Sunday, October 21, 2018

Tennis News

At $150K Ningbo Challenger 2018, China

Men's Singles Final
(7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,170) l (3) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,122) 67(4) 64 36

A tough loss for Prajnesh against the top-125 ranked Thomas Fabbiano ... In the first set, Prajnesh failed to convert 8 break points and Fabbiano took advantage of it after winning the tie-break ... In the second set also, Prajnesh missed a couple of break points but converted the 11th break point in the 7th game to lead 4-3 ... Prajnesh kept that advantage for winning this set ... In the final set, Prajnesh missed a couple of break points in the 1st game and got broken in the 4th game to down 1-3 ... When Fabbiano was serving for the match in the 9th game, Prajnesh created 3 break point chances but again failed to convert ... There were a lot of deuces and Fabbiano converted the 6th match point for a win.

At $50K+H Ismaning Challenger 2018, Germany

Doubles Final
(1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ David Pel (NED) 57 64 10-5

Purav lifted another challenger title partnering Antonio ... They scored a superb comeback win after losing the first set against Junaid and Pel to complete win in the match tie-break ... This is his 12th challenger title and the 2nd of the year.

At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2018, France

[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Stefano Travaglia (ITA)/ Luca Vanni (ITA)

Lee and Jeevan r playing in the French challenger with their respective partners and they r the top 2 seeds ... Lee and Miguel r playing against the Spanish pair and Jeevan and Austin r playing against the Italian pair.

At $50K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2018, China

[Q2] (4) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) bt Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,519) 64 64
[Q2] (7) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,492) 61 62

[Q3] (4) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs (7) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356)

Doubles
[R1] Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Fajing Sun (CHN)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) vs Liam Broady (GBR)/ Duckhee Lee (KOR)
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Zhe Li (CHN)

Sumit confirms that the Indian will be a qualifier for the main-draw with straight sets win over Sultanov ... He will play Arjun for a place in the main draw, as Arjun scored a dominating win over Mukund.

The doubles draw is out, RamK is playing with Nedo and they r facing a local wild-card pair ... Arjun is playing with Yaraslav Shyla and they r facing Duckhee Lee and Broady ... Bala and Saki r the 4th seeds and facing Kecmanovic and Li.


At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nanning, China

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (7) Carol Zhao (CAN,194)

Doubles
[R1] Katie Swan (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs (1) Fang Ying Xun (CHN)/ Xiaodi You (CHN)

Karman is playing in China and facing the top-200 Canadian in the first round.

No comments:

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...