Saturday, June 22, 2019

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND)
Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA)
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND)

The doubles direct entries r announced ... Purav and Jeevan r the last pair to make as a direct entry ... Lee is playing with Benoit Paire and Rohan is back with Pablo Cuevas.

At € 507K Turkish Airlines Open 2019, Antalya, Turkey

[Q1] (8) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,281) l Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP,283) 26 16

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,95) vs (PR) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,289)

Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Sander Arends (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)
[R1] (2) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (WC) Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Cem Ilkel (TUR)

Mukund had a bad loss against a similar ranked Ortega-Olmedo.

Prajnesh is playing in Turkey and facing the former top-10 Tipsarevic ... In the doubles, Divij and Marcelo r the 2nd seed and facing a local pair ... Lee is playing with Benoit and they r facing a Dutch pair.


At € 745K Nature Valley International 2019, Eastbourne, Great Britain

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Dusan Lajovic (SRB)

Rohan is playing with Cuevas and they r facing a pairing of Cecchinato and Lajovic.

At €137K+H Ilkley Challenger 2019, Great Britain

Doubles Final
(2) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 36 46

Lee and Marcus lost in straight sets in the Ilkley Challenger final against Aisam and Santiago.

At € 69K+H Bratislava Challenger 2019, Slovakia

[SF] (16) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) l (8) Norbert Gombos (SVK,202) 16 64 26

Sumit's terrific run ended in the semis against Norbert ... After losing the first set easily Sumit tried fightback and won the second set ... But Norbert overpowered him in the third ... Still another good week for Sumit.

At $54K+H Milan Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,251) bye

Next week, Sumit is having a bye as a seeded player in the Milan Challenger.

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