Saturday, June 09, 2018

Tennis News

At €612K Mercedes Cup 2018, Stuttgart, Germany

[Q1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,183) bt Evan King (USA,196) 64 61

[Q2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,183) vs Christian Harrison (USA,207)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Philipp Petzschner (GER)/ Tim Puetz (GER)

Prajnesh started his grass court season with a comfortable win over American Evan King ... After dominating the first set he won the second without much fuss ... Next, he is facing American Christian Harrison.

In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r playing here and they r facing local wild-card pair in the first round ... Philipp Petzschner is a former top-10 doubles player but long back in 2011.


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

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,93) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS,53)

Doubles
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Tallon Griekspoor (NED)/ Igor Sijsling (NED)
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak vs David Marrero (ESP)/ Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Yuki is facing Russian Daniil Medvedev ... He is a good grass court player, last year he reached in the quarters of this tournament as an qualifier ... Then he lost in the semis of Eastbourne against Djokovic and at Wimbledon he defeated Stan Wawrinka in the first round.

In the doubles, Divij and Artem Sitak r the 4th seeds but having a tricky match against experienced Spanish pair ... Purav and Fabrice r facing local pair, former top-50 player Igor Sijsling is part of that.


At $250K Nature Valley Open 2018, Nottingham, Great Britain

[Q1] (7) Ankita Raina (IND,208) l Naiktha Bains (AUS,345) 06 46

Another tough grass court game lesson for Ankita in another disappointing loss against Bains.

At $150K+H Nottingham Trophy2018, Great Britain

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) vs Jason Jung (TPE,151)

RamK is having the 5th seed and facing Taipei player, Jason Jung.

At $50K+H Almaty Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[Q1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,366) l Daniel Masur (GER,367) 46 57
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,516) l (2) Yusuka Takahashi (JPN,285) 67(2) 26
[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,390) l (7) Joao Menezes (BRA,321) 76(4) 57 06

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,) vs (8) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR,202)

Our all three players lost in the first qualifying round ... Mukund won the first set tie-break, but after losing the second set he folded easily against Manezes.

Sumit is playing here but I feel he should have played Nottingham qualifying to gain grass court experience before big W qualifying ... Some strange planning by our players.

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