Sunday, April 29, 2018

Tennis News

At $150K+H Anning Challenger 2018, China

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Singles Final
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,260) bt Mohamed Safwat (EGY,226) 57 63 61

Prajnesh Gunneswaran is arrived on a big stage ... He lifted his first challenger title in a big $150K+H Anning Challenger ... After Mahesh's belief in him for a deciding rubber in our China Davis cup tie, everything changed for Prajnesh ... We r seeing different Prajnesh, who is punching above his weight ... After this performance Prajnesh will first-time enter in to top-200, his ranking will be around #176.

In the final, Prajnesh lost his serve in the 1st game but he immediately broke Safwat for 1-all ... Prajnesh was struggling with his serve and lost his serve in the 5th game, 2-3 ... From 3-5 down Prajnesh fought back and broke Safwat in the 10th game for 5-all ... Again lost his serve in the 11th game after poor service game, 5-6, this time Safwat held for winning the set ... From the second set Prajnesh played steadier game ... He broke Safwat in the 6th game for 4-2 lead and kept that advantage after holding his service games for winning the set ... In the final set Prajnesh was in a total control ... From 1-all he broke Safwat in the 3rd, the 5th and the 7th games for dominating the set ... Safwat tried but Prajnesh was playing on different level to win this match.


At €486K TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open 2018, Turkey

[Q2] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,115) l Marco Trungelliti (ARG,188) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (2) Marcin Matkowski (POL)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Radu Albot (MDA)/ Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)

RamK lost in straight sets against Trungelliti in the final qualifying ... At least he will received a week break before his next tournament.

In the doubles, Divij is the 2nd seed with Matkowski and they r facing Albot and Basilashvili.


At €561K BMW Open 2018, Munich, Germany

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Tim Puetz (GER)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Rjeev Ram (USA)

Bala and Vishnu r getting big break as they r playing Munich ATP, but having a tough match against Germans Struff and Puetz ... Purav and Fabrice r also having a tough match against the 2nd seed Rajeev Ram and Dodig.

At $125K Kunming Open 2018, Anning, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs (WC) Qianhui Tang (CHN,803)

Doubles
[R1] Prarthana Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs Elitsa Kostova (BUL)/ Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL)
[R1] Shanshan Guo (CHN)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs (1) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Irina Khromacheva (RUS)

Ankita is having favorable draw in the first round ... But in the doubles, she and her Chinese partner r facing the top-seed pair ... Prarthana and her Chinese partner r facing Bulgarian pair.

At $75K+H Ostrava Challenger 2018, Czech Republic

[R1] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,219) vs Tomislav Brkic (BIH,262)

Doubles
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs Zdenek Kolar (CZE)/ Adam Pavlasek (CZE)

Sumit is playing in Czech challenger ... Hopefully he will start winning matches soon.

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