Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Tennis News

At $50K+H Marbella Challenger 2018, Spain

[R1] (LL) Sumit Nagal (IND,218) bt (8) Marcel Granollers (ESP,131) 64 61
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,136) bt Alessandro Giannessi (ITA,161) 64 36 63

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,136) vs (LL) Sumit Nagal (IND,218)

RamK will face Sumit in the second round ... RamK started confidently and with a single break advantage won the first set ... In the second set, Giannessi took an early break, 1-3, but RamK immediately broke back, 2-3 ... Giannessi again broke RamK for winning the set ... In the final set, RamK took a crucial break in the 6th game and kept that advantage for winning the match.

Sumit scored a huge upset win over former top-20 clay court specialist Spaniard Marcel Granollers in straight sets ... In the first set, both players broke each other twice but Sumit took a crucial break in the 9th game and held his serve for winning the set ... Sumit dominated the second set, he broke Marcel in the 2nd and the 4th games to lead 4-0 ... But Sumit lost his serve in the 5th game, 4-1, Sumit again broke in the 6th game and then held his serve for a really good win.


At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Kofu, Japan

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,255) bt (WC) Mai Hontama (JPN,856) 61 76(3)
[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,273) vs (Q) Rija Ushijama (JPN,552)

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,255) vs Ayla Aksu (TUR,225)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND) / Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) bt (WC) Kiko Nishizato (JPN) / Sayaka Suzuki (JPN) 63 60

For next two weeks, Ankita and Karman r playing in Japan ... Ankita started with straight sets win over her Japanese opponent ... Next, she is facing another Japanese challenge of Ayla Aksu, Ankita lost against her in their previous meeting.

In the doubles also, Ankita started with a comfortable win with her Taipei partner.

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