Sunday, April 28, 2019

Tennis News

At € 586K BMW Open Banc by FWU 2019, Munich, Germany

[Q2] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,75) l (8) Denis Istomin (UZB,106) 64 26 26

Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Tim Puetz (GER)

Prajnesh lost in three sets against Istomin in the final qualifying ... In the first set, both players held their service games till 4-all ... Prajnesh broke Istomin in the 9th game and held his service game to win the set ... In the second set, after 2-all Istomin won next 4 games breaking Prajnesh in the 6th and the 8th games ... In the third set also, Istomin broke Prajnesh in the 2nd game to lead 0-3 ... He again broke Prajnesh in the 8th game when he was serving for staying in the match for winning the match ... After losing the first set Istomin dominated the match ... A learning experience for Prajnesh against a decent clay court player.

In the doubles, Rohan and Divij r facing each other with their respective partners ... Lee is playing Benoit and facing a pairing of Puetz and Nielsen.


At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Andijan, Uzbekistan

[R1] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) bt Susanne Celik (SWE,689) 64 76(2)
[R2] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) bt (Q) Alicia Barnett (GBR,483) 61 46 60
[QF] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) bt (Q) Anastasia Pribylova (RUS,IR 43) 64 26 62
[SF] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) bt Maryna Cheryshnova (UKR,IR 9) 76(5) 75

[F] (4) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,283) l (Q) Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS,641,ITF 61) 60 16 36

Pranjala lost in the final against an in-form Rakhimova after dominating the first set ... Before that, she had a couple of good wins ... Rutuja and Riya also played but lost in the quarters.

At $108K+H Seoul Challenger 2019, Korea

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,247) vs Andrew Harris (AUS,291)
[R1] (10) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,151) bye
[R1] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,270) vs Luke Saville (AUS,318)

Doubles
[R1] Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN)

Mukund is facing an Aussie Luke Saville ... And Saki is facing another Aussie Andrew Harris in the first round.

In the doubles, Bala is back with Erlich and facing Ram and Schnur ... Vishnu is playing with Donskoy and facing the top seeds.


At $54K+H Savannah Challenger 2019, Georgia, USA

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,344) vs Juan Pablo Varillas (PER,347)

Sumit is facing a similar ranked Peruvian Varillas in the first round.

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