Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Tennis News

At $7.1M Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 67(4) 36

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (3) Lukasz Kubot (AUT)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 46

Divij and Artem lost in straight sets against the 3rd seeds Kubot and Melo.
Rohan and Artem lost in the first round against last week's Tokyo open champions Struff and McLachlan.


At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Jurabek Karimov (UZB) 67(4) 67(3)

A bad loss for Bala and Vishu against local wild-card pair ... Our top-seeds pair lost in the two tie-breaks.

At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2018, Lagos

[R2] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) bt Alexis Klegou (BEN,946) 75 62
[R2] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) bt Aziz Ouakaa (TUN,975) 76(1) 61
[R2] (Q) Shahbaaz Khan (IND,1924) l (2) Benjamin Lock (ZIM,451) 16 46

[QF] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) vs (1) Tom Jomby (FRA,422)
[QF] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) vs (3) Arthur Rinderknech (FRA,469)

Niki and Aryan r in the singles quarters with straight sets win ... This week also they r facing higher ranked French opponents for a place in the semis ... Shahbaaz lost in straight sets against Lock.

At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

[R2] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) bt (Q) Jasmine Jebawy (GER,UNR) 3-0 retd.
[R2] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) bt Fiona Codino (FRA,811) 63 75

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs (5) Nastja Kolar (SLO,370)
[QF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) vs (2) Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR,210)

Doubles
[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Mihaela Djakovic (SRB) l (2) Julia Terziyska (BUL)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) 46 26

Pranjala and Riya enter into the quarters ... Pranjala's German opponent retired after losing first 3 games and Riya scored straight sets win over Codino ... Next, Riya is facing Slovenia's Nastja Kolar and Pranjala is having a rematch against Israeli Deniz Khazaniuk.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Toowoomba, Australia

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,381) l Naiktha Bains (AUS,320) 76(6) 26 16

Rutuja lost after winning the first set tie-break against Naiktha Bains in the first round ... I think, she must be tired after the last two weeks exploit in the singles and the doubles.

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