At $150K+H Busan Challenger 2018, Korea
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,94) bt (SE) Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN,262) 36 76(6) 3-0 retd.
[R2] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,94) vs Ze Zhang (CHN,265)
Yuki won a dogfight against in-form Nishioka ... Nishioka won the title last week at Gimcheon beating 2 top-100 players; Vasek Posipisil and Jordan Thompson ... In this match, both players played defensive game and with a single break advantage Nishioka won the first set ... In the second set, Yuki was an early break down but he broke Nishioka in the 4th game for 2-all ... He again broke Nishioka in the 6th game to lead 4-2, but Yuki failed to hold his serve in the 9th game when he was serving for the set, 5-4 ... In the tie-break, Yuki was mini-break down at 2-4 but he won 4 points from next 5 points to lead 6-5 ... Yuki missed a set point but converted the second ... In the final set, Yuki broke Nishioka in the 1st game to lead 1-0 ... After that Yuki saved a couple of break points before holding his serve ... Yuki converted 4th break point to up with double break, 3-0 ... Nishioka retired from the match, may be he was tired after last week's heroic ... Next, Yuki is facing Chinese experienced player, Ze Zhang.
At $75K+H Samarkand Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan
[Q3] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,549) bt (3) Tristan Lamasine (FRA,390) 61 75
[Q3] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,422) l Manual Pana Lopez (ARG,630) 46 67(5)
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,549) vs Filip Horansky (SVK,338) 06 64 3-3 (suspended due to bad light)
Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (ALT) Sergey Betov (BLR)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)
Bala struggled early against Horansky and lost the first set cheaply ... He recovered to win the second and match suspended as both players were 3-all.
Before that, Bala scored straight sets upset win over top-400 Frenchman Lamasine for entering into the main-draw ... But Mukund lost against Argentine Pana Lopez in straight sets.
In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r facing local alternate pair.
B At $125K+H Bordeaux Challenger 2018, France
[R1] (2) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) bt Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) 75 60
[QF] (2) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) vs Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
Purav-Fabrice started with a comfortable win ... Next, they r facing Argentine pair, Duran and Gonzalez are former top-50 doubles players.
At $100K+H Heilbronn Challenger 2018, Germany
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) bt Dustin Brown (GER)/ Darian King (BAR) 63 64
[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) vs Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL)
A comfortable straight sets win for Jeevan with his new partner Weissborn against Brown and King ... Next, they r facing Belgian pair, who defeated the 2nd seed Skupski brothers.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Wuhan, China
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,463) bt (WC) Yanni Liu (CHN,782) 63 75
[R1] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,254) l Wushuang Zheng (CHN,564) 1-4 retd.
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,463) vs (3) Fang Ying Xun (CHN,265)
Good to see Rutuja started with a win against local player ... Next, she is having difficult match against Chinese top-300 player Xun ... Karman retired from the match after the 5th game ... Hopefully not a serious injury scare.
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,94) bt (SE) Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN,262) 36 76(6) 3-0 retd.
[R2] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,94) vs Ze Zhang (CHN,265)
Yuki won a dogfight against in-form Nishioka ... Nishioka won the title last week at Gimcheon beating 2 top-100 players; Vasek Posipisil and Jordan Thompson ... In this match, both players played defensive game and with a single break advantage Nishioka won the first set ... In the second set, Yuki was an early break down but he broke Nishioka in the 4th game for 2-all ... He again broke Nishioka in the 6th game to lead 4-2, but Yuki failed to hold his serve in the 9th game when he was serving for the set, 5-4 ... In the tie-break, Yuki was mini-break down at 2-4 but he won 4 points from next 5 points to lead 6-5 ... Yuki missed a set point but converted the second ... In the final set, Yuki broke Nishioka in the 1st game to lead 1-0 ... After that Yuki saved a couple of break points before holding his serve ... Yuki converted 4th break point to up with double break, 3-0 ... Nishioka retired from the match, may be he was tired after last week's heroic ... Next, Yuki is facing Chinese experienced player, Ze Zhang.
At $75K+H Samarkand Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan
[Q3] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,549) bt (3) Tristan Lamasine (FRA,390) 61 75
[Q3] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,422) l Manual Pana Lopez (ARG,630) 46 67(5)
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,549) vs Filip Horansky (SVK,338) 06 64 3-3 (suspended due to bad light)
Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (ALT) Sergey Betov (BLR)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)
Bala struggled early against Horansky and lost the first set cheaply ... He recovered to win the second and match suspended as both players were 3-all.
Before that, Bala scored straight sets upset win over top-400 Frenchman Lamasine for entering into the main-draw ... But Mukund lost against Argentine Pana Lopez in straight sets.
In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r facing local alternate pair.
B At $125K+H Bordeaux Challenger 2018, France
[R1] (2) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) bt Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) 75 60
[QF] (2) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) vs Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
Purav-Fabrice started with a comfortable win ... Next, they r facing Argentine pair, Duran and Gonzalez are former top-50 doubles players.
At $100K+H Heilbronn Challenger 2018, Germany
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) bt Dustin Brown (GER)/ Darian King (BAR) 63 64
[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) vs Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL)
A comfortable straight sets win for Jeevan with his new partner Weissborn against Brown and King ... Next, they r facing Belgian pair, who defeated the 2nd seed Skupski brothers.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Wuhan, China
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,463) bt (WC) Yanni Liu (CHN,782) 63 75
[R1] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,254) l Wushuang Zheng (CHN,564) 1-4 retd.
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,463) vs (3) Fang Ying Xun (CHN,265)
Good to see Rutuja started with a win against local player ... Next, she is having difficult match against Chinese top-300 player Xun ... Karman retired from the match after the 5th game ... Hopefully not a serious injury scare.
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