Thursday, May 16, 2019

Tennis News

At $54K+H Gwangju Challenger 2019, Korea

[R2] (16) Saketh Myneni (IND,246) l Akira Santillan (AUS,251) 26 16

[R3] Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,299) l (13) Zhe Li (CHN,245) 57 67(4)

Doubles
[R1] Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 26 57

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 46 61 6-10
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) bt (WC) Hong Chung (KOR)/ Jea Moon Lee (KOR) 63 63

[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs (WC) Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Min-Kyu Song (KOR)

Mukund gave a fighting performance against an experienced Zhe Li in his loss, but a poor loss for Saki against a similar ranked Santillan.

In the doubles, Bala and Erlich in the semis with a comfortable win over against a local wild-card pair ... In the semis, they r facing another local wild-card pair. Saki-Shamasdin and Vishnu-Matsui lost in the quarters and the first round against the top-seed pair.


At $54K+H Samarkand Challenger 2019, Samarkand

[R3] (15) Sumit Nagal (IND,303) bt (WC) Dmitry Popko (KAZ,359) 76(7) 63

[QF] (15) Sumit Nagal (IND,303) vs (12) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP,300)

A superb straight sets win for Sumit against in-form and last week's Shymkent finalist Dmitry Popko, who also won the 7 ITF titles this year on the clay ... In the quarters, he is facing a Spaniard Roberto Ortega-Olmedo.

At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Saint-Gaudens, France

[R1] (2) Anna Danilina (KAZ)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Valeriya Strakhova (UKR)/ Anna Ureke (RUS) 63 61
[QF] (2) Anna Danilina (KAZ)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt Elixane Lechemia (FRA)/ Marine Partaud (FRA) 64 76(4)

[SF] (2) Anna Danilina (KAZ)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Anna Kalinskaya (RUS)/ Sofya Lansere (RUS)

After a longtime we are seeing good results from Prarthana ... She is in the semis with her partner Danilina ... They will facing a Russian pair for place in the final.

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