Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2019, London, Great Britain

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR,247) 64 63

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,171) vs (WC) Sabine Lisicki (GER,283)

Ankita starts with straight sets win over Buyukakcay ... Ankita gave a clinical performance in her win and will face the former Wimbledon finalist, Sabine Lisicki.

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

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,94) l Lorenzo Sonego (ITA,75) 76(3) 06 57

Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Sander Arends (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 63 64

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (4) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT)
[QF] (2) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Denys Molchanov (UKR)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK)

Prajnesh lost in the second round against Sonego ... I would say this loss was, the blessing in disguise before Wimbledon, as he is recovering from 2 months long injury ... Prajnesh won the first set in the tie-break, Sonego bageled him in the second losing only 3 points ... In the third set, both players held their service games till 10th game ... Prajnesh lost his serve in the 11th game and Sonego held his serve in the 12th for a win.

In the doubles, Lee and Benoit start their campaign with straight sets win over a Dutch pair ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Jebavy and Oswald ... Divij and Marcelo r facing Zelenay and Molchanov.


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

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Marco Cecchinato (ITA)/ Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 62 75

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs (2) Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

The reunited pairing of Rohan and Cuevas started with straight sets win over Lajovic and Cecchinato ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed Argentine pair.

At $54K+H Milan Challenger 2019, Italy

[R2] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) bt Laurynas Grigelis (LTU,293) 62 63

[R3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,224) vs Martin Cuevas (URU,329)

Sumit enters into the third round with an easy straight sets win over Grigelis ... Next, he is facing Martin Cuevas.

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