At the World Group Qualifier 2019, Kolkata, India
The Indian Davis Cup Team
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Divij Sharan, Rohan Bopanna, Saketh Myneni and Sasi Kumar Mukund
Non-playing Captain: Mahesh Bhupathi
Coach: Zeeshan Ali
The Indian Fed Cup Team
Ankita Raina, Karman Thandi, Pranjala Yadlapalli, Rutuja Bhosale and Prarthana Thombare
Non-playing Captain: Vishaal Uppal
Coach: Ankita Bhambri
The new AITA selection committee has announced the team for the World Group Qualifier tie against Italy ... The announcement is more than a month before the tie and the selection was as per current rankings of the players ... As expected, Divij Sharan makes a return in place of Balaji, also Mukund is included in place of Arjun as a reserve player ... Yuki doesn't consider for the tie due to his on-going recovery from the knee injury ... Sumit Nagal, Arjun Kadhe, and Siddharth Vishwakarma will train with the team at a preparatory camp from January 22 to 30, 2019.
The Fed Cup team has also announced for the Asia-Oceania Group-1, which will be played in Astana, Kazakhstan, in the first week of February ... No surprises, as our top four singles players get selected for the tournament with our top doubles player, Prarthana Thombare.
ATP Singles Rankings with the new formula on 31st Dec 2018, (Old formula rankings r in the bracket)
110 Gunneswaran, Prajnesh (107)
133 Ramkumar Ramanathan (132)
137 Bhambri, Yuki (137)
259 Saketh Myneni (259)
295 Sasi Kumar Mukund (338)
340 Sumit Nagal (477)
392 Arjun Kadhe (389)
401 N.Sriram Balaji (726)
432 Siddharth Rawat (693)
511T Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (847)
574T Vishnu Vardhan (1205T)
581T Manish Sureshkumar (523)
608T Niki Kalouanda Poonacha (645)
650T Suraj R Prabodh (876)
2018 year-end WTA Singles Rankings, (The last year's rankings in brackets)
205 Ankita Raina (276)
207 Karman Thandi (288)
288 Pranjala Yadlapalli (482)
344 Rutuja Bhosale (558)
521 Mahak Jain (750)
555 Riya Bhatia (577)
746 Sowjanya Bavisetti (1099)
769 Zeel Desai (632)
794 Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (865)
809 Jennifer Luikham (1099)
Our 14 players make a cut in newly introduced the top-650 ATP rankings ... So few surprising entries into the list ... Bala, Vishnu, Niki, Suraj, and Abhinav sneaked in with their challenger level points ... Sumit has jumped to the top-350 but he will slide down outside top-350 as next week his last year's Tata Open qualifying points will be removed ... Yuki will also fall outside the top-150 as he is also going to lose 20 ranking points in the next week.
In the doubles, Rohan remains our top player but slide down to the #37 ... Divij showed promising performance and he is in the top-40, #39 ... This year, we will see Divij and Rohan r partnering on the tour so we can experience an interesting ride from the Indian duo ... Leander is showing the age is the only number and he is our the 3ranked player, #63 ... Jeevan is in the top-75, #74, and Purav is also in the top-100, #90 ... Bala and Vishnu failed to capitalize and remain outside the top-100 rankings, Bala is on the #110 and Vishnu is on the #124.
In 2018, we experienced significant improvement in our women tennis ... Our top five players show a really good jump in their rankings ... Ankita and Karman were in the top-200 and they will return there in the early part of the year ... Pranjala has broken into the top-300 and Rutuja is also showing spark to be there ... Mahak is very near to break in into the top-500 after her an excellent run in the $25K Navi Mumbai tournament ... In the doubles, everything depends upon Sania Mirza's comeback after pregnancy ... Prarthana Thombare is stagnant with her ranking ... Karman and Ankita showing promises as a pair, but it will be early to judge.
At $590K Tata Open Maharashtra 2019, Pune, India
[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) l Michael Mmoh (USA,103) 57 36
Doubles
[R1] Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 46 46
[R1] (WC) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 67(4) 36
[R1] (WC) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) bt (2) Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 76(1) 46 10-8
[QF] (WC) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)
I was hoping a winning start for Prajnesh against similar ranked Mmoh ... But Mmoh completed the win in straight sets ... Prajnesh struggled with his game and was looking rusty on the court.
In the doubles, the only win for Indians came from Arjun and Bala ... They defeated the 2nd seeds Oswald and Puetz in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the British pairing of Bambridge and O'Mara, who defeated Purav and Ram in the first round ... Jeevan and Monroe lost in straight sets against the 4th seeds Granollers brothers.
The Indian Davis Cup Team
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Divij Sharan, Rohan Bopanna, Saketh Myneni and Sasi Kumar Mukund
Non-playing Captain: Mahesh Bhupathi
Coach: Zeeshan Ali
The Indian Fed Cup Team
Ankita Raina, Karman Thandi, Pranjala Yadlapalli, Rutuja Bhosale and Prarthana Thombare
Non-playing Captain: Vishaal Uppal
Coach: Ankita Bhambri
The new AITA selection committee has announced the team for the World Group Qualifier tie against Italy ... The announcement is more than a month before the tie and the selection was as per current rankings of the players ... As expected, Divij Sharan makes a return in place of Balaji, also Mukund is included in place of Arjun as a reserve player ... Yuki doesn't consider for the tie due to his on-going recovery from the knee injury ... Sumit Nagal, Arjun Kadhe, and Siddharth Vishwakarma will train with the team at a preparatory camp from January 22 to 30, 2019.
The Fed Cup team has also announced for the Asia-Oceania Group-1, which will be played in Astana, Kazakhstan, in the first week of February ... No surprises, as our top four singles players get selected for the tournament with our top doubles player, Prarthana Thombare.
ATP Singles Rankings with the new formula on 31st Dec 2018, (Old formula rankings r in the bracket)
110 Gunneswaran, Prajnesh (107)
133 Ramkumar Ramanathan (132)
137 Bhambri, Yuki (137)
259 Saketh Myneni (259)
295 Sasi Kumar Mukund (338)
340 Sumit Nagal (477)
392 Arjun Kadhe (389)
401 N.Sriram Balaji (726)
432 Siddharth Rawat (693)
511T Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (847)
574T Vishnu Vardhan (1205T)
581T Manish Sureshkumar (523)
608T Niki Kalouanda Poonacha (645)
650T Suraj R Prabodh (876)
2018 year-end WTA Singles Rankings, (The last year's rankings in brackets)
205 Ankita Raina (276)
207 Karman Thandi (288)
288 Pranjala Yadlapalli (482)
344 Rutuja Bhosale (558)
521 Mahak Jain (750)
555 Riya Bhatia (577)
746 Sowjanya Bavisetti (1099)
769 Zeel Desai (632)
794 Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (865)
809 Jennifer Luikham (1099)
Our 14 players make a cut in newly introduced the top-650 ATP rankings ... So few surprising entries into the list ... Bala, Vishnu, Niki, Suraj, and Abhinav sneaked in with their challenger level points ... Sumit has jumped to the top-350 but he will slide down outside top-350 as next week his last year's Tata Open qualifying points will be removed ... Yuki will also fall outside the top-150 as he is also going to lose 20 ranking points in the next week.
In the doubles, Rohan remains our top player but slide down to the #37 ... Divij showed promising performance and he is in the top-40, #39 ... This year, we will see Divij and Rohan r partnering on the tour so we can experience an interesting ride from the Indian duo ... Leander is showing the age is the only number and he is our the 3ranked player, #63 ... Jeevan is in the top-75, #74, and Purav is also in the top-100, #90 ... Bala and Vishnu failed to capitalize and remain outside the top-100 rankings, Bala is on the #110 and Vishnu is on the #124.
In 2018, we experienced significant improvement in our women tennis ... Our top five players show a really good jump in their rankings ... Ankita and Karman were in the top-200 and they will return there in the early part of the year ... Pranjala has broken into the top-300 and Rutuja is also showing spark to be there ... Mahak is very near to break in into the top-500 after her an excellent run in the $25K Navi Mumbai tournament ... In the doubles, everything depends upon Sania Mirza's comeback after pregnancy ... Prarthana Thombare is stagnant with her ranking ... Karman and Ankita showing promises as a pair, but it will be early to judge.
At $590K Tata Open Maharashtra 2019, Pune, India
[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,110) l Michael Mmoh (USA,103) 57 36
Doubles
[R1] Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (4) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 46 46
[R1] (WC) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 67(4) 36
[R1] (WC) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) bt (2) Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 76(1) 46 10-8
[QF] (WC) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)
I was hoping a winning start for Prajnesh against similar ranked Mmoh ... But Mmoh completed the win in straight sets ... Prajnesh struggled with his game and was looking rusty on the court.
In the doubles, the only win for Indians came from Arjun and Bala ... They defeated the 2nd seeds Oswald and Puetz in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the British pairing of Bambridge and O'Mara, who defeated Purav and Ram in the first round ... Jeevan and Monroe lost in straight sets against the 4th seeds Granollers brothers.
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