Saturday, April 13, 2019

Tennis News

At € 5.58M Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2019, Monte Carlo, Monaco

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs (3) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)
[R1] Laslo Djere (SRB)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Happy to see Divij is getting chance of playing in the Masters tournament ... He is partnering Laslo Djere and they r facing an experienced Dodig and Roger-Vasselin ... Rohan is participating with Inglot and facing the 3rd seeds Murray and Soares.

At $162K+H Anning Challenger 2019, China

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,141) bye
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,264) vs Yan Bai (CHN,356)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,244) vs Vaclav Safranek (CZE,324)
[R1] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,82) bye

Next week, Prajnesh r back on the court for the Anning Challenger on clay ... He is the 2nd seed and Ram is the 5th seed ... Both can play Saki and Mukund in the second round if Saki and Mukund manage to win the first round.

At $162K+H Taiwan Santaizi Challenger 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[SF] 4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) bt (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Chritopher Rungkat (INA) 62 63

[F] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs (4) Sander Arends (NED)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)

Bala and Erlich r in the final with a comfortable win over the top-seeds Rungkat and Hsieh ... In the final, they r facing the 4th seeds Weissborn and Arends.

At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

[QF] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,258) 64 46 10-6

[SF] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt (2) Marie Bouzkova (CZE,117) 64 76(9)

[F] (6) Ankita Raina (IND,194) vs (1) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS,95)

Ankita is in the final after scoring back to back wins ... In the quarters, she defeated a local girl, Buyukakcay, in the match tie-break ... In the semis, she defeated a young top-120 Czech girl, Bouzkova, in straight sets ... In the final, she is facing the top-100 Russian Diatchenko.

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