Tennis News

At $623K Hall of Fame Open 2018, Newport, USA

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,161) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN,98) 75 62

[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,161) vs Tim Smyczek (USA,123)

Doubles
[QF] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Jamie Cerretani (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) 63 76(3)
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) l Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 64 36 8-10
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 76(4) 63

[SF] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (4) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)

RamK is in his first ATP tournament semi-final with an impressive win over Vasek Pospisil ... After winning the first set Ramk broke Vasek in the 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... After that, both players held respective service games till 5-2 ... RamK again broke him when Vasek was serving for staying in the match for completing the win ... In the semis, he is facing American Tim Smyczek.

Divij and Jackson in the semis with straight sets win over Stakhovsky and Ebden ... In the semis, Divij-Jackson pair facing Artem and Jonathan Erlich, who defeated Purav and Ken in the match tie-break after losing the first set.
Jeevan and Austin continue with their good form and defeated experienced pairing of Lee and Cerretani in straight sets ... Next, they r facing the 4th seeds.

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At $125K Astana Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[R2] (LL) Arjun Kadhe (IND,361) l (WC) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,283) 36 75 46

Doubles
[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) bt Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)/ Benjamin Lock (ZIM) 46 76(4) 10-2

[SF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs (2) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Volodoymyr Uzhylovsky (UKR)

Arjun played a superb match but failed to overcome experienced Nedo in the final set ... After losing the first set Arjun was 3-5 down in the second ... He broke Nedo in the 9th game when he was serving for the match, 4-5 ... Arjun missed a couple of break points in the 11th game but took the tie-break ... He failed to keep momentum in the final set and lost the close match ... Later in the doubles, he scored a comeback win with his partner Yevseyev over Gonzalez and Lock ... They dominated the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seeds Khabibulin and Uzhylovsky.

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At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,396) bt (3) Ankita Raina (IND,201) 64 63

[QF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,396) vs (6) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,291)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt (WC) Punnin Kovapitukted (THA)/ Tamachan Momkoonthod (THA) 62 62
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt Chompoothip Jundakate (THA)/ Chanikam Silakul (THA) 61 63

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt (1) Jia-Qi Kang (CHN)/ Peangtarn Plipeuch (THA) 62 63

[F] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) vs (2) Pei Hsuan Chen (TPE)/ Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE)

Rutuja gave a pleasant surprise with a win over fancied Ankita in straight sets ... I really hope, she will be built on this win and go deep in this tournament... Next, she is facing former top-150 Japanese player, Hiroko Kuwata.
Rutuja played three matches in a day and won all three matches including an upset win over fancied Ankita and the top-seeds pair.

In the doubles also, Rutuja is in the final with a couple of good wins partnering Pranjala ... In the semis, they scored a dominating win over the top-seed pair ... In the final, they r facing the 2nd seed Taipei pair.