Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Tennis News

At € 5.4M Rolex Paris Masters 2018, France

[R1] (Alt) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP) 64 63

[R2] (Alt) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (2) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA)

Divij and Artem entered in the Paris Masters as an alternate pair and started with a victory over Spanish pair in straight sets ... Next, they r having a tough match against the in-form pairing of Sock and Bryan.

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

[R1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) bt (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,311) 36 64 76(2)
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,146) l Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP,268) 36 46
[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,316) l Johan Tatlot (FRA,254) 06 retd.
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) bt (WC) Yibing Wu (CHN,328) 76(4) 62

[R2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) vs Mohamed Safwat (EGY,202)
[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,494) vs (8) Filip Peliwo (CAN,183)

Doubles
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) bt Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 63 64

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) vs (4) Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Mukund continues with his good run as he defeated the local higher ranked, Yibing Wu ... In the second round, he is facing the top-200 Canadian, Filip Peliwo
RamK scored a comeback win over Sumit after losing the first set ... RamK won the third set in the tie-break ... Next, he is facing the Egyptian, Mohamed Safwat.
Prajnesh lost in straight sets against the Spanish youngster, may be due to tiredness after going deep in the last two challengers ... Saki conceded the match after losing the first set 6-0 due to a blister on the right foot.

Arjun started with straight sets win over Shyla and Elgin partnering Sanchai Ratiwatana ... Next, they r facing other Ratiwatana and Hsien-Yin Peng.


At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) bt Tereza Mrdeza (CRO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) 75 36 11-9
[R1] Luksika Kumkhum (THA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Shu-Ying Hsieh (TPE)/ Natalija Kostic (SRB) 26 62 7-10

Rutuja and Hiroka started with hard fought win in the match tie-break against Ankita and Tereza ... But Prarthana with Kumkhum lost in the match tie-break against Hsieh and Kostic..

At $50K+H Eckental Challenger 2018, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 67(4) 76(6) 10-0

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs (2) Hugo Nys (FRA)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

Purav and Sancic started with a tough win against an experienced players, Stakhovsky and Bolelli ... After losing the first set tie-break they needed to dig deep in the second ... After saving match points they won the second set tie-break but then surprisingly dominated the match tie-break, which they won without losing a single point ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seeds Nys and O'Mara.

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