Sunday, June 17, 2018

Tennis News

At €1.98M Queen's Open 2018, London, Great Britain

[Q2] (5) Yuki Bhambri (IND,84) bt (3) Taylor Fritz (USA,67) 64 62

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,84) vs Milos Raonic (CAN,35)

Yuki scored an impressive win over Fritz and qualifying for the main-draw ... In the first set, Yuki took a crucial break in the 9th game and then held his serve for winning the set ... In the second set, Yuki broke Fritz in the 1st, 3rd and 5th games to lead 5-0 ... While serving for the match Yuki failed to hold but Yuki held his serve in the 8th game for a good win ... A really tough draw for Yuki against Milos Raonic ... Milos was 2016 Wimbledon finalist and last year he lost against Federer in the quarters ... And today he lost in the final of Stuttgart Open against Federer ... Hoping for a good outing for Yuki gaining much required experience against real grass court specialist before Wimbledon.

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

Doubles Final
(4) Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt (1) Naomi Broady (GBR)/ Asia Muhammad (USA) 76(5) 63

After string of her first round losses Prarthana provided a stellar performance on the grass ... With her Thai partner Luksika Kumkhum, she lifted her biggest title on the tour beating top-seed pair in straight sets.

At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

[Q1] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) bt Dennis Novikov (USA,194) 64 62
[Q2] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169) l Hiroki Moriya (JPN,219) w/o

[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,128) vs Sebastian Ofner (AUT,143)

Doubles
[R1] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/ Evan King (USA)
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) vs Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Matt Reid (AUS)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

Prajnesh started with a dominating win against Novikov ... After winning the first set Prajnesh was a break point down in the second at 1-2 but he held and won next five games for completing win ... But he gave walkover to Moriya in the second qualifying round due to minor strain ... A precautionary retirement before Wimbledon qualifying.

RamK is facing Austrian Ofner in the first round.
In the doubles, a tough draw as all top pairs r playing for getting used on the grass before big W ... The last week's finalist Jeevan-Krajicek r having winnable match ... Purav is playing with John-Patrick and they r having a tricky match against Reid and Polansky ... Bala and Vishnu r also having a tricky match against British pair.


At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,440) bt Vladyslav Manafov (UKR,480) 3-0 retd.
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) l Aslan Karatsev (RUS,531) 26 46
[Q2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,360) l Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,446) 64 36 26
[Q2] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,385) bt (WC) Aziz Dadabaev (UZB,UNR) 63 62

[Q3] Saketh Myneni (IND,440) vs Aslan Karatsev (RUS,531)
[Q3] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,385) vs Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,446)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (1) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) vs Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Ivan Nedelko (RUS)

Saki's opponent retired due to right shoulder injury ... Next, Saki is facing Russian Aslan Karatsev, who defeated Sid convincingly ... Mukund scored a comfortable win over local junior player ... Next, he is facing Taipei player, Tung-Lin Wu, who scored an upset win over Arjun after losing the first set.

In the doubles, Saki-VSp having a tough match against top-seed Spanish pair ... This week, Arjun is partnering American Alex Lawson and they r playing against Grigelis-Nedelko.

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