Sunday, January 28, 2018

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2018, Melbourne

Mixed Doubles Final
(5) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l (8) Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 62 46 9-11

Rohan-Timea lost in the Championship match against Dabrowski-Pavic after winning the first set ... In the first set, Rohan-Timea were in the control and they broke Dabrowski two times in the 4th and the 8th games for winning it comfortably ... In the second set, Rohan-Timea made some unforced errors to lose Timea's serve in the 7th game and that break was enough for Dabrowski-Pavic to win the set ... In the match ti-break, Dabrowski-Pavic took a mini-break on the 1st point to lead 3-0 ... From 2-5 down Rohan-Timea took mini-break back at 6-7 ... Rohan-Timea had a championship point at 9-8 on Pavic's serve, but he served two big aces to give them a championship point, 10-9 ... Dabrowski hit superb backhand cross-court service winner on Timea's serve to lift the Championship.

At $226K Taiwan Open 2018, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

[R1] Peangtarn Plipuech (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/ Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)

Good to see Prarthana is getting opportunities of playing lower level WTA tournaments, but she requires big break to move ahead in the ranking ... This week, Prarthana is playing in Taipei open with Thai partner, Peangtarn Plipuech ... They r facing a local pair.

At $125K Dallas Challenger 2018, Texas, USA

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) vs Aliaksandr Bury (BLR)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)
[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs James Cerretani (USA)/ Ante Pavic (CRO)

This week, Lee is partnering Salisbury and they r the top-seeds ... Jeevan and Chris r the 4th seed and facing last week's half winner Cerretani and Pavic.

At $50K+H Quimper Challenger 2018, France

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Gille Sander (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL)

This week, Bala-Vishnu r facing 4th seed Belgian pair.

At $75K Burnie Challenger 2018, Australia

[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Dane Propoggia (AUS) l (WC) Andrew Harris (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 57 67(3)

VSP with Propoggia lost in the first round in two tight sets.

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