Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2019, Melbourne, Australia

[R2] Samantha Stosur (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (5) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/ Robert Farah (COL) 64 46 8-10

This AO turned out to be disappointing for Indians ... Lee with Stosur lost in the MXD second round against the 5th seeds after winning the first set.

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

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,204) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,273) 63 62

Ankita started with dominating win against the former #60 ranked Cagla Buyukakcay.

At $162K+H Newport Beach Challenger 2019, United States

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jason Jung (TPE) vs (WC) Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA)/ Noah Rubin (USA)

Bala is partnering Jason Jung and they r facing the American wild-card pair.

At $69K+H Rennes Challenger 2019, France

[R1] (4) Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ Purav Raja (IND)/ vs (ITF) Javier Barranco Cosano (ESP)/ Raul Brancaccio (ESP)

This week, Purav and Neis r playing in the French challenger ... In the first round, they r facing the ITF pair.

At $54K Burnie Challenger 2019, Australia

[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Sem Verbeek (NED) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 36 62 11-9

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Sem Verbeek (NED) vs Mirza Basic (BIH)/ Tomislav Brkic (BIH)

Jeevan is the 2nd seed with his Dutch partner Sem Verbeek ... They started with a comeback win over Moriya and Safwat ... Next, they r facing Basic and Brkic.

At $25K ITF Germany-01 2019, Nussloch

[R1] (6) Arjun Kadhe (IND,390) vs Torben Steinorth (GER,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Liam Broady (GBR)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Niklas Albuszies (GER)/ Robin Lang (GER)

I think, Arjun is in Germany for a training stint and playing ITF tournament ... In the doubles, he is the top-seed with Broady and in the singles, he is the 6th seed and facing the German qualifier.

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