Thursday, April 26, 2018

Tennis News

At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,516) bt Duckhee Lee (KOR,217) 62 76(7)

[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) vs (8) Soon Woon Kwon (KOR,215)
[QF] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,516) vs (3) Jordan Thompson (AUS,98)

Doubles
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 46 63 6-10

Mukund scored an impressive win over Duckhee Lee in straight sets ... In the first set, he was break up at 4-2 and then broke Duckhee in the 8th game for winning the set ... In the second set, Mukund save 2 break points in the 3rd game and he had 3 match points on Duckhee's serve in the 10th game but he failed to convert ... In the tie-break, Mukund saved a set point at 6-5 and converted his 5th match point for an exciting win ... Next, he is facing top-100 Jordan Thompson.

Vishnu-Bala's struggle on the clay continues, as they lost in the match tie-break against Chinese pair.


At $25K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2018, Karshi

[QF] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) bt Evgeny TYURNEV (RUS,366) 46 75 retd.

[SF] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) vs Jurabek KARIMOV (UZB,521)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Sanjar FAYZIEV (UZB)/ Jurabek KARIMOV (UZB) 63 75
[QF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Dmitry MNUSHKIN (RUS)/ Vladimir POLYAKOV (RUS) 63 62
[SF] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt (2) Nikola CACIC (SRB)/ Luca MARGAROLI (SUI) 63 76(3)

[F] (3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) vs Konstantin KRAVCHUK (RUS)/ Roman SAFIULLIN (RUS)

Saki's opponent Ivanov retired after losing the second set ... Next, he is facing local 19 yrs old Karimov, who scored an upset win over top-seed Japanese Moriya.

In the doubles also, Saki and VSP in the final ... They won all matches in straight sets including the 2nd seed pair.


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

[QF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) bt Sofya LANSERE (RUS,639) 76(4) 60

[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) vs Anastasia GASANOVA (RUS,435)

Doubles
[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND)/ Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND) l (3) Nigina ABDURAIMOVA (UZB)/ Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS) 46 46

Rutuja scored another solid win against talented top-30 Junior player, Russian Sofya Lansere ... After winning the first set she dominated the second ... Next, she is facing another Russian teenager Gasanova ... In the doubles, Rutuja-Pranjala lost against the third seed pair.

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

[QF] (Q) Suraj R Prabodh(IND,1076) l (1) Youssef Hossam (EGY,315) 46 46
[QF] Aryan Goveas (IND,744) l (4) Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,349) 36 67(7)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) bt Diego MATOS (BRA)/ Thomas SETODJI (FRA) 63 76(5)
[QF] (3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) bt Kazuma KAWACHI (JPN)/ Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN) 76(2) 75
[SF] (3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) bt (2) Markus ERIKSSON (SWE)/ Maximilian NEUCHRIST (AUT) 75 76(10)

[F] (3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) vs Danylo KALENICHENKO (UKR)/ Mirko MARTINEZ (SUI)

A decent fighting performance in their losses against top-350 players by Suraj and Aryan against their respective matches.

After his failure in the singles, Arjun is doing well in the doubles with his American partner ... They r in the final with some quality wins, including a win over the 2nd seed pair.

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