Monday, July 29, 2019

Tennis News

At $858 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2019, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,88) bt John Millman (AUS,61) 64 16 62

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Gregoire Barrere (FRA)/ Lucas Pouille (FRA) 36 36

A fabulous win for Prajnesh against a solid hard court player, John Millman ... In the last year's US Open, Millman defeated Federer in the 4th round and he reached the 3rd round of this year's Wimbledon ... Prajnesh won the first set win a single break, but in the second set, he failed to hold his serve ... Millman broke him in the 2nd, 4th, and 6th games, and Prajnesh broke him in the 5th game ... In the final set, Prajnesh raised his game and broke Millman in the 4th game to lead 3-1 ... While serving for the staying in the match at 5-2, Millman failed to hold his serve as Prajnesh converted the 2nd match point for a big win ... A much-needed win for Prajnesh after poor (though due to injury and niggle) last 3 months. ... This win will be a big boost for the hardcourt season.

A one-sided loss for Jeevan and Purav against a French pair.


At $135K+H Chengdu Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,429) bt Blake Ellis (AUS,409) 16 63 76(4)
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,452) l Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS,599) 67(7) 46
[R1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,590) vs (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,601)

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,429) vs (7) Goncalo Oliveira (POR,251)

After a long time seeing Arjun wins his Challenger level match ... He scored a comeback win over a similar ranked Aussie, Blake Ellis ... In the second round, he is facing the top-250 ranked, Goncalo Oliveira. Sid lost his first-round match against another Australian Romios ... Manish is facing 41 yrs. old Toshihide Matsui.

At $69K+H Segovia Challenger 2019, Spain

[R1] (WC) Digvijaypratap Singh (IND,UNR) l Altug Celikbilek (TUR,385) 46 46

A straight-sets loss for Digvijay.

At €46K+H Liberec Challenger 2019, Czech Republic

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,275) l Dragos Dima (ROU,327) 46 63 06

A bad loss for Mukund as he failed to win a single game in the final set against Dima.

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