Thursday, March 07, 2019

Tennis News

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

[Q2] (9) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bt Salvatore Caruso (ITA,168) 62 36 62

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) vs Benoit Paire (FRA,69)

Prajnesh qualifies for his first Masters' tournament with three sets win over Caruso ... In the main draw, Prajnesh is facing the Frenchman, Benoit Paire.
Prajnesh served well in this match, he broke Caruso in the 1st and the 3rd games to lead 4-0 and kept double break advantage to win the set ... In the second set, Prajnesh 1st serve percentage reduced and Caruso took advantage of it ... Caruso broke him in the 8th game, 3-5, for winning this set ... In the final set, Prajnesh improved his 1st serve percentage ... He broke Caruso in the 2nd game to lead 3-0 and after that kept pressure on Caruso's serve ... He broke Caruso in the 8th game when he was serving for staying in the match for completing important win of his career.


At $54K+H Zhuhai Challenger 2019, China

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) l Nikola Cacic (SRB)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 26 57

Saki and Sanchai Ratiwatana lost in straight sets against Cacic and Moriya.

At $25K ITF M25 Mildura , Australia (Grass)

[R2] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND,392) bt Alec Adamson (USA,ITF-464) 61 57 62

[QF] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND,392) vs (5) Harry Bourchier (AUS,413)

Arjun needed three sets to beat American Alec Adamson ... In the quarters, he is facing the Aussie, Harry Bourchier.

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

[R2] (LL) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,356) l (Q) Catherine Harrison (USA,472) 26 16

Doubles
[QF] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Akiko Omae (JPN) bt Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Ylena In-Albon (SUI) 63 63

[SF] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Akiko Omae (JPN) vs En Shuo Liang (TPE)/ Ayaka Okuno (JPN)

Rutuja failed to challenge an American qualifier, Harrison, in one-sided loss.
But in the doubles, Rutuja in the semis with her partner Omae ... They scored a comfortable win over In-Albon and Ayukawa ... Next, they r facing another unseeded pairing of Okuno and Liang.

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