Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Tennis News

At the Fed Cup 2018 - Asia/Oceania Group I, New Delhi, India

Pool A
India l China 1-2

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,284) l Yafan Wang (CHN,125) 26 26
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,253) bt Lin Zhu (CHN,120) 63 62
[R3] Prarthana Thombare / Ankita Raina vs Zhaoxuan Yang / Yafan Wang 26 67

A fighting performance by Indian team with the help of Ankita's performance ... She scored an upset dominating win over more than 125 places higher Chinese opponent for keeping the doubles match alive ... Before that, Yafan Wang started with expected win over Karman, but was expecting better fighting performance from her ... In the doubles, Ankita partnered Prarthana but they lost in the straight sets against superior Chinese pair.

At $561K Ecuador Open 2018, Quito

[R1] (1) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (WC) Dorian Descloix (FRA)/ Gael Monfils (FRA) 76(2) 46 12-14

Purav-Demoliner lost in a close match against French pair ... After winning the first set in the tie-break Purav-Demoliner lost the second set ... They tried in the match tie-break but lost it on an extra points.

At $100K San Francisco Challenger 2018, California, USA

[R1] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt (WC) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Florian Lakat (FRA) 64 46 10-7

[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Dennis Novikov (USA)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)

Jeevan-Chris in the quarters with a win in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Novikov and Oliveira, whom they defeated last week.

At $75K Launceston Challenger 2018, Australia

[R1] Kimmer Coppejans (BEL)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Max Putcell (AUS)/ Andrew Whittington (AUS) 16 46

VSP and Coppejans lost in the straight sets against Aussie pair.

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