Thursday, November 29, 2018

Tennis News

At 2019 AO Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off, Guangdong Province, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,352) l (7) Renta Tokuda (JPN,298) 67(3) 16

Doubles
[QF] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) bt Rigele Te (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN) 61 46 16-14

[SF] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs (1) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Zhang Ze (CHN)

Boys' 18/u Singles
[R1] (1) Mann Shah (IND,99) bye
[QF] (1) Mann Shah (IND,99) bt Jian Keong, Takeshi Koey (MAS,594) 61 76(5)

[SF] (1) Mann Shah (IND,99) vs (7) Baoluo Zheng (CHN,568)

Arjun lost in straight sets against the top-300 Japanese player, Renta Tokuda.
Mann Shah playing in the boys singles and he started with straight sets win over the Malaysian opponent ... In the semis, he is facing a local boy Baoluo Zheng.

Bala and Arjun saved multiple match points to beat a local pairing of Di Wu and Rigele Te in the long match tie-break ... In the semis, they r facing the local top-seeds Gong and Ze.


At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Pune, India

[QF] (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,223) bt Valeriya Strakhova (UKR,291) 76(9) 62
[QF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND,198) bt Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN,260) 60 60

[SF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND,198) vs (4) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,223)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt Amina Anshba (RUS)/ Paula Kania (POL) 63 63

[F] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL)/ Tamara Zidansek (SLO)

Ankita double bageled the former #103 ranked Chinese girl, Kai-Lin Zhang in 53 minutes ... I am surprised by the score, so taking this result with a pinch of salt, thinking Zhang may be injured ... ;-)
Karman will face Ankita in the semis, the better player on the day wins ... She defeated the Ukrainian Strakhova in straight sets, but Strakhova stretched her in the first set.

Ankita and Karman scored a comfortable win over Polish-Russian pair ... In the final, they r facing Aleksandrina Naydenova and Tamara Zidansek.

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