Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Tennis News

At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) 63 57 64

Divij started with a win partnering Yuki in French Open doubles ... In the first set, Yuki-Divij broke Purav in the 6th game and kept that advantage for winning the set ... After that, both pairs matched others game ... Purav-Fabrice won the second set but Divij-Yuki recovered for completing win after winning the final set.

At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures 2018, Andijan

[R2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,368) l Kristian Lozan (RUS,588) 16 57

Arjun struggled with consistency and lost in the second round against lower ranked Russian.

At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) bt (5) Jacqueline Cako (USA,277) 57 62 62
[R2] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,263) l (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549) 67(7) 76(5) 67(4)

[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) vs Alexandra Bozovic (AUS,446)

Pranjala scored one of the best win of her career against top-300 American Cako ... After losing the first set Pranjala made a strong comeback for winning next two ... Next, she is facing Australian Bozovic, who defeated top-seed in the second round.

Karman lost a marathon match against Australian qualifier ... Her match went for almost a four and half hours, all sets went to tie-breaks.


At $15K Spain F13 Futures 2017, Sta. Margarida Montbui

[R1] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND, 1847) bt Jaume Pla Malfieto (ESP, 680) 75 64

[R2] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851) bt Simon Carr (IRL,896) 63 2-2 (Ret'd)

After almost a year we are seeing a win by Adil ... He entered as a lucky loser and scored a back to back upset wins and enters the quarters.

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