Friday, October 26, 2018

Tennis News

At € 2.4M Swiss Indoors 2018, Basel, Switzerland

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt (WC) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Sem Verbeek (AUT) 16 76(8) 10-5

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER)

Divij and Artem needed to dig deep to beat the wild-card pairing of Huesler and Verbeek ... After losing the first set they saved the match points in the second set long tie-break ... After that, they dominated the match tie-break ... In the semis, they r facing Sascha and Mischa Zverev.

At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2018, France

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Daniele Bracciali (ITA) 75 76(5)
[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 26 46

[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL)

Lee and Miguel scored hard-fought straight sets win over an experienced Italian pairing of Simone Bolelli and Daniele Bracciali ... Next, they r facing Belgian pair, who surprisingly defeated Jeevan and Austin with ease.

At $50K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2018, China

[QF] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) bt (3) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,106) 67(4) 61 63

[SF] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) vs (1) Radu Albot (MDA,89)

Doubles
[SF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 75 06 5-10

Prajnesh scored an impressive comeback win over the last week's winner Fabbiano ... In the first set, both players exchanged a break, in the tie-break, Fabbiano took a 2-6 lead and Prajnesh saved 3 set points but Fabbiano converted the 4th set point ... From the second set, Fabbiano played a loose game and Prajnesh took full advantage of it ... He comfortably won the second set ... In the decider, both players held their respective service games till the 7th game, in that Prajnesh saved 3 break points in the 7th game ... Prajnesh broke Fabbiano in the 8th game to lead 5-3 and then served big to hold his serve and completing the win ... In the semis, he is facing the top-90 player, Radu Albot.

Bala and Saki lost in the match tie-break after winning the first set against the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.


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

[QF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) bt (3) Katie Swan (GBR,163) 63 76(4)

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (2) Julia Glushko (ISR,123)

Doubles
[SF] Katie Swan (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) l (4) Na Ri Kim (KOR)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN) w/o

Karman continues with her terrific run and scored an upset win over the WR #164 Katie Swan in straight sets ... After losing the first set Katie tried hard in the second but Karman kept her composure to win the match after winning the tie-break ... Next, a tough match against the former top-100 Israeli player, Julia Glushko.
In the doubles, Karman and Katie gave a walkover to their opponents.

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,...