Thursday, October 11, 2018

Tennis News

At $750K Tianjin Open 2018, China

[QF] Jacqueline Cako (USA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 46 46

Prarthana and Cako lost in straight sets against Russian pair.

At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) bt (WC) Jose Olivares (DOM)/ Cristian Rodriguez (COL) 63 76(2)
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Gastao Elias (POR)/ Pedja Krstin (SRB) 63 60

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) l Ariel Behar (URU)/ Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 75 46 7-10
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Gerald Melzer (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 75 76(7)

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Tomas Lipovsek Puches (ARG)/ Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG)

Lee and Miguel in the semis and facing the Argentine pair ... They r only the seeded pair remaining in the draw ... After winning the first round comfortably Lee and Miguel played a close match against Melzer brothers ... In the second set tie-break, they saved a couple of set point at 4-6 before completing the win.

After winning the first round Jeevan and Marcelo lost in the quarters in the match tie-break against South American pair.


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

[QF] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) l (1) Tom Jomby (FRA,422) 57 26
[QF] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) vs (3) Arthur Rinderknech (FRA,469) 57 57

Doubles
[SF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) l (3) Tom Jomby (FRA)/ Alexis Klegou (BEN) 16 26

Niki and Aryan gave a decent fight in their respective losses against higher ranked French opponents ... In the doubles, Niki and Shahbaaz loa st one-sided match against the 3rd seeds.

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

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) bt (5) Nastja Kolar (SLO,370) 62 63
[QF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) bt (2) Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR,210) 63 64

[SF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs (1) Conny Perrin (SUI,142)
[SF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) vs (8) Julia Terziyska (BUL,421)

Pranjala and Riya enter into the semis with impressive wins ... Pranjala showed her last week's win over Deniz Khazaniuk wasna 't fluke ... She scored a comfortable win and in the semis, she is facing Bulgarian girl, Julia Terziyska ... Riya scored a dominating win over higher ranked Slovenia's Nastja Kolar ... Next, she is having a tough match against the top-seed Swiss girl, Conny Perrin.

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