Saturday, March 24, 2018

Tennis News

At $8.9M Miami Open 2018 ATP 1000, Florida, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA)/ Daniil Medvedev RUS) 46 62 14-12

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Steve Johnson (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA)

Rohan-Edouard started with a comeback win over Mannarino-Medvedev ... After losing the first set they won the second set comfortably ... In the match tie-break, Rohan-Edouard faced stiff challenge from their opponents but they prevailed in extra points ... Next, they r facing big serving American pair, who defeated WR #1 pairing of Melo and Kubot in the first round.

At $50K+H Lille Challenger 2018, France

[SF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) 76(2) 64

[F] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hugo Nys (FRA)/ Tim Puetz (GER)

Jeevan-Purav scored straight sets win over British pair for entering into the final ... They will face Nys-Puetz for the title.

At $15K India F4 Futures 2018, Trivandrum

[R1] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,519) bt Anurag Nenwani (IND,1252) 63 64
[R2] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,519) bt Olly Sadler (NZL,1926) 61 63
[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,519) bt Manish Sureshkumar (IND,856) 60 64

[SF] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND,423) bt (1) Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP,281) 46 63 62
[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,519) bt Thales Turini (BRA,1054) 75 61

Singles Final
(4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,519) bt (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND,423) 63 63

Doubles Final
(2) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (1) Caio Silva (BRA)/Thales Turini (BRA) 67(5) 64 10-7

VSP surprised Arjun to score a comfortable win and lifted the title ... This win helped him to re-enter into top-500 ranking ... Arjun will enter into the top-400 (around 390s) after these four weeks ... Overall good performance by Arjun in these four weeks ... In the semis, Arjun pulled a terrific win over top-300 Boluda-Purkiss in three sets ... In last two weeks, he lost against him in the quarters and the semis but third time he managed to turn table on him.

In the doubles, Arjun-VSP lifted their third title in four weeks, beating top-seed Brazilian pair ... Our pair scored a comeback win after losing the first set tie-break ... With this win Arjun will climbed into top-350 ranking in the doubles.

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