Tennis News

At $668K Atlanta Open 2018, Georgia, USA

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) l (2) Ryan Harrison (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 36 46

Purav and Ken lost against the 2nd seed American pair in straight sets ... In both sets, American pair had a single break and which was enough for completing the win.

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At $1.8M Citi Open 2018, Washington DC, USA

[Q1] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,115) bye

[Q2] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,115) vs (7) Mitchell Krueger (USA,214)

Doubles
[Q1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bye
[Q1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (2) Ilya Ivashka (BLR)/ Daniil Medvedev (RUS)

[R1] (WC) Jamie Cerretani (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Qualifiers

RamK received a bye in the first qualifying round ... He is facing Mitchell Krueger in the final qualifying round.

In the doubles, Lee and Jamie has received a wild-card and they will be faced qualifiers ... In qualifying, Artem and Divij r facing Ivashka and Medvedev for the place in the main-draw.

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At $715K Los Cabos Open 2018, Mexico

[Q1] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,186) bt Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX,UNR) 64 60

[Q2] (3) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,186) vs (6) Evan Song (USA,389)

Doubles
[R1] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Purav Raja (IND)/ Jackson Withrow (USA)

Prajnesh started with expected comfortable win over Mexican doubles specialist in the first qualifying round ... In the final qualifying round, he is facing lower ranked American, Evan Song.

A bad draw for Indians in the doubles, as Jeevan and Austin r facing Purav and Jackson Withrow in the first round.

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At $125K Chengdu Challenger 2018, China

[Q1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) bt Wei Quiang Zhang (CHN,1207) 63 64
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,552) l Tak Khunn Wang (TPE,559)36 46

[Q2] (3) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,375) l Harry Bouchier (AUS,542) 26 26
[Q2] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) bt (4) Yan Bai (CHN,405) 46 75 60

[Q3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) bt (5) Makoto Ochi (JPN,422)

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,345) vs Qualifier

Manish scored an excellent upset against top-400 type Chinese Yan Bai in a comeback win, but disappointing loss of Mukund against lowly ranked Australian ... In the final qualifying, Manish is facing top-425 ranked Makoto Ochi ... In the main-draw, Arjun will be faced an qualifier.

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At $75K Lexington Challenger 2018, Kentucky, USA

[Q1] (5) N. Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,518) l Jesse Witten (USA,1201) 46 46

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,339) vs (3) Norbert Gombos (SVK,182)

VSP lost in straight sets against experienced Jesse Witten.

Saki is facing top-200 Slovakian Norbert Gombos in the first round.