Sunday, September 15, 2019

Tennis News

At $500K Guangzhou Open 2019, China

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,192) l Magdalena Frech (POL,207) 16 16

A young Frech proved too strong to Ankita as Ankita failed to find her rhythm in her one-sided loss.

At €46.5K+H Banja Luka Challenger 2019, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Singles Final
(6) Sumit Nagal (IND,174) l (7) Tallon Griekspoor (NED,187) 26 36

Sumit needs to wait for his second Challnenger title and first on European clay ... He lost rather tamely against Griekspoor in the final ... In this match, Sumit struggled to hold his service games and his returning game wasn't on the mark ... After losing the first set he was a break down at 2-3, he had a couple of break point chances on Griekspoor's serve at 15-40 ... He failed to convert and again lost his serve while serving for staying in the match in 9th game ... Sumit needs to work on his serve, importantly a placement considering his height.

At $1.2M St. Petersburg Open 2019, Russia

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) vs (4) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)

Divij is playing in the St. Petersburg Open with Igor Zelenay ... They r facing the 4th seed pairing of Demoliner and Middelkoop.

At €586K Moselle Open 2019, Metz, France

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Purav is playing in the Metz Open with Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela ... They r facing Granollers brothers.

At $162.5K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2019, Taiwan

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,241) vs Goncalo Oliveira (POR,254)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,258) vs Max Purcell (AUS,235)
[R1] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,85) bye

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE)/ Tung-Lin Wu (TPE)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Bernard Tomic (AUS)

Prajnesh is the 2nd seed ... Mukund is facing Oliveira in the first round and Saki is facing an Aussie Max Purcell.

In the doubles, Bala and Vishu r facing a local wild-card pair ... Saki is playing with Jeevan and they r facing VSP and Tomic.


At €46.5K+H Glasgow Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[R1] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,176) bye

Doubles
[R1] Marek Gengel (CZE)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)

Ram has received bye as a seeded player ... In the doubles, he is partnering a Czech player, Mark Gengel and they r facing a British pair.

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