Monday, January 14, 2019

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2019, Melbourne, Australia

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,112) l Frances Tiafoe (USA,39) 67(9) 36 36

Prajnesh lost in straight sets against the young American Frances Tiafoe in his first grand slam match ... Prajnesh tried hard but Tiafoe played a patient game and that helped him as Gunner made more mistakes ... In the first set, both players were holding their serves comfortably ... In the tie-break, Tiafoe had a mini-break but Gunner took it back ... At 7-8, Gunner missed a simple overhead to lose the set ... In the second set, Gunner broke Tiafoe in the 3rd game, 2-1, but played lose service game for 2-all ... Tiafoe took control from here as he again broke Gunner in the 6th game, 2-4, and kept this advantage for winning the set ... In the final set, both players exchanged breaks early and Gunner was leading 3-2 on his serve ... Tiafoe broke him in the 7th game to lead 3-4 and again broke Gunner when he was serving for staying in the match in the 9th game to complete the victory ... Still, a good week for Gunner as he qualified and playing his first grand slam main-draw match ... Hoping for many more in the next few years.

At $54K+H Koblenz Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,361) l (ITF) Roman Safiullin (RUS,8) 26 16

A disappointing one-sided loss of Sumit against the top-10 ITF ranked Russian Safiullin in the first round.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Singapore

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,204) vs Nudnina Luangnam (THA,ITF-11)

Ankita is playing in Singapore and facing a tricky match against the former top-200 Thai girl, Nudnina Luangnam.

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