Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Tennis News

At €2.5M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2018, Spain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (2) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 76(7) 63

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/ Robert Farah (COL)

Rohan-Edouard started with straight sets win against the 2nd seed Peers-Kontinen ... Next, they r facing Colombian pair, so hoping for a repeat of last week's result.

At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,266) bt (LL) Hugo Grenier (FRA,386) 62 61
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,630) bt Zhe Li (CHN,333) 64 67(5) 64
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,514) bt (5) Quentin Halys (FRA,110) 36 64 64
[R1] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,675) l Mohamed Safwat (EGY,226) 63 67(4) 26

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) vs Andrew Whittington (AUS,271)
[R2] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,627) vs (8) Soon Woon Kwon (KOR,215)
[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,516) vs Duckhee Lee (KOR,217)

Doubles
[R1] Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) w/o

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Very impressive win by Sasi against last week's Challenger winner top-110 Frenchman Quentin Halys ... After losing the first set Sasi fought back to win next two sets ... This was a biggest win of his career ... Next, he is facing Korean Duckhee Lee ... Bala had an up and down match as all sets he was in the control but allowing Zhe Li to fightback ... He managed to hang for winning this match ... Next, he is facing Korean Soon Woon Kwon ... Prajnesh started showing consistency in his game after Davis cup ... He scored a comfortable win and facing Australian Andrew Whittington in the second round ... Vishnu had a chance to close this match in straight sets but Safwat fightback to won the match.

Happy to see RamK gave walkover in the doubles due to viral infection.


At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Quanzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ayano Shimizu (JPN) bt (2) Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

Ankita and Shimizu received walkover from the 2nd seed Broady and Zvonareva.

At $50K+H Francavilla Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,219) l (Q) Antoine Hoang (FRA,243) 46 26

Sumit struggled continues as he lost against Frenchman Hoang in straight sets.

At $25K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2018, Karshi

[R1] (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND,1836) l Mikhail FUFYGIN (RUS,576) 46 46
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,465) l Nikola CACIC (SRB,466) 67(6) 62 46
[R1] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) bt (5) Roman SAFIULLIN (RUS,381) 64 76(5)
[R1] Sidharth RAWAT (IND,506) l (4) Sanjar FAYZIEV (RUS,380) 46 46

[R2] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) vs Vladimir IVANOV (EST,651)

Impressive win by Saki against former Junior WR #2 Safiullin ... Next, he is facing Ivanov.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Karshi, Uzbekistan

[R1] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) bt (Q) Vasilisa APONASENKO (RUS,794) 63 62
[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,467) bt (WC) Komola UMAROVA (UZB,807) 26 76(5) 60

[R2] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) vs (4) Nigina ABDURAIMOVA (UZB,309)
[R2] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,467) vs (8) Akgul AMANMURADOVA (UZB,404)

Contrasting wins by Rutuja and Pranjala but having local seeded opponents in the second round.

At $25K+H Nigeria F2 Futures 2018, Abuja

[R1] (Q) Dalwinder SINGH (IND,1215) l (1) Youssef HOSSAM (EGY,312) 46 62 46
[R1] (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,1076) bt (Q) Mirko MARTINEZ (SUI,1121) 57 63 61
[R1] (WC) Anurag NENWANI (IND,1364) l Jakub PAUL (SUI,778) 16 16
[R1] (5) Arjun KADHE (IND,394) l Tom JOMBY (FRA,519) 06 36
[R1] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,744) bt Matej SABANOV (CRO,784) 64 26 64

[R2] (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,1076) vs Remi BOUTILLIER (FRA,626)
[R2] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,744) vs (6) Moez ECHARGUI (TUN,462)

Shocking loss of Arjun with this scoreline, mostly rusty after long break ... Good wins for Aryan and Suraj.

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