Thursday, September 19, 2019

Tennis News

At $1.2M St. Petersburg Open 2019, Russia

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) bt Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Andres Molteni (ARG) 75 57 10-5

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Igor Zelenay (SVK) vs (1) Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)

Another fighting win for Divij and Zelenay against Molteni and Carballes Baena in the match tie-break ... They r facing the tho-seed Croatians in the semis.

At $162.5K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2019, Taiwan

[R3] (2) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,82) l (14) Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP,205) 75 57 46

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (WC) Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE)/ Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) 46 67(6)

A disappointing loss of Prajnesh against Lopez Perez ... In this match, both players were hitting the ball hard and serving big but Prajnesh failed to put pressure on Lopez Perez with returning game ... Lopez Perez took advantage of it after losing the first set.

Another first-round for Bala and Vishnu in straight sets against a local pair.


At €46.5K+H Glasgow Challenger 2019, Scotland

[R3] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,179) bt Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED,287) 64 61

[QF] (5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,179) vs (14) Daniel Masur (GER,247)

Doubles
[QF] Marek Gengel (CZE)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (4) Karol Drzewiecki (POL)/ Szymon Walkow (POL) 64 36 10-3

A solid win for Ram against an in-form Botic Van de Zandschulp ... Next, he is facing a German Daniel Masur, who scored an upset win over the 3rd seed Quentin Halys in 2 tie-breaks.

In the doubles, Ram and Gengel have reached in the semis, they defeated the 4th seed Polish pair in the match tie-break.

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