Monday, August 05, 2019

Tennis News

At 2019 Davis Cup - Group I, Asia/ Oceania 1st Round, Islamabad, Pakistan

Indian Squad
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Saketh Myneni, Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan
Reserved Member: Sasikumar Mukund
Captain: Mahesh Bhupathi
Coach: Zeeshan Ali.

The Indians announced a strong team for Pakistan tie ... Saki returns to the team on the grass-court with Prajnesh and Ram ... Rohan and Divij r other members of the team ... Sumit Nagal has made himself unavailable citing an injury ... Sasi Kumar Mukund was selected as a reserve member ... The winner of the tie will qualify for the next year’s World Group Qualifiers.

At $81K+H Aptos Challenger 2019, California, USA

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Max Purcell (AUS) vs Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX)/ Sem Verbeek (NED)

Lee is playing in the Aptos Challenger with Max Purcell ... They r facing Hach Verdugo and Verbeek in the first round.

At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[FQ] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) bt N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,1028) 62 63

[R1] (LL) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,1028) bye
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) vs (WC) Robert Strombachs (GER,535)
Doubles
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) vs Tomislav Draganja (CRO)/ Mark Vervoort (NED)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Mario Vilella Martinez (ESP)

Bala and VSP faced each other for a place in the main draw ... He defeated VSP easily, next, he is facing a local wild-card ... VSP also playing as a lucky-loser and receives a bye in the first round.
In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r the 2nd seeds and they r facing pairing of Metreveli and Vilella Martinez ... VSP is playing with an Aussie partner, Scott Puodziunas ... They r facing Draganja and Vervoort.

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