Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Tennis News

At $125K Taipei OEC Open 2017, Taipei, Taiwan

[R1] Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Lizette Cabrera (AUS)/ Fanny Stollar (HUN) 64 75

[QF] Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (3) Monique Adamczak (AUS)/ Naomi Broady (GBR)

Prarthana started with the straight sets win with her new Thai partner Kumkhum ... Next, they r facing 3rd seed Aussie-British pair.

At $75K Champaign Challenger 2017, Illinois, USA

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (LL) Alexander Brown (USA)/ Ezekiel Clark (USA) 64 61

[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/ Alex Lawson (USA)

Lee-Purav started with a comfortable win over a lucky-loser pair ... Next, they r facing another American pair.

At $50K+H Pune Challenger 2017, Maharashtra

[R2] (LL) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,622) l (1) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,102) 36 26
[R2] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,912) bt (8) Pedja Krstin (SRB,221) 46 62 60
[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,150) bt Brydan Klein (GBR,292) 76(7) 63
[R2] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,137) bt Ante Pavic (CRO,313) 64 76(4)
[R2] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,352) l (9) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,245) 75 46 57
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,328) l (2) Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP,127) 36 46

[QF] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,912) vs (1) Blaz Kavcic (SLO,102)
[QF] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,150) vs (5) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,161)
[QF] (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND,137) vs Jay Clarke (GBR,288)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Evan King (USA)/ Lucas Miedler (AUT) 67(9) 46
[R1] (PR) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 63 64

[QF] (PR) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Naoki Nakagawa (JPN)

Saki scored an excellent comeback win over top-225 Pedja Krstin ... I like the way he handled Pedja after losing the first set ... Saki dominated next two sets as he won the second set losing 2 games and bagelled Pedja in the third ... Saki having real test in the next match against top-seed Blaz Kavcic.

Yuki took an early break against Pavic to lead 3-1 and kept that advantage for winning the first set ... In the second set, Pavic broke Yuki in the 2nd game when Yuki played a loose game ... But from 0-3 down Yuki made comeback as he broke Pavic in the 5th game to make it 3-all ... In the 9th game, Yuki missed a break point ... In the tie-break, Yuki was a mini-break down, 0-2, but after that Yuki took control of the tie-break and won it convincingly ... Next, he is facing young Britisher Jay Clarke.

Again an erratic game by RamK in this match ... RamK dropped his serve at 2-all but he broke back in the 10th game when Brydan was serving for the set after saving a set point ... In the tie-break also, RamK was double mini-breaks down at 1-4 but again he fought back to make it 5-4 ... He saved another set point at 5-6 and converted 2nd set point for winning this set ... This was his fourth tie-break in a row ... In the second set, Ramk broke Brydan in 1st and 3rd games to take a 4-0 lead ... In the 6th game, RamK committed 2 double faults and got broken, 4-3 ... RamK again broke Brydan when he was serving for staying in the match and completed the victory ... Next, he is facing Serbian Nikola Milojevic.

From the beginning, Bala was matching Nedo's game ... Till the 11th game, both players hold their respective service games ... Bala took a crucial break in the 12th game for winning the first set ... In the second set also both players hold their respective service games until the 8th game ... This time Nedo broke Bala in the 9th game and then hold his serve for winning this set ... In the third, Bala broke Nedo in the 2nd game to lead 3-0, but while serving for the match at 5-3 Bala failed to hold under pressure ... In the 10th game, Bala missed a couple of match points and lost his serve in the 11th game committing a couple of double faults and again Nedo holds his serve for completing the victory.

Sumit failed to challenge Adrian as he won both sets with a single break ... Kavcic proved too strong for VSP.

Saki and Jeevan scored comfortable straight sets win over 3rd seed Vishnu and Bala ... In the quarters, they will be facing Sumit and his Japanese partner ... But the top-seed Divij-Mikhail Elgin lost in the straight sets against Miedler and King.


At $60K+H ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Toyota, Japan

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,283) bt (Q) Megumi Nishimoto (JPN,718) 26 61 61

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,283) vs (5) Miharu Imanishi (JPN,223)

Good to see Ankita managed to score a win in the singles ... After losing the first set she made a strong comeback for winning next two sets losing only a couple of games ... Next, she is faci g top-225 Imanishi.

At $15K Vietnam F2 Futures 2017, Thu Dau Mot City

[R1] (4) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,426) bt (WC) Phongsapak Kerdlaphee (THA,1944) 63 62
[R2] (4) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,426) bt Nathan Pasha (USA,632) 60 61

[QF] (4) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,426) vs (Q) Jakub Paul (SUI,1184)

Sasi in the quarters with couple of easy wins ... He is facing Swiss qualifier for place in the semis.

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