Saturday, September 30, 2017

Tennis News

At $6.3M China WTA Open, Beijing (Premier)

[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) bye

This week also Sania-Shuai r in the top draw with Hingis and Chan.

At $4.2M China Open 2017, Beijing

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (WC) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

This week Rohan is back with Cuevas and they r playing local wild-card pair.

At $1M Chengdu Open 2017, China

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) l Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) 36 36

Daniell-Demoliner proved better pair on the court as they defeated Divij and Lu in the straight sets.

At $100K Tiburon Challenger 2017, California, USA

[SF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,242) l (8) Cameron Norrie (GBR,165) 36 26

Prajnesh lost in the straight sets against an in-form Cameron Norrie ... Still, this was overall a good week for Prajnesh.

At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2017, Taiwan

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,268) vs (3) Marius Copil (ROU,83)
[R1] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,155) vs John Millman (AUS,190)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Jui-Chen Hung (TPE)/ Cheng-Yu Yu (TPE)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) James Cerretani (USA)/ Marc Polmans (AUS)

A tough draw for Sumit as he is playing top-100 Romanian in the first round ... Yuki is facing Aussie Millman but lot depends upon Yuki's fitness.

In the doubles, Divij is partnering Lipsky and they r facing local wild-card pairs in first 2 matches ... Jeevan and Vishnu r facing 2nd seed pair, but they can be dangerous floaters in this draw.


At $100K Stockton Challenger 2017, California, USA

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,150) vs Christian Harrison (USA,266)

RamK is facing Christian Harrison, brother of Ryan, in the first round.

At $15K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 896) l (2) Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,503) 36 46

Kanika lost against her doubles partner, Pei-Chi Lee, in the straight sets.

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