoka Okamura (JPN,397)

Pranjala scored impressive win over 8th seed Japanese girl, Yuuki Tanaka ... Pranjala won the first set comfortably and was up 3-0 in the second, but from here she lost the focus ... Yuuki fought back for winning the second se in the tie-break ... In the third, both players exchanged early break but afterwards Pranjala dominated for winning it comfortably.

Karman also scored huge straight sets win against top-250 Japanes opponent, Shiho Akita ... After winning the first set Karman was double break up in the second, 5-2 ... Twice she failed to hold while serving for the match but she again broke Shiho in 11th and then hold for completing the victory.


At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Leipzig, Germany

[R1] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,271) bt Bibiane Schoofs (NED,288) 63 2-3 retd.

[R2] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,271) vs Alice Matteucci (ITA,396)

Ankita is in the second round when her opponent Bibiane Schoofs retired in the second set .... But before this Ankita won the first set ... Next, she is facing Italian girl, Alice Matteucci.

At $15K Thailand F6 2017, Nonthaburi

[R2] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,505) l (Q) Blake Ellis (AUS,1386) 26 64 57
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,502) bt Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN,649) 76(2) 36 63

[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,502) vs Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA,558)

VSP needed three sets for completing win over his Japanese opponent, Yamasaki ... Next, he is facing Thai Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul ... Sid lost against Aussie Junior top-25 player, Blake Ellis, in three sets.

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