Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Tennis News

At $2.9M Dubai Tennis Championship 2019, UAE

[R1] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ John Peers (AUS) 06 64 10-8

[QF] (Q) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)/ Fernando Verdasco ESP
[QF] (WC) Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (4) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR)

Jeevan and Purav r making full use of their chances of playing on the tour ... In Dubai, they made an excellent comeback after losing the first set 0-6 ... They won the second set and converted the 3rd match point to win the match tie-break against the former WR #1 Kontinen and Peers ... In the quarters, Jeevan and Purav r facing the experienced players, Verdasco and Kohlschreiber ... Lee and Paire r facing the 4th seeds Rajeev Ram and Salisbury.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Osaka, Japan

[Q2] (10) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,353) l (1) Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR,282) 16 16

Doubles
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Robu Kajitani (JPN) l (1) Na-Lee Han (KOR)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 46 16

The top-300 Norwegian girl, Ulrikke Eikeri, proved too strong for Rutuja ... But god to see Rutuja on the court.
In the doubles also Rutuja failed to overcome the challenge of the top-seed pair and lost in straight sets.

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