Friday, May 24, 2019

Tennis News

At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,86) vs Hugo Dellien (BOL,92)

The Fench Open draw is out, Prajnesh is facing a similar ranked Hugo Dellien ... Prajnesh is coming out of injury and Hugo had a good clay court season with consistent performance ... In the Madrid Master after qualifying, he defeated a Frenchman Gilles Simon in the first round before losing to Nishikori ... Also made the quarter-final in Geneva before losing to Sascha ... So not an easy match for Prajnesh.

At $54K+H Jerusalem Challenger 2019, Israel

[QF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,246) bt (WC) Edan Leshem (ISR,478) 64 63
[QF] (14) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,295) l (9) Filip Peliwo (CAN,302) 76(2) 67(5) 26

[SF] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,246) vs (9) Filip Peliwo (CAN,302)

Saki scored a comfortable win over a local favorite Leshem ... With this win, he also secures his place in Wimbledon qualifying ... Next, he is facing a Canadian Filip Peliwo, who defeated Mukund.
Mukund lost in a close match against a similar ranked Canadian Peliwo ... After winning the first set in the tie-break, he failed to complete win in the second ... Mukund lost the second set in the tie-break and got overpowered by Peliwo in the third.

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