Wednesday, May 01, 2019

Tennis News

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

Tough luck for Lee, he and Benoit withdrew as Benoit got injured.

At $108K+H Seoul Challenger 2019, Korea

[R2] (Alt) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,453) l Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,227) 76(5) 36 46
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,247) bt (15) Hiroki Moriya (JPN,183) 62 61
[R2] (10) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,146) bt (Q) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,364) 63 76(6)

[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND,247) vs Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,316)
[R3] (10) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,146) vs Zhe Li (CHN,248)

Doubles
[R1] Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (1) Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 46 26
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN) bt (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) 64 76(4)

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN) vs (ITF) Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Min-Kyu Song (KOR)

Saki scored a dominating win over the top-200 Japanese, Hiroki Moriya ... In the first set, Saki broke Moriya in the 2nd game to lead 3-0, he again broke Moriya in the 8th game when he was serving for staying in the set ... In the second set, again Saki broke Moriya in the 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... He again broke Moriya in the 6th game, 5-1, and held his serve for a comfortable win in 56 mins ... Next, Saki is facing a Taipei youngster, Tung-Lin Wu, who defeated the 4th seed Brayden Schnur in the second round.
Ram managed to complete win in straight sets ... In the second set, he faced stiff resistance from Nam ... Next, he is facing Zhe Li, who scored an upset win over Baghdatis.
Bala replaced the top-seed Thompson as he withdrew and faced Uchiyama in the first round ... Bala started well and won the first set in the tie-break ... He failed to keep momentum and lost the next two sets to Uchiyama.

Ram and Schnur scored a straight-sets upset win over the 2nd seeds, Bala and Erlich ... Next, Ram and Schnur r facing a local ITF pair ... Vishnu and Donskoy lost easily against the top-seeds Aussie pair.


At $80K ITF Women Tournament 2019, Gifu, Japan

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,173) l Kurumi Nara (JPN,168) 06 36

Doubles
[R1] Hiroko Kuwata (JPN)/ Ankita Raina (IND) l Ayaka Okuno (JPN)/ Lin Zhu (CHN) 26 26

A disappointing one-sided loss for Ankita against a similar ranked Nara ... In the doubles also, she faced one-sided loss with her partner Kuwata.

At $134K+H Puerto Vallarta Challenger 2019, Mexico

[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Darian King (BAR)/ Peter Polansky (CAN) 76(5) 26 10-3

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Evan King (USA)/ Nathan Pasha (USA)

Jeevan ad Purav completed the win in the match tie-break against Darian King and Polansky ... Next, they r facing an American pairing of King and Pasha.

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

[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,332) bt (8) Mats Moraing (GER,222) 61 4-2 retd.

[R3] Sumit Nagal (IND,332) vs (WC) Sebastian Korda (USA,408)

Sumit was in dominating position against Moraing, when Moraing retired ... His next opponent is 18 yrs old Sebastian Korda, a son of the Australian Open winner Petr Korda, he himself was a 2018 Australian Open junior champion and former Junior WR #1 ... So a tough match for Sumit.

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