Friday, February 16, 2018

Tennis News

At $50K+H Chennai Challenger 2018, India

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[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,112) bt (3) Duckhee Lee (KOR,207)

[F] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,112) vs (1) Jordan Thompson (AUS,107)

Doubles Final
(2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Cem Ilkel (TUR)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 76(5) 57 10-5

Yuki scored a straight sets win over Duckhee ... In the first set, Yuki needed to wait till the 11th game for breaking Duckhee's serve and then he hold his serve in the 12th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Yuki broke Duckhee in the 3rd game to lead 3-1 and then he again broke Duckhee in 7th game and then hold his serve for winning the match ... In the final, the top two seeds will be playing for entering into the top-100, as winner will entered into the top-100.

Bala and Vishnu lifted their first title of 2018 ... In the final, they defeated Ilkel-Petrovic in the match tie-break ... The first 2 sets were closely fought which split between both pairs ... Bala-Vishnu won the first set in tie-break, but Ilkel-Petrovic won the second set breaking Bala-Vishnu in the 12th game ... Bala-Vishnu recovered for winning the match tie-break comfortably.


At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Mallorca, Spain

[Q1] Snehadevi S.Reddy (IND,UNR) bt Nora Ayala Serra (ESP,UNR) 63 63
[Q2] Snehadevi S.Reddy (IND,UNR) bt (4) Lucia Marzal Martinez (ESP,1014) 76(2) 63
[Q3] Snehadevi S.Reddy (IND,UNR) bt (13) Angeles Moreno Barranquero (ESP,1223) 76(2) 63

[R1] Snehadevi S.Reddy (IND,UNR) bt Rosa Vicens Mas (ESP,863) 63 retd.
[R2] Snehadevi S.Reddy (IND,UNR) bt (2) Estrella Cabeza-Candela (ESP,343) 63 46 62

[QF] Snehadevi S.Reddy (IND,UNR) l (5) Irene Burillo Escorihuela (ESP,441) 26 36

Snehadevi produced some excellent results this week in Spain ... She defeated talented five Spanish girls, in that top-350 Cabeza-Candela, before losing in the quarters.

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