Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Tennis News

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

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,84) l Milos Raonic (CAN,35) 61 1-3 retd.

Doubles
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)

This was a tough match for Yuki but his injury was more worrisome ... After losing the first set he retired in the middle of the second set ... Hoping for not a serious injury issue.

Rohan-Edouard r facing top-seed pair in the quarters.


At $150K Ilkley Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Hubert Hurkacz (POL)/ Evan King (USA) 64 64
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) bt Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 61 64
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 46 63 10-7

Purav and Jeevan started with straight sets win with their respective partners ... Bala-Vishnu scored a comeback win over in-form British pair, who won Surbiton Challenger, after losing the first set.

At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) bt Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR,406) 64 60

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) vs (7) Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM,236)

A solid dominating win for Saki against Zhyrmont ... Saki won last 8 games in a row ... Next, his first real test against the top-250 player, Cid Subervi.

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

[R1] Rika Fujiwara (JPN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Desirae Krawczyk (USA)/ Ingrid Neel (USA)

Prarthana is partnering Fujiwara and they r facing American pair.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Fergana, Uzbekistan

[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,929) l Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS,512) 16 36
[R1] (7) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,403) bt Valeriya ZELEVA (RUS,539) 62 61
[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND,628) vs (Q) Guzal YUSUPOVA (UZB,UNR)
[R1] (Q) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,853) l Gozal AINITDINOVA (KAZ,421) 57 57

[R2] (7) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,403) vs Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS,512)

Rutuja started with a comfortable win over top-550 player ... But Sai Samhitha and Natasha lost against their higher-ranked opponents.

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

[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,381) l Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SLO,717) 06 67(6)
[R1] (Q) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1007) l (SE) Mai HONTAMA (JPN,772) 16 16
[R1] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) bt (WC) Ho Ching WU (HKG,1084) 64 62

[R2] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) vs YeXin MA (CHN,570)

Karman started with an expected win but Pranjala needed to remove inconsistency from her performance ... Bad loss for her against a lower ranked opponent.

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