Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Tennis News

At $2.3M Dongfeng Motor Wuhan WTA Open, China (Premier 5)

[R2] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN)vs Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)/ Donna Vekic (CRO) 2-0 suspended

The match suspended due to rain.

At $731K Shenzhen Open 2017, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 26 0-1 retd.

After losing the first set our pair forfeited the match due to retirement ... As per the draw sheet, the issue was with Lee's lower back.

At $1M Chengdu Open 2017, China

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) bt Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 46 75 10-6

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (4) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN)

Divij with Lu started with an excellent comeback win over Ratiwatana and Sugita after losing the first set ... Next, they r facing 4th seed pairing of Nestor and Inglot.

At $100K Tiburon Challenger 2017, California, USA

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,242) bt (Q) Deiton Baughman (USA,708) 76(5) 64

[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,242) vs Frank Dancevic (CAN,356)

Doubles
[R1] Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (Q) Tom Fawcett (USA)/ Edan Leshem (ISR) 16 16

Prajnesh scored another straight sets win over American qualifier ... After winning the first set in tie-break Prajnesh was a break down in the second set at 3-4 ... He won next 3 games, breaking Baughman in 8th and 10th games, for completing victory ... Next, he is having tricky match against a veteran Canadian Frank Dancevic.

Another one-sided loss for RamK, this time in the doubles with his Mexican partner against qualifiers.


At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R2] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) bt (Q) Ao Gai(CHN,599) 46 60 61

[QF] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) vs Pemra Ozgen (TUR,381)

Pranjala scored an impressive win over her Chinese opponent ... After losing the first set she dominated the match and won next two sets losing only a single game ... Next, she is facing Turkish experienced player, Pemra Ozgen.

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