Friday, February 01, 2019

Tennis News

At the World Group Qualifier 2019, Kolkata, India

India vs Italy 0-2

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,133) l Andreas Seppi (ITA,37) 46 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,102) l Matteo Berrettini (ITA,53) 46 36

Andreas Seppi outperformed Ram in the first match ... In the first set, both were 4-all and Ram made few double faults to lose his serve in the 9th ... Seppi held to win the first set ... Ram struggled continues in the second as he made unforced errors and double faults ... Seppi took advantage to win the set and match comfortably.
Prajnesh also failed to raise his game against the young Italian debutant, Matteo Berrettiniis ... In both sets, Prajnesh lost his serve in the opening game and failed to challenge Matteo's serve ... So after the first day we r 0-2 down and considering our players' performance it would be Hercules task for our team to fight back.


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

[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) l Evan King (USA)/ Hunter Reese (USA) 16 76(4) 4-10

Bala's partnership with his new partner is not clicking ... He and Hach Verdugo lost in the quarters against the American pair.

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

[R2] (WC) Riya BHATIA (IND,555) l (6) Miyabi INOUE (JPN,362) 57 26

Overall, a disappointing performance from the Indians ... Riya also lost in the second round against the 6th seed Inoue.

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