Tennis News

At $100K Aptos Challenger 2018, California, USA

[R2] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) bt JC Aragone (USA,276) 46 75 64

[QF] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,171) vs (4) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS,268)

What a comeback win by Prajnesh from the brink of defeat ... After losing the first set he was down the match point 46 4-5 and 40-30 on Aragone's serve ... He saved and broke him in the 10th game and immediately on the 12th game for winning the second set ... In the final set, Prajnesh took a crucial break in the 10th game when Aragone was serving to stay in the match ... In the quarters, he is facing former top-70 talented Aussie youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis ... He is the 4th seed but looks lowly ranked due to this week's ATP ranking points change ... In 2017, he was finalist in Los Cabos Open but lost in the first round this year ... So those 150 points removed from his ranking points and he slides down 104 places this week.

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At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) l James Ward (GBR,305) 36 16

Doubles
[R1] (ALT) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) bt Nikola Milojević (SRB)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 61 63

[QF] (ALT) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED) vs Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)

Arjun failed to challenge James ward in his loss.
Sasi got a chance to play as a alternative pair with Niesten, ... Next, they r facing Zhe Li and Di Wu.

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

[R2] (1) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,200) l Xiyu Wang (CHN,384) 67(4) 67(8)
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) bt (Q) Hua-Chen Lee (TPE,609) 63 61

[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,419) vs (Q) Dabin Kim (KOR,504)

Doubles
[QF] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) bt Genevieve Lorbergs (AUS)/ Kaylah Mcphee (AUS) 60 75

[SF] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) vs (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN)/ Junri Namigata (JPN)

Karman lost in the two tie-breaks against talented Chinese girl, who is top-10 Junior player ... Pranjala completed convincing win over Lee ... Next, she is facing Korean Dabin Kim.

In the doubles, Pranjala is in the semis partnering Rutuja ... They scored a comfortable win over Aussie pair ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed