Tennis News

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

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak bt David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 63 63

[QF] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)
[QF] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak vs Romain Arneodo (MON)/ Gilles Muller (LUX)

A comfortable winning start for Divij with Artem against experienced Spanish pair ... Next, they r facing Muller and Arneodo ... Purav and Fabrice r facing 3rd seeds Inglot and Skugor.

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At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R2] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) vs (Q) Tobias Kamke (GER,228)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Brydan Klein (GBR)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 36 61 10-8

[QF] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

Jeevan with his partner Krajicek made a strong comeback after losing the first set ... After winning the second set comfortably they managed to keep momentum for winning the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Spanish-Ukrainian combination.

RamK is facing in-form German Tobias Kamke in the second round.

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

[R1] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)/ Elitsa Kostova (BUL) 46 63 10-7
[R1] Ingrid Neel (USA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Emily Appleton (GBR)/ Samantha Murray (GBR) 36 64 10-3

[QF] (4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)/ Dayana Yastremska (UKR)
[QF] Ingrid Neel (USA)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Harriet Dart (GBR)/ Katy Dunne (GBR)

Ankita and Prarthana with their respective partners scored a comeback wins over their opponents ... Ankita-Ingrid will be facing another British pair and Prarthana-Luksika r facing Yastremska-Rodina pairing.

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At $50K+H Almaty Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,234) l (8) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,213) 76(3) 46 16

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) bt (WC) Timofey Skatov (KAZ)/ Dostanbek Tashbulatov (KAZ) 60 63

[QF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs (1) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER)

I am still upset about Sumit skipped the grass tournament over this tournament ... And here result didn't help him as he lost in the first round ... After winning the first set tie-break he failed to keep advantage.

In the doubles, Arjun and his partner Yevseyev started with a dominating win but next, they r facing top-seeds pair.

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

[R1] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,264) l Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,460) 57 64 36

Bad loss for Karman against experienced Taipei player Pei-Chi Lee ... Karman needs to win these type of matches for moving ahead in her career.