Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Tennis News

At $750K Tianjin Open 2018, China

[R1] Jacqueline Cako (USA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt (WC) Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Lin Zhu (CHN) 75 63

Prarthana is playing with Jacqueline Cako in the Tianjin Open ... They started with a win over the local wild-card pair in straight sets.

At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 26 63 10-3

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Jurabek Karimov (UZB)

After losing the first set Bala and Vishu made a strong comeback against Ignatik and Majchrzak ... Next, they r facing local wild-card pair.

At $75K Ortisei Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 76(2) 63

Purav and his Croatian partner, Antonio Sancic started with straight sets win over the Italian pair.

At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2018, Lagos

[R1] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) bt Sylvester Emmanuel (NGR,UNR) 61 64
[R1] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) bt William Bushamuka (USA,1554) 63 76(3)
[R1] (Q) Shahbaaz Khan (IND,1924) bt Courtney John Lock (ZIM, 1392) 76(6) 64

[R2] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) vs Alexis Klegou (BEN,946)
[R2] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) vs Aziz Ouakaa (TUN,975)
[R2] (Q) Shahbaaz Khan (IND,1924) vs (2) Benjamin Lock (ZIM,451)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Aryan Goveas (IND)/ Tyler Lu (USA) l Skander Mansouri (TUN)/ Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 36 46
[R1] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) bt Paul Emmanuel (NGR)/ Emmanuel Idoko (NGR) 63 75

[QF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) bt (2) Danylo Kalenichenko (UKR)/ Diego Matos (BRA) 16 75 10-8

[SF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) vs (3) Tom Jomby (FRA)/ Alexis Klegou (BEN)

Good to see Shahbaaz scored a win in the first round, but facing the top-450 Zimbabwean Lock in the second round ... Expected wins for Niki and Aryan, they r having the winnable second round.

In the doubles, Niki and Shahbaaz r in the semis with win over the 2nd seeds pair in the quarters.


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

[R1] Jennifer Luikham (IND,1031) l Chiraz Bechri (TUN,672) 67(4) 75 46
[R1] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) bt (WC) Aanu Ayegbusi (NGR,UNR) 60 60
[R1] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) bt Claudia Coppola (ITA,967) 62 76(4)

[R2] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) vs (Q) Jasmine Jebawy (GER,UNR)
[R2] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs Fiona Codino (FRA,811)

Doubles
[R1] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Mihaela Djakovic (SRB) bt Clothilde De Bernardi (FRA)/ Diana Maria Mihail (ROU) 62 63
[R1] Emerald Able (USA)/ Jennifer Luikham (IND) l Ange Oby Kajuru (JPN)/ Adesuwa Osabuohien (USA) 46 26

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Mihaela Djakovic (SRB) vs (2) Julia Terziyska (BUL)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED)

Pranjala won her match inside 30 mins, next, she is facing German qualifier ... Riya also started with straight sets win ... Next, she is facing a French girl, Fiona Codin ... In the doubles also, Riya in the quarters with her Serbian partner.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Toowoomba, Australia

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,381) vs Naiktha Bains (AUS,320)

Rutuja is facing Aussie Naiktha Bains in the first round and this week, she has skipped the doubles ... A good decision.

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