Monday, June 11, 2018

Tennis News

At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) l Daniil Medvedev (RUS,53) 46 16

Doubles
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (ALT) Marius Copil (ROU)/ Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 75 75

Yuki struggled with knee niggle in this match but that wasn't the only reason for the loss ... Medvedev was a better player on the court ... He broke Yuki in the 5th game to lead 2-3 and after that both players held their respective service games till Medvedev won it ... In the second set, after winning the 1st game Yuki lost next six games for losing the match ... Yuki wasn't looked a comfortable on the grass.

Purav and Fabrice faced an alternative pair and they strarted with a win against Copil and Tsitsipas.


At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) bt Jason Jung (TPE,151) 67(5) 75 64

RamK needed to dig deep for his win over in-form Jason Jung in tight three sets ... In the first set, RamK was an early break down but he broke Jason at 4-5 when he was serving for the set ... RamK had couple of set points on Jason's serve in the 12th game, 15-40, which he missed ... Jason won the tie-break ... In the second set, both players held their respective service games till 10th game ... RamK broke Jason in the 11th and the held for winning the set ... In the final set, RamK broke Jason in the 3rd game to lead 2-1 ... After that both players held their service games and RamK didn't give any chance of fight back ... In this match RamK hit 18 aces and only 3 double faults, a superb stuff.

At $100K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Manchester, Great Britain

[R1] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)/ Elitsa Kostova (BUL)
[R1] Ingrid Neel (USA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Emily Appleton (GBR)/ Samantha Murray (GBR)

Good to see Ankita is trying hard to play Wimbledon qualifying with lot of preparation ... She in playing at Manchester in the doubles ... Partnering American, Prarthana is partnering Thai girl Kumkhum.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Singapore

[R1] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) vs Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,460)

This week, Karman is playing in Singapore and facing an experienced Pei-Chi Lee.

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