Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Tennis News

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

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,136) l (15) Philip Krajinovic (SRB,113) 46 06
[Q1] (9) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bt Jason Jung (TPE,132) 75 64

[Q2] (9) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) vs Salvatore Caruso (ITA,168)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (2) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

A really good win for Prajnesh against Jason Jung ... Prajnesh completed the win in straight sets ... In the final qualifying round, he is facing the Italian Salvatore Caruso, who won the match when his senior compatriot Paolo Lorenzi retired in the first set ... A good opportunity for Prajnesh to qualify for his first Masters' main draw.

Ram failed to challenge the in-form Krajinovic in his straight sets loss.

In the doubles, Rohan is playing with Shapo and they r facing the 2nd seeds Soares and Murray.


At $54K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) bt (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) 64 64

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) vs Nikola Cacic (SRB)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)

In the doubles, Saki and Sanchai Ratiwatana started with an upset win over the 3rd seeds Bala and Hach Verdugo ... Next, they r facing Cacic and Moriya.

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

[Q2] (6) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,355) l Risa Ushijama (JPN,500) 67(1) 16

Doubles
[R1] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Akiko Omae (JPN) bt Robu Kajitani (JPN)/ Fangzhou Liu (CHN) 46 63 10-6

[QF] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Akiko Omae (JPN) vs Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Ylena In-Albon (SUI

It seems Rutuja is still not fully match-fit ... She again lost in the second round against the top-500 Japanese girl, Risa Ushijama.

In the doubles, Rutuja and Akiko Omae started with a comeback win after losing the first set ... Next, they r facing the Swiss-Japanese combination.

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