Sunday, October 22, 2017

Tennis News

At €589K European Open 2017, Antwerp, Belgium

Courtesy ATP Tour
Doubles Final
Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Julio Peralta (CHI) 64 26 10-5

Divij lifted his third ATP 250 title with Scott Lipsky at Antwerp ... Before this, he won two titles with Purav Raja.

Divij and Lipsky lifted the European Open title in the match tie-break ... After winning the first set our pair lost the momentum in the second, but they recovered and took control of the match tie-break from the beginning; 5-2, 6-3, 8-5.


At €2M Erste Bank Open 500 2017, Vienna, Austria

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (WC) Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR)

Rohan-Pablo r facing the wildcard pairing of Mirnyi and Kohlschreiber.

At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2017, France

[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Mathias Bourgue (FRA)/ Ugo Humbert (FRA)
[R1] Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN)

Lee and Purav r 3rd seed and facing local wildcard pair ... This week, Divij is partnering another Scott and they r facing 2nd seed pair.

At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R1] Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,548) vs (1) Taylor Fritz (USA,99)
[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,146) vs Jose Statham (NZL,308)
[R1] (PR) Saketh Myneni (IND,722) vs (6) Akira Santillan (AUS,162)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran(IND,228) vs Marc Polmans (AUS,294)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs (2) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,126)

Doubles
[R1] Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Max Purcell (AUS)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (4) Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Akira Santillan (AUS)

Tough matches for our unseeded players; VSP, Sumit and Saki ... Yuki and Prajnesh r having winnable matches.

Sumit is playing in the doubles with Ly, his junior Wimbledon doubles finalist partner ... Saki is partnering VSP and they r facing 4th seed pair.


At $75K Suzhou Challenger 2017, China

[Q1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) bye
[Q2] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) bt (7) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,1764) 63 64

[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) vs Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,351)
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,494) vs (3) Radu Albot (MDA,109)
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,356) vs (2) Blax Kavcic (SLO,105)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Duckhee Lee (KOR)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED)

Sid qualified for the main draw ... He is facing local player Zhizhen Zhang in the first round ... Vishnu and Bala r having tough matches against top-100 type opponents.

In the doubles, Jeevan and Chris r top-seed, Vishnu and Bala r 2nd seed.


At $75K Traralgon Challenger, Australia

[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,396) vs Alex Bolt (AUS,290)

Sasi is facing top-300 Aussie player in the first round.

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