At € 2.4M Swiss Indoors 2018, Basel, Switzerland
[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 16 36
Zverev brothers proved too strong for Divij and Artem ... They targeted Divij's serve and succeeded ... Still, good to see Divij reached his first ATP500 semi-final.
At $50K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2018, China
[SF] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) l (1) Radu Albot (MDA,89) 36 36
Prajnesh lost in straight sets against the top-90 player, Radu Albot ... In the first set, Prajnesh was an early break 2-0 up, Radu broke him the 3rd and 5th game to lead 2-3 ... Prajnesh also tried to fight and immediately broke him in the next game, 3-all ... After that Radu proved consistent and Prajnesh struggled with his game as made lots of unforced errors ... Still, another good week for Prajnesh, who has cemented his the top-150 rankings.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nanning, China
[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) bt (2) Julia Glushko (ISR,123) 63 63
[F] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (4) Xinyun Han (CHN,167)
Karman is in a terrific form and that she showed her straight sets win over the former top-80 Israeli player, Julia Glushko ... Karman played her powerful style of game and Julia struggled to adjust with that ... After winning the first set Karman was serving for the match at 5-2 ... She lost her serve but immediately broke Julia in the next for a win ... So this is her 2nd $25K final ... In the final, she is facing the current top-75 doubles player and the former top-105 singles ranked Xinyun Han.
At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India
[Q1] (3) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) bt (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,998) 63 60
[Q1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,658) bt (6) Yana Sizikova (RUS,374) 36 63 75
[Q1] (WC) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,918) l (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,272) 36 16
[Q1] (WC) Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND,1167) l (7) Sofia Shapatava (GEO,484) 06 36
[Q2] (3) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO,UNR)
[Q2] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,) vs (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,272)
[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (1) Saisai Zheng (CHN,47)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,368)
A crappy draw for Karman in the Mumbai open ... She is facing the top-50 Chinese girl, Saisai Zheng ... Ankita is facing Rutuja in the first round.
In the qualifying, Mahak Jain scored an excellent upset win over the top-375 Russian Sizikova ... After losing the first set Mahak made a strong comeback to win next two sets ... In the final qualifying, she is facing the top-275 Japanese girl, Hiroko Kuwata, who had an easy match against Sowjanya Bavisetti.
An expected dominating win for Pranjala against Mihika Yadav ... In the final qualifying, she is facing the WR #76 doubles player, Oksana Kalashnikova.
At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China
[Q1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,680) l Fajing Sun (CHN,646) 36 46
[Q1] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) bt (WC) Hanyi Liu (CHN,1293) 62 60
[Q1] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) bt (Alt) Mikhail Elgin (RUS,1142) 76(1) 1-1 retd.
[Q1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) bt Natthasith Kunsuwan (THA,1316) 64 75
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) bt (WC) Jianhui Li (CHN,1432) 63 63
[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt (4) Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN,318) 67(13) 76(3) 64
[Q2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs Xin Gao (CHN,706)
[Q2] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) vs Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA,455)
[Q2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) vs Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,562)
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) vs Zsombor Piros (HUN,374)
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs Matej Sabanov (CRO,1068)
[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,127) vs Qualifier
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,268)
Prajnesh is facing the Spanish youngster, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and RamK is facing a qualifier in the first round.
In the qualifying, expected results for Indians ... Only Mukund scored a hard-fought upset win over the top-325 Finnish player, Emil Ruusuvuori.
[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Alexander Zverev (GER)/ Mischa Zverev (GER) 16 36
Zverev brothers proved too strong for Divij and Artem ... They targeted Divij's serve and succeeded ... Still, good to see Divij reached his first ATP500 semi-final.
At $50K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2018, China
[SF] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) l (1) Radu Albot (MDA,89) 36 36
Prajnesh lost in straight sets against the top-90 player, Radu Albot ... In the first set, Prajnesh was an early break 2-0 up, Radu broke him the 3rd and 5th game to lead 2-3 ... Prajnesh also tried to fight and immediately broke him in the next game, 3-all ... After that Radu proved consistent and Prajnesh struggled with his game as made lots of unforced errors ... Still, another good week for Prajnesh, who has cemented his the top-150 rankings.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Nanning, China
[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) bt (2) Julia Glushko (ISR,123) 63 63
[F] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (4) Xinyun Han (CHN,167)
Karman is in a terrific form and that she showed her straight sets win over the former top-80 Israeli player, Julia Glushko ... Karman played her powerful style of game and Julia struggled to adjust with that ... After winning the first set Karman was serving for the match at 5-2 ... She lost her serve but immediately broke Julia in the next for a win ... So this is her 2nd $25K final ... In the final, she is facing the current top-75 doubles player and the former top-105 singles ranked Xinyun Han.
At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India
[Q1] (3) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) bt (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,998) 63 60
[Q1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,658) bt (6) Yana Sizikova (RUS,374) 36 63 75
[Q1] (WC) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,918) l (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,272) 36 16
[Q1] (WC) Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND,1167) l (7) Sofia Shapatava (GEO,484) 06 36
[Q2] (3) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO,UNR)
[Q2] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,) vs (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,272)
[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) vs (1) Saisai Zheng (CHN,47)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,368)
A crappy draw for Karman in the Mumbai open ... She is facing the top-50 Chinese girl, Saisai Zheng ... Ankita is facing Rutuja in the first round.
In the qualifying, Mahak Jain scored an excellent upset win over the top-375 Russian Sizikova ... After losing the first set Mahak made a strong comeback to win next two sets ... In the final qualifying, she is facing the top-275 Japanese girl, Hiroko Kuwata, who had an easy match against Sowjanya Bavisetti.
An expected dominating win for Pranjala against Mihika Yadav ... In the final qualifying, she is facing the WR #76 doubles player, Oksana Kalashnikova.
At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China
[Q1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,680) l Fajing Sun (CHN,646) 36 46
[Q1] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) bt (WC) Hanyi Liu (CHN,1293) 62 60
[Q1] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) bt (Alt) Mikhail Elgin (RUS,1142) 76(1) 1-1 retd.
[Q1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) bt Natthasith Kunsuwan (THA,1316) 64 75
[Q1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) bt (WC) Jianhui Li (CHN,1432) 63 63
[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt (4) Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN,318) 67(13) 76(3) 64
[Q2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs Xin Gao (CHN,706)
[Q2] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) vs Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA,455)
[Q2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) vs Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,562)
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) vs Zsombor Piros (HUN,374)
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs Matej Sabanov (CRO,1068)
[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,127) vs Qualifier
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,268)
Prajnesh is facing the Spanish youngster, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and RamK is facing a qualifier in the first round.
In the qualifying, expected results for Indians ... Only Mukund scored a hard-fought upset win over the top-325 Finnish player, Emil Ruusuvuori.
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