Friday, October 04, 2019

Tennis News

At $54K+H Campinas Challenger 2019, Brazil

[QF] (6) Sumit Nagal (IND,135) bt (13) Francisco Cerundolo (ARG,262) 76(2) 75

[SF] (6) Sumit Nagal (IND,135) vs Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG,325)

Doubles
[QF] Federico Coria (ARG)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l (4) Orlando Luz (BRA)/ Rafael Matos (BRA) w/o

A fighting win for Sumit against a young Argentine Francisco Cerundolo in tight two sets ... In the first set, Sumit was in control and was leading 5-2 but he lost the next 4 games, 5-6 ... He broke Cerundolo to take it to the tie-break ... In the second set, he was looking tired and struggling with physical efforts ... He took a medical break at 3-4, but he won the last 4 games from 3-5 down and completed the win in 2 hrs ... In the semis, he is facing another Argentine, Juan Pablo Ficovich, but it is important to see how much he recovered.
A good decision as Sumit and his partner Coria gave a walkover due to Sumit's headache.


At €46.6K+H Barcelona Challenger 2019, Spain

[SF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP) bt (1) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 64 76(6)

[F] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP)

Ram and Martos Gornes enter into the final with a big upset win over the top-seed pair ... They defeated Jebavy and Monroe in 2 tight sets ... In the final, they r facing the 4th seed pairing of Bolelli and Vega Hernandez.

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