Saturday, October 06, 2018

Tennis News

At $7.1M Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[Q1] (Alt) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,123) bt (13) Cameron Norrie (GBR,78) 75 63

[Q2] (Alt) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,123) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL,94)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

RamK started with a confident upset win over the top-80 Cameron Norrie ... In this match, big serving from RamK as he served 14 aces ... He faced a couple of break points which he both saved and broke Norrie once in both sets ... Next, he is facing Polish youngster Hubert Hurkacz for the place in main draw.

A tricky match for Rohan and Edouard against the Japan Open Tennis champions, McLachlan and Struff.


At $750K Tianjin Open 2018, China

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,203) bt (WC) Ying Zhang (CHN,868) 64 75

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,203) vs (7) Yuxuan Zhang (CHN,222)

As expected a rusty start for Ankita after more than six weeks break ... She won in straight sets but this lower ranked Chinese opponent gave her fight in the both sets ... Ankita needs to be more sharper in her next match against Yuxuan Zhang.

At $150K+H Monterrey Challenger 2018, Mexico

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 67(4) 75 10-8

[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)

Lee with Miguel scored an excellent comeback win over the big serving Aussie pair ... After losing the first set they fought back to win next and the match tie-break ... In the final, they r facing Jeevan and Marcelo.

At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

P.C. to Indian Tennis Updates FB page
Singles Final
(6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,396) bt (1) Conny Perrin (SUI,144) 26 75 60

Pranjala wins her first $25K tournament title win an impressive win over the top-150 Swiss player ... After losing the first set Pranjala was a break down in the second, 3-4 ... She broke Conny in the 8th game, 4-all, and had couple of set points in the 10th game on Conny's serve ... Pranjala needed to save 3 break points in the 11th game and broke Conny in the 12th game to take match into the final set ... Pranjala dominated the final set and broke Conny three times to win it comfortably for this big title.

At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[Q1] (7) Sumit Nagal (IND,317) l Rubin Statham (NZL,545) 63 16 16
[Q1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,660) bt Pavel Kotov (RUS,360) 75 64
[Q1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,484) l Mathias Bourge (FRA,315) 67(3) 26

[Q2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,660) vs Fredrico Ferrero Silva (POR,291)

A bad loss for Sumit after winning the first set and expected much better result from Mukund ... Bala scored straight sets win over Russian Kotov ... In the second qualifying round, he is facing the Portuguese top-300 player, Fredrico Ferrero Silva.

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