Monday, September 09, 2019

Tennis News

At $250K Jiangxi Open 2019, Nanchang, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,192) vs (4) Elena Rybakina (RUS,69)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Eden Silva (GBR) vs Jaqueline Cristian (ROU)/ Monica Niculescu (ROU)

Ankita is playing in the WTA tournament, but having a tough match against the top-75 ranked Elena Rybakina.
In the doubles, she is playing with a British girl, Eden Silva, and they r facing a Romanian pair in the first round.


At $81.5K+H Shanghai Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,590) bt Shintaro Imai (JPN,323) 76(2) 63
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bt Alafia Ayeni (USA,581) 64 61

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,85) vs James Ward (GBR,291)
[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,590) vs (4) Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN,165)
[R2] (13) Saketh Myneni (IND,258) vs Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,290)
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,241) vs (2) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,139)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Runhao Hua (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)
[R1] (4) Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (3) Evan King (USA)/ Hunter Reese (USA)
[R1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Steven Diez (CAN)/ Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

Arjun started with an upset win over the top-325 ranked Shintaro Imai ... Next, he is having a tough match against the 4th seed, Yasutaka Uchiyama.
Mukund started with a comfortable win over an American Ayeni ... Next, he is facing the top-150 ranked, Tatsuma Ito.
Prajnesh is facing an experienced Britisher James Ward ... Saki is facing a Japanese Shuichi Sekiguchi.

In the doubles, the new pairing of Divij and Saki r the 2nd seed and they r facing Diez and Gabashvili ... Bala and Vishnu r facing a local wild-card pair ... Jeevan is the 4th seed with Lopez Perez and they r facing Ratiwatana twins ... Arjun and VSP r facing the 3rd seed American pair.


At $81.5K+H Istanbul Challenger 2019, Turkey

[R2] (8) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,176) vs (WC) Marsel Ilhan (TUR,672)

Doubles
[R1] Hugo Grenier (FRA)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Arda Azkara (TUR)/ Burak Bilgin (TUR)
[R1] (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)

Ram is the 8 seed and facing a local former top-100 player, Marsel Ilhan, in the second round.

In the doubles, Purav and Rameez r the 2nd seed and they r facing Zimo and Bemelmans ... Ram is partnering a Frenchman Hugo Grenier and they r facing a local wild-card pair.

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