At €656K Mercedes Cup 2018, Stuttgart, Germany
[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) bt (6) Danis Shapovalov (CAN,23) 76(6) 26 63
[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) vs Guido Pella (ARG,75)
Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 26 63 7-10
Prajnesh scored the best win of his career against #nextgen Danis Shapovalov ... This was his first win over a top-25 player and that also against one of the hottest young talents on the tour ... Take a bow Prajnesh ... Next, he is facing another lefty Argentine Guido Pella.
In the first set, Prajnesh broke Shapo in the 1st game, 2-0, but Shapo immediately broke back in the 4th game ... Prajnesh again broke him in the 5th game, 3-2, but while serving for the set at 5-4 he failed to hold, 5-all ... In the tie-break also both players were neck to neck, Shapo committed a double fault and Prajnesh won a point on his serve for winning it ... In the second set, Shapo broke Prajnesh in the 1st game and he again broke Prajnesh in the 5th game, 4-1, for winning the set comfortably ... Prajnesh started confidently in the third set ... He broke Shapo in the 2nd and the 4th games to lead 5-0 ... At 5-1, Prajnesh had three match points at 40-0 on his serve but maybe he got under pressure of finishing the match against a top-25 player ... He lost next 5 points to lose his serve but Prajnesh regrouped and held his serve in the 9th game for completing well deserving win.
Bala-Vishnu lost against the tricky local pair, who had a former top-10 player Petzschner, in the match tie-break.
At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
[QF] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 67(6) 57
Purav and Fabrice lost in a very close match against the 3rd seeds Inglot and Skugor.
At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain
[R2] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) bt (Q) Tobias Kamke (GER,228) 76(1) 63
Doubles
[QF] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 64
RamK scored a good straight sets win over in-form German Tobias Kamke ... In the first set, both players matched other's game but Ramk dominated the tie-break for winning it ... He kept momentum to run 4-1 lead and won the set comfortably.
In the doubles, Jeevan and Krajicek scored a straight sets win over Stakhovsky and Menendez-Maceiras.
At $50K+H Almaty Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan
[QF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) l (1) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER) 67(5) 64 5-10
Arjun and his partner Yevseyev lost in a close match against top-seeds Germans ... After losing the first in tie-break Arjun and Yevseyev fought back to win the second but failed to keep momentum in the third.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Obidos, Portugal
[R1] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,835) bt Ines Murta (POR,605) 62 61
[R2] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,835) vs (6) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,398)
A very dominating win by Mahak against higher ranked local player ... Next, she is facing top-400 Turkish player Cengiz.
[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) bt (6) Danis Shapovalov (CAN,23) 76(6) 26 63
[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) vs Guido Pella (ARG,75)
Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 26 63 7-10
Prajnesh scored the best win of his career against #nextgen Danis Shapovalov ... This was his first win over a top-25 player and that also against one of the hottest young talents on the tour ... Take a bow Prajnesh ... Next, he is facing another lefty Argentine Guido Pella.
In the first set, Prajnesh broke Shapo in the 1st game, 2-0, but Shapo immediately broke back in the 4th game ... Prajnesh again broke him in the 5th game, 3-2, but while serving for the set at 5-4 he failed to hold, 5-all ... In the tie-break also both players were neck to neck, Shapo committed a double fault and Prajnesh won a point on his serve for winning it ... In the second set, Shapo broke Prajnesh in the 1st game and he again broke Prajnesh in the 5th game, 4-1, for winning the set comfortably ... Prajnesh started confidently in the third set ... He broke Shapo in the 2nd and the 4th games to lead 5-0 ... At 5-1, Prajnesh had three match points at 40-0 on his serve but maybe he got under pressure of finishing the match against a top-25 player ... He lost next 5 points to lose his serve but Prajnesh regrouped and held his serve in the 9th game for completing well deserving win.
Bala-Vishnu lost against the tricky local pair, who had a former top-10 player Petzschner, in the match tie-break.
At €612K Libema Open 2018, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
[QF] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 67(6) 57
Purav and Fabrice lost in a very close match against the 3rd seeds Inglot and Skugor.
At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain
[R2] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) bt (Q) Tobias Kamke (GER,228) 76(1) 63
Doubles
[QF] (4) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 64
RamK scored a good straight sets win over in-form German Tobias Kamke ... In the first set, both players matched other's game but Ramk dominated the tie-break for winning it ... He kept momentum to run 4-1 lead and won the set comfortably.
In the doubles, Jeevan and Krajicek scored a straight sets win over Stakhovsky and Menendez-Maceiras.
At $50K+H Almaty Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan
[QF] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) l (1) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER) 67(5) 64 5-10
Arjun and his partner Yevseyev lost in a close match against top-seeds Germans ... After losing the first in tie-break Arjun and Yevseyev fought back to win the second but failed to keep momentum in the third.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Obidos, Portugal
[R1] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,835) bt Ines Murta (POR,605) 62 61
[R2] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,835) vs (6) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,398)
A very dominating win by Mahak against higher ranked local player ... Next, she is facing top-400 Turkish player Cengiz.
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