Friday, April 27, 2018

Tennis News

At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) bt (8) Soon Woon Kwon (KOR,215) 62 63
[QF] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,516) l (3) Jordan Thompson (AUS,98) 26 46

[SF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) vs Kamil Majchrzak (POL,231)

Prajnesh started confidently from 2-all he won next four games breaking Soon in the 6th and the 8th games for winning the first set ... In the second set, both players were playing percentage tennis and matching each other ... At 4-3, Prajnesh took a crucial break on Soon's serve in the 5th game and then held his serve for thumping win ... Next, he is facing Polish player, Kamil Majchrzak ... Mukund failed to challenge top-100 Jordan Thompson, but this was really good week for him as he earned highest ranking points from one tournament.

At $25K Uzbekistan F2 Futures 2018, Karshi

[SF] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) bt Jurabek KARIMOV (UZB,521) 67(3) 76(5) 63

[F] Saketh MYNENI (IND,530) vs (7) Yaraslav SHYLA (BLR,440)

Doubles Final
(3) Saketh MYNENI (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) l Konstantin KRAVCHUK (RUS)/ Roman SAFIULLIN (RUS) 63 57 7-10

Saki scored really a tight win over local 19 yrs old Karimov ... After losing the first set in the tie-break Saki needed to dig deep for winning the second set in the tie-break ... Saki controlled the third set for entering into the final ... Next, he is facing top-450 player, Yaraslav Shyla.

In the doubles final, Saki_VSP lost in the match tie-break after winning the first set.


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

[SF] Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,533) l Anastasia GASANOVA (RUS,435) 57 36

Rutuja lost in straight sets against Russian teenager Gasanova ... Overall, a good week for Rutuja to reach in the semis.

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

Doubles Final
(3) Arjun KADHE (IND)/ Ronnie SCHNEIDER (USA) bt Danylo KALENICHENKO (UKR)/ Mirko MARTINEZ (SUI) 62 63

Arjun lifted another doubles title with American partner, Ronnie Schneider ... They won the final comfortably against European pair ... With this win Arjun will be rose near to top-300 in the doubles.

At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairo, Egypt

[R1] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994) bt (Q) Eleonora ALVISI (ITA,UNR) 61 61
[R2] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994) bt (4) Melanie KLAFFNER (AUT,556) 61 2-0 retd.
[QF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994)bt (5) Bojana MARINKOVIC (SRB, 588) 46 76(7) 64

[SF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994) vs Charlotte ROEMER (ECU,1028)

Snehadevi in the semis on the clay in Egypt ... In her last two matches, she defeated two top-600 players ... In the quarters, she defeated Serbian in a superb comeback victory ... Next, she is facing Roemer.

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