Tennis News

At $250K Jiangxi Open 2019, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,192) l (4) Elena Rybakina (RUS,69) 26 64 36

Ankita gave a fighting performance against the top-75 ranked Rybakina ... She lost in three sets against Rybakina in more than 2 hours match.

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At $81.5K+H Shanghai Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,531) l (WC) Runhao Hua (CHN,810) 46 46

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,85) bt James Ward (GBR,291) 64 76(3)
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,590) l (4) Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,165) 67(4) 36
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,241) l (2) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,139) 46 46

Doubles
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Steven Diez (CAN)/ Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 75 64

[QF] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN)

Prajnesh started with a tight straight sets win over James Ward, in their previous grass-court match, he was beaten by James.
Arjun and Mukund gave a decent performance against their higher-ranked Japanese opponents ... Bad loss for Sid against a local wild-card player.

In the doubles, Saki and Divij pairing started with a straight-sets win over their opponent ... Next, they r facing Fruttero and Matsui.

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At $81.5K+H Istanbul Challenger 2019, Turkey

[R1] Hugo Grenier (FRA)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Arda Azkara (TUR)/ Burak Bilgin (TUR) 64 62

Ram and Grenier started with an expected win over a local wild-card pair.

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