Sunday, October 14, 2018

Tennis News

At € 686K European Open 2018, Antwerp, Belgium

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,97) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP,90)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)

Yuki is back on the court after long injury break and playing the European Cup at Antwerp, Belgium ... In the fist round, he is facing similar ranked Spanish opponent, Roberto Carballes Baena.

In the doubles, Divij and Artem r the 4th seeds but facing Lee and Miguel in the first round.


At $150K Ningbo Challenger 2018, China

[Q2] Saketh Myneni (IND,328) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,483) 63 75
[Q2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,355) bt Jie Cui (CHN,815) 46 76(4) 76(4)

[Q3] Saketh Myneni (IND,328) vs Ryota Tanuma (JPN,520)
[Q3] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,355) vs (8) Yusuke Takahashi (JPN,446)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Rubin Statham (NZL)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,169)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs (3) Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)/ Federico Gaio (ITA)

A surprisingly tough match for Arjun ... After losing the first set he needed to dig deep for winning next two sets in the tie-breaks ... Next, he is facing Japanese Yusuke Takahashi ... Saki joined Arjun with straight sets win over Mukund ... Next, he is also facing Japanese challenge of Ryota Tanuma.

In the doubles, good to see that our all players pairing with each other ... Vishnu has skipped this tournament so Bala is partnering Saki ... Prajnesh is playing with Arjun and RamK is partnering Sumit ... Our all pairs r in the bottom draw.


At $75K Ortisei Challenger 2018, Italy

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK)/ Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) w/o
[SF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt (2) Kevin Kravietz (GER)/ Andreas Mes (GER) 75 76(2)

[F] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l (4) Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vilegan (BEL) 63 36 3-10

Purav and Sancic lost against the Belgian pair in the final ... Overall, good week for Purav but he needs some strong finish in coming weeks to remain inside top-100 in the doubles ranking.

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