Saturday, October 07, 2017

Tennis News

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

[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) l (1) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) 62 16 5-10

Another loss for Sania-Shuai against top-seeds Hingis and Chan ... Sania-Shuai started confidently and won the first set but after that Hingis and Chan gave a strong response to winning next two comfortably.

At $5.9M Shanghai Masters 2017, China

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ Lucas Pouille (FRA)

Tricky match for Rohan and Pablo against big hitters, Kyrgios and Pouille.

At $125K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2017, Taiwan

[SF] (1) Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (3) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 57 36

Divij-Lipsky lost in the straight sets against very experienced Erlich and Peya.

At $150K+H Tashkent Challenger 2017, Uzbekistan

[Q1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND,UNR) l Volodoymyr Uzhylovskyi (UKR,758) 16 76(8) 16
[Q1] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,488) bt (WC) Aziz Dadabaev (UZB,UNR) 62 62

[Q2] (5) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,488) vs Volodoymyr Uzhylovskyi (UKR,758)

[R1] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,154) vs Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,215)

Tough one for Yuki as he is facing Nedo in the first round.

In the qualifying, Vishnu scored a comfortable win over his 15 yrs old opponent ... Next, he is facing Ukrainian Uzhylovskyi, who defeated Jeevan in three sets.


At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka

[R2] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,531) bt Ramya Natarajan (IND,1032) 64 62
[R2] (5) Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND,684) l Rushri Wijesundera (USA,1134) 36 1-2 retd.

[QF] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,531) vs Rushri Wijesundera (USA,1134) 46 64 4-2 (suspended)
[QF] Jennifer Luikham (IND, UNR) l (4) Tamara Curovic (SRB,644) 62 46 46
[QF] Nidhi Chilumula (IND, 857) l (2) Josephine Boualem (FRA,606) 67(5) 16

In the quarters, Young Jenni won the first set but failed to keep momentum in next two sets against Curovic ... Nidhi also lost in the straight sets against Boualem.

Before that, Riya completed the straight sets victory over Ramya but Dhruthi retired from the match.


At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[SF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) l Arlinda Rushiti (SUI,898) 46 67(3)

Kanika's superb run ended against talented 18 yrs old Rushiti in tight two sets.

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