Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Tennis News

At $9.3M BNP Paribas Open 2019, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R3] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) l Ivo Karlovic (CRO,89) 36 67(3)

Prajnesh's fine run ended against a big serving machine, Ivo Karlovic ... In this match, both players had a couple of break points on opponent's serve ... Karlovic broke Prajnesh in the first set to win it, but Prajnesh failed to capitalize on that ... Karlovic won the second set tie-break comfortably for winning the match ... Karlovic had 16 aces in the match ... Still, a breakthrough performance by Prajnesh, next stop for him is the Miami Masters qualifying.

At $162K+H Phoenix Challenger 2019, USA

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,136) l (ALT) Pedja Krstin (SRB,187) 26 46

Doubles
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Peter Polansky (CAN)

Ram's struggle continues as he lost in straight sets against the lower ranked Serbian Pedja Krstin.

Rohan and Divij r playing in the doubles and facing Bemelmans and Polansky.


At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Shenzhen, China

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,166) vs (Q) Shou Feng (CHN,558)

Ankita is back on the tour and facing Feng in the first round.

At $54K+H Drummondville Challenger 2019, Canada

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,351) bt Kevin King (USA,332) 63 63

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,351) vs (16) Tristan Lamasine (FRA,286)

Sumit started with straight sets win over American Kevin King in the first round ... This was a much-needed win for him, next, he is facing the top-300 Frenchman, Tristan Lamasine.

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