Sunday, May 05, 2019

Tennis News

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

P.C. to Divij's FB page
Doubles Final
Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 46 26

Divij and Demoliner failed to challenge Nielsen and Puetz in the final of Munich Open ... Still, a good week for Divij with Demoliner, he will be India's #1 doubles player in the updated rankings.

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

[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Matt Reid (AUS)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 16 63 8-10

Jeevan and Purav lost in the semis against an Aussie pairing of Reid and Smith in the match tie-break.

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

[SF] Sumit Nagal (IND,332) l (2) Paolo Lorenzi (ITA,108) 46 64 26

An excellent fighting performance by Sumit against an experienced Lorenzi in his loss ... After losing the first set Sumit tried fightback and won the second set ... But Lorenzi used his experience to win the final set comfortably ... Still, a good week for Sumit as after a long time he reached in the semis of the challenger.

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

[R1] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Eudice Chong (HKG) bt Yuliya Hatouka (BLR)/ Ipek Oz (TUR) 57 61 10-6
[QF] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Eudice Chong (HKG) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie (ROU) 75 64
[SF] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Eudice Chong (HKG) bt Tamara Curovic (SRB)/ Polina Golubovskaya (RUS) 63 61

Doubles Final
(2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Eudice Chong (HKG) bt Anastasia Pribylova (RUS)/ Shalimar Talbi (BLR) 64 63

After losing in the singles quarter-final against her doubles partner Eudice Chong, Rutuja lifted the doubles title with Eudice Chong ... In the final, they defeated Pribylova and Talbi in straight sets ... With this title, Rutuja will first-time moves inside the top-220 doubles ranking.

At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Antalya, Turkey

[R1] (6) Jennifer Luikham (IND,830) bt Ana Makatsaria (GEO,ITF -927) 67(6) 76(4) 62
[R2] (6) Jennifer Luikham (IND,830) bt Sabrina Rittberger (GER,ITF-518) 62 64
[QF] (6) Jennifer Luikham (IND,830) bt Cemre Anil (TUR,ITF-232) 64 75
[SF] (6) Jennifer Luikham (IND,830) bt Sapfo Sakellaridi (GRE,ITF-546) 57 76 63

Singles Final
(6) Jennifer Luikham (IND,830) l Indy De Vroome (NED,ITF-290) 16 06

Jennifer reached into the final in the $15K Turkey tournament ... In the final, a former top-200 Indy De Vroome proved too strong to Jennifer.

At € 7.2M Mutua Madrid Open 2019, Madrid, Spain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Guido Pella (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR)

Rohan is playing in the Madrid Masters with Inglot ... They r facing Pella and Sousa in the first round.

At $162K+H Busan Challenger 2019, Korea

[R1] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,146) bye
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,247) vs Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,289)

Doubles
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN) vs (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)
[R1] Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Seon Yong Han (KOR)/ Cheong-Eui Kim (KOR)
[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jonathan Erlich (ISR) vs Jason Jung (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)

Ram is the 8th seed, but a crap draw for Saki and Mukund as they r facing each other.

In the doubles, Ram and Schnur r facing the top-seeds ... Vishnu is playing with Matsui and they r facing a local wildcard pair ... Bala and Erlich r the 4th seeds and they r facing a Taipei pair.


At € 137K+H Aix en Provence Challenger 2019, France

[R1] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Romain Arneodo (MON)/ Hugo Nys (MON)

This week, Lee is playing with Garcia-Lopez in the French challenger and they r facing Arneodo and Nys.

At $54K+H Rome Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,332) vs Ulises Blanch (USA,296)

Sumit moves back to the European challengers and playing in Rome ... In the first round, he is facing an American Ulises Blanch.

At $54K+H Shymkent Challenger 2019, Kazakhstan

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,391) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB,ITF-10)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs Viktor Durasovic (NOR)/ Pavel Kotov (RUS)

Arjun is playing in Kazakhstan ... In the singles, he is facing the Uzbek's top-10 ITF player, Sanjar Fayziev ... In the doubles, he is back with Denis Yevseyev and they r facing Kotov and Durasovic.

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