Thursday, August 24, 2017

Tennis News

At US Open 2017, New York, USA

[Q2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,156) l (14) Nicholas Mahut (FRA,113) 36 76(5) 26

RamK lost in three sets against experienced Mahut ... In this match, his serve wasn't working but still he worked hard on the court ... After losing the first set he fought back for winning the second in the tie-break ... But as per report, he was looking tired in the third ... After broken down in 5th game, 2-3, RamK had 3 break points on Mahut's serve in next game, 0-40, which he failed to convert and then again got broken in 7th game for losing the match.

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

[R2] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,270) bt Ana Vrljic (CRO,420) 61 46 64

[QF] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,270) l (4) Ayla Aksu (TUR,260) 63 46 16

Doubles
[QF] (WC) Berfu Cengiz (TUR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt (1) Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) 76(5) 64
[QF] (3) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Ana Veselinovic (MNE) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/ Michaela Honcova (SVK) 36 62 10-8
[QF] Gabriela Ce (BRA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt (2) Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Valeria Savinykh (RUS) 75 63

[SF] (WC) Berfu Cengiz (TUR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs (4) Elitsa Kostova (BUL)/ Yana Sizikova (RUS)
[SF] (3) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Ana Veselinovic (MNE) vs Gabriela Ce (BRA)/ Ankita Raina (IND)

Ankita lost after winning the first set against Ayla Aksu ... Before that, Ankita struggled in the match against Vrljic ... After winning the first set Ankita was struggling to hold her serve ... In the last set, there was the fury of breaks but Ankita survived.

In the doubles, Karman with her Turkish partner Berfu Cengiz scored upset win over top-seed pair in straight sets ... Next, they r facing 4th seed Kostova-Sizikova.

Prarthana with her partner Veselinovic scored comeback win over Amanmuradova-Honcova for entering into the semis ... They will meet Ankita and Gabriela, who defeated 2nd seed Russian pair in straight sets ... This was a super effort from Ankita as she was playing her third match of the day.


At $25K Poland F10 Futures 2017, Poznan

[R1] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,264) bt Maciej Rajski (POL,541) 63 62

[QF] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,261) vs (8) Hubert Hurkacz (POL,409)

Sumit took revenge of loss against Rajski in dominating fashion ... Next, he is facing third Polish player in a row, this time top-400 typeHubert Hurkacz.

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