Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Tennis News

At US Open 2017, New York, USA

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,156) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra,213) 64 64

[Q2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,156) vs (14) Nicholas Mahut (FRA,113)

RamK started with a solid win against former WR #12 Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets ... In the first set, RamK broke Mathieu in 3rd game to lead 2-1 and kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, RamK took crucial break on Mathieu's serve in 7th game, 4-3 ... And then hold his service games for completing excellent victory ... In this match, RamK's serve worked like wonder, he hit 16 aces (in that last 2 aces on last 2 points of the match) and 81% first-serve win percentage ... Next, he is facing another experienced Frenchman Nicholas Mahut.

At $710K Connecticut Open 2017, New Haven, USA (Premier)

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU) l (ALT) Nicole Melichar (USA)/ Anna Smith (GBR) 57 67(4)

Not the best preparation for US Open for Sania ... She and her Romanian partner Monica Niculescu lost in tight two sets against the alternate pairing of Nicole Melichar and Anna Smith.

At $50K+H Manerbio Challenger 2017, Italy

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Johan Brunstorm (SWE) bt Kamil Majcharzak (POL)/ Grzegorz Panfil (POL) 64 62

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Johan Brunstorm (SWE) vs Romen Arneodo (ITA)/ Hugo Nys (FRA)

Jeevan with his new partner Swede Johan Brunstorm r in the quarter ... They scored straight games win.

At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Artvin, Turkey

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,339) l Anastasiya Vasylyeva (UKR,410) 76(10) 36 57

Karman failed to complete win against Vasylyeva ... When play resumed she lost her serve in 11th game and then Vasylyeva hold for completing the win.

At $25K Turkey F31 Futures 2017, Istanbul (Clay)

[R1] (7) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,440) bt (WC) Mert Alkaya (TUR,UNR) 61 64

[R2] (7) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,440) vs Muhammet Haylaz (TUR,736)

Expected comfortable wining start for Sasi against local un-ranked player ... Next, he is facing another local player, Muhammet Haylaz.

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