Thursday, January 31, 2019

Tennis News

At the World Group Qualifier 2019, Kolkata, India

India vs Italy

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA,37)
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA,53)

Day Two
[R3] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Simone Bolelli (ITA)
[R4] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) vs Andreas Seppi (ITA,37)
[R5] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA,53)

Ram is playing the first match against Andreas Seppi ... The Italian captain surprised naming a debutant Matteo Berrettini for the singles, he will face Prajnesh in the second rubber.

At $81K+H Cleveland Challenger 2019, Ohio, United States

[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) bt Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/Roberto Maytin (VEN) 75 61

Bala with his new Mexican partner, Hans Hach Verdugo, started with straight sets win over the South American pair.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Jodhpur, India

[R1] (WC) Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND,743) l Paige HOURIGAN (NZL,544) 57 36
[R1] (Q) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI (IND,UNR) l (Q) Mihaela DJAKOVIC (SRB,766) 36 36
[R1] (WC) Mahak JAIN (IND,518) l Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA,439) 46 46
[R1] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,555) bt (WC) Zeel DESAI (IND,770) 62 75
[R1] (Q) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,796) l (3) Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR,287) 46 16

[R2] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,555) vs (6) Miyabi INOUE (JPN,362)

A poor outing for Indian women ... Only Riya managed to win against Zeel but our all other players lost against the foreign players ... Riya is facing the 6th seed Inoue.

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