Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2019 - Qualifiers 1st Round, Kolkata, India

The AITA announced the venue for our tie against the Italian team ... The tie will be played on the grass at South Club in Kolkata ... Kolkata was chosen as the venue only after the AITA secured two key exemptions from the ITF ... The rules require that World Group and Play-off ties be played at a venue where the space behind the baseline is 27 feet and there is a seating capacity of 4000 ... Only DLTA and the center court at MSLTA (Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune) fulfill both requirements but they don't have the grass courts.

At $150K+H Bangalore Challenger 2018, India

[R2] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) bt (Q) Youssef Hossam (EGY,483) 61 36 61
[R2] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,309) bt James Ward (GBR,199) 63 76(4)
[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO,196) 76(2) 3-1 retd.
[R2] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,141) bt (Q) Sebastin Fanselow (GER,431) 46 64 75

[QF] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,309) vs (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315)
[QF] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,141) vs (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418)

Doubles
[QF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 67(3) 36
[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt (WC) S.D. Prajwal Dev (IND)/ Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) 63 76(5)
[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) w/o

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND)

Mukund enters into the quarters after his opponent the top-200 Slovak, Blaz Kavcic retired in the second set ... Mukund was down in the first set but he broke Kavcic when he was serving for the set at 4-5 ... Mukund won the tie-break comfortably and when he was a break up in the second Kavcic conceded the match.
Saki stretched to three sets by the Egyptian qualifier, Youssef Hossam ... After winning the first set comfortably Saki lost focus in the second, he recovered and won the third set convincingly ... Next, he is facing Sumit.
Sumit scored another good win over the British experienced player, James Ward ... After winning the first set Sumit faced resistance from James Ward in the second but he completed the win in two sets after winning this set in the tie-break.
Prajnesh made a tough match as he started slowly and a German qualifier Fanselow took advantage of it to win the first set ... Prajnesh fought back and won the second set ... Fanselow started well and broke Prajnesh in the 6th game to lead 2-4 in the final set, which he increased after holding his serve 2-5 ... From here, Prajnesh made an excellent comeback, he won next 5 games breaking Fanselow twice for completing the win ... In the quarters, Prajnesh is facing Mukund.

Purav and Sancic receive a walkover from Kavcic and Weissborn ... They r meeting Saki and Arjun in the semis, who defeated Prajwal and Niki in straight sets ... But Vishnu and Bala had a disappointing loss in straight sets against the Aussie pair.


At $150K+H Houston Challenger 2018, Texas, USA

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 46 75 10-6

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Tennys Sandgren (USA)

Lee-Miguel scored a comeback win over Margaroli and Vega Hernandez after losing the first set ... Next, they r facing Bambridge and Sandgren.

At $125K Taipei OEC Open 2018, Taipei City, Chinese Taipei

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt (Alt) Joanna Garland (TPE)/ Hua Chen Lee (TPE) 63 63
[R1] Ji-Hee Choi (KOR)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Junri Namigata (JPN)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 46 57

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs (WC) Ya-Hseun Lee (TPE)/ En Liang (TPE)

Ankita and Karman started with a comfortable win against the alternate pair ... Next, they r facing the local wildcard pair, they defeated the top-seeds in the first round.
Prarthana and her Korean partner lost in the first round.

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