Monday, April 22, 2019

Tennis News

At € 2.7M Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2019, Spain

[Q1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt (2) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 46 64 10-7

[Q2] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) l (WC) Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Jaume Munar (ESP) 67(3) 57

Leander played in the qualifying of the Barcelona Open with Benoit ... They started with a comeback upset win over the 2nd seeds ... But in the final qualifying, they lost against a local wildcard pair in close straight sets.

At € 586K Hungarian Open 2019, Budapest, Hungary

[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Rohan is the top-seed with Inglot and they r facing Melzer and Lajovic ... Divij is again playing with Demoliner and they r facing Aisam and Lindstedt.

At $125K WTA Anning 2019, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Ashley Kratzer (USA) bt (4) Xinyu Jiang (CHN)/ Qianhui Tang (CHN) 57 64 10-6

Ankita and Ashley scored an excellent upset win over the 4th seeds Chinese pair in the match tie-break.

At $54K+H Nanchang Challenger 2019, China

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,404) bt (ITF) Yan Bai (CHN,358) 26 62 76(4)
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,265) bt Renta Tokuda (JPN,335) 61 3-1 retd.

[R2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,404) vs (11) Go Soeda (JPN,207)
[R2] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,265) vs (7) Nikola Milojevic (SRB,164)

Prajnesh climbs to new career high ranking, #75, but he withdrew from this challenger due to stomach issues ... Vishnu takes his spot in the main draw as an alternate ... He is waiting for a winner between Andrew Harris vs Luca Margaroli in the second round.

Mukund started with a comfortable win over Tokuda ... Next, he is having a tough match against the top-175 ranked Milojevic ... Bala also started with a comeback win over an experienced Yan Bai ... Next, he is facing an experienced Go Soeda.


At $54K+H Tallahassee Challenger 2019, Florida, USA

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,346)bt Denis Yevseyev (KAZ,310) 60 76(7)

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,346) vs (10) Santiago Giraldo (COL,202)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Guilherme Clezar (BRA)/ Marc Polmans (AUS)

Sumit scored a straight sets win over Yevseyev ... Next, he is facing the former top-30 Colombian player, Santiago Giraldo.

Jeevan and Purav r the top-seeds and facing the Aussie-Brazilian pair.

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