At € 5.4M Rolex Paris Masters 2018, France
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 76(3) 57 10-5
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)
[R2] (Alt) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (2) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA) 46 36
Rohan and Edouard move into the second round with a hard-fought win over the Dutch pair ... Next, they r facing the top-seeds Pavic and Marach.
Divij and Artem lost in the second round against the 2nd seeds Bryan and Sock in straight sets ... With this, Divij has finished with a season and taking longish off-season for working on his game and fitness ... In the off-season, he and Artem will also take a call on their partnership for 2019.
At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India
[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) l (1) Saisai Zheng (CHN,47) 26 46
[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) l (5) Luksika Kumkhum (THA,103) 63 57 16
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,368) 46 62 76(5)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs Danka Kovinic (MNE,194)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) l (3) Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 16 16
What a match between Rutuja and Ankita ... Ankita prevailed over Rutuja using her experience ... Rutuja started well and won the first set with a break ... Ankita fought back in the second to win it with a double break ... In the third, Rutuja started positively and was up 3-0, but again Ankita showed her fighting quality and made a comeback in the match ... In the tie-break, Ankita took a 5-2 lead, Rutuja tried hard to make it 5-all but Ankita kept her cool and completed victory after winning next two points ... In the second round, she is facing similar ranked Danka Kovinic, who scored an upset win over the 4th seed.
A tough loss for Pranjala as she was 5-2 and 5-3 up in the second set, just two points away from her biggest win ... After winning the first set Pranjala broke Kumkhum in the 4th game to lead 3-1 but failed to hold her serve in the next game, 3-2 ... Pranjala again broke Kumkhum in the 6th game, 4-2 and then held her serve to lead 5-2 ... In the 8th game she was 30-30 on Kumkhum's serve and while serving for the match she saved six break points but failed to hold ... After that, it was one-way traffic in favor of Kumkhum as Pranjala made a lot of unforced errors under pressure ... A big learning experience for Pranjala.
Karman failed to challenge the top-50 Zheng but managed to decent score.
At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China
[R2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) l Mohamed Safwat (EGY,202) 67(3) 46
Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 75 26 10-7
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (3) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 36 10-8
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Zhe Li (CHN)
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Rigele Te (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)
Disappointing Chinese challengers for RamK ... In these three weeks, he managed to win a single match, which was against Sumit ... He needs to regroup before Indian challengers leg.
In the doubles, RamK and Saki scored an impressive win over the last week's Liuzhou challenger winners, Gong and Zhang ... They defeated the top Chinese pair in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the local wild-card pair.
The top-seeds Bala and Jeevan needed the match tie-break for completing their win over Nedo and Safwat ... Next, they r facing Li and Kecmanovic.
At $50K+H Eckental Challenger 2018, Germany
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l (2) Hugo Nys (FRA)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 76(4) 57 7-10
Purav and Sancic lost in the match tie-break against the 2nd seeds ... After winning the first set tie-break they failed to keep momentum to lose this match.
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 76(3) 57 10-5
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (1) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)
[R2] (Alt) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (2) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Jack Sock (USA) 46 36
Rohan and Edouard move into the second round with a hard-fought win over the Dutch pair ... Next, they r facing the top-seeds Pavic and Marach.
Divij and Artem lost in the second round against the 2nd seeds Bryan and Sock in straight sets ... With this, Divij has finished with a season and taking longish off-season for working on his game and fitness ... In the off-season, he and Artem will also take a call on their partnership for 2019.
At $125K Mumbai Open 2018, India
[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,215) l (1) Saisai Zheng (CHN,47) 26 46
[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,280) l (5) Luksika Kumkhum (THA,103) 63 57 16
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,195) bt (WC) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,368) 46 62 76(5)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,195) vs Danka Kovinic (MNE,194)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Mahak Jain (IND)/ Mihika Yadav (IND) l (3) Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/ Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 16 16
What a match between Rutuja and Ankita ... Ankita prevailed over Rutuja using her experience ... Rutuja started well and won the first set with a break ... Ankita fought back in the second to win it with a double break ... In the third, Rutuja started positively and was up 3-0, but again Ankita showed her fighting quality and made a comeback in the match ... In the tie-break, Ankita took a 5-2 lead, Rutuja tried hard to make it 5-all but Ankita kept her cool and completed victory after winning next two points ... In the second round, she is facing similar ranked Danka Kovinic, who scored an upset win over the 4th seed.
A tough loss for Pranjala as she was 5-2 and 5-3 up in the second set, just two points away from her biggest win ... After winning the first set Pranjala broke Kumkhum in the 4th game to lead 3-1 but failed to hold her serve in the next game, 3-2 ... Pranjala again broke Kumkhum in the 6th game, 4-2 and then held her serve to lead 5-2 ... In the 8th game she was 30-30 on Kumkhum's serve and while serving for the match she saved six break points but failed to hold ... After that, it was one-way traffic in favor of Kumkhum as Pranjala made a lot of unforced errors under pressure ... A big learning experience for Pranjala.
Karman failed to challenge the top-50 Zheng but managed to decent score.
At $75K+H Shenzhen-2 Challenger 2018, China
[R2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,121) l Mohamed Safwat (EGY,202) 67(3) 46
Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 75 26 10-7
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (3) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 36 10-8
[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Zhe Li (CHN)
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Rigele Te (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)
Disappointing Chinese challengers for RamK ... In these three weeks, he managed to win a single match, which was against Sumit ... He needs to regroup before Indian challengers leg.
In the doubles, RamK and Saki scored an impressive win over the last week's Liuzhou challenger winners, Gong and Zhang ... They defeated the top Chinese pair in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the local wild-card pair.
The top-seeds Bala and Jeevan needed the match tie-break for completing their win over Nedo and Safwat ... Next, they r facing Li and Kecmanovic.
At $50K+H Eckental Challenger 2018, Germany
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) l (2) Hugo Nys (FRA)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 76(4) 57 7-10
Purav and Sancic lost in the match tie-break against the 2nd seeds ... After winning the first set tie-break they failed to keep momentum to lose this match.
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