Sunday, October 28, 2018

Tennis News

At $125K+H Brest Challenger 2018, France

Doubles Final
(1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 63 46 2-10

The Belgian pair proved a better in the final as Lee and Miguel lost the match after winning the first set.

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

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Singles Final
Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) l (4) Xinyun Han (CHN,167) 46 62 46

Karman lost in a close match against Han ... After losing the first set she tried to fight back after winning the second comfortably ... But Han used her experience to pull victory as she played key points better ... Still, a good week for Karman.

At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India

[Q2] (3) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) bt Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO,UNR) 63 63
[Q2] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND,658) l (2) Hiroko Kuwata (JPN,272) 36 46

[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) vs Luksika Kumkhum (THA,102)

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) vs Tereza Mrdeza (CRO)/ Ankita Raina (IND)
[R1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) vs (3) Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Veronika Kudermetova (RUS)
[R1] Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Shu-Ying Hsieh (TPE)/ Natalija Kostic (SRB)

Pranjala qualifies for the main draw with a convincing win over Kalashnikova ... In the maindraw, Pranjala is facing Thai the top-100 type girl, Luksika Kumkhum ... Mahak gave decent performance against the top-275 ranked Kuwata in her loss.

The doubles draw is out, again Rutuja and Ankita playing against each other with their respective partners ... Prarthana is playing with Kumkhum ... Mahak is playing with Mihika as a wild-card pair.


At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China

[Q2] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) bt Xin Gao (CHN,706) 64 62
[Q2] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356) bt Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA,455) 76(1) 64
[Q2] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) bt Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,562) 75 62
[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,623) bt Zsombor Piros (HUN,374) 75 75
[Q2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt Matej Sabanov (CRO,1068) 63 75

[Q3] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,356)
[Q3] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) vs Sidharth Rawat (IND,623)
[Q3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs Yaraslav Shyla (BLR,567)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) vs Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (3) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)

Another good outing for Indians in the Shenzhen-2 Challenger ... Sid scored an impressive win over the top-375 ranked Hungarian ... So, our two players have guaranteed their places in the main-draw ... Saki is facing Sid and Arjun is facing Sumit ... Mukund is also having a chance as he is facing Shyla.

In the doubles, Bala and Jeevan r the top-seeds and they r facing Nedo and Safwat ... Arjun is playing Sanchai Ratiwatana and they r facing Shyla and Elgin ... Saki is playing with RamK and they r having a tough match against the local favorites.


At $50K+H Eckental Challenger 2018, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

Purav keeps playing in Germany with Sancic and they r facing Stakhovsky abd Bolelli in the first round.

At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,UNR) bt (5) Jelena Stojanovic (AUS,767) 63 26 60
[R2] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,UNR) bt (LL) Yu Shan (CHN,UNR) 61 26 63
[QF] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,UNR) bt (3) Linnea Malmqvist (SWE,781) 76(2) 63

[SF] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,UNR) l (1) Anna Morgina (RUS,607) 16 46

Really a good run for Vaidehi Chaudhari as a qualifier ... She scored couple of good wins over the top-800 players before losing in the semis against the top-seed.

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