Thursday, October 24, 2019

Tennis News

At €2.4M Erste Bank Open 2019, Vienna, Austria

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 76(6) 62

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l (1) Lukasz Kubot (POL)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 06 46

Rohan and Shapo lost in straight sets against the top-seed pair ... Before that, they started with a good win against a local Austrian pair.

At $54K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (3) Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Fabien Reboul (FRA) 63 76(6)
[QF] Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Christopher Eubanks (USA)/ Kaichi Uchida (JPN) 62 67(4) 12-10

[SF] Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (PR) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)

Vishnu and Matsui r in the semis and facing pairing of Istomin and Elgin ... They started with an upset win over the 4th seed French pair ... In the quarters, they defeated Uchida and Eubanks in a close match.

At €46.6K+H Hamburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (4) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 64 36 10-7

[QF] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (PR) Viktor Troicki (SRB)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 46 67(4)

Rameez and Purav lost in straight sets against Zimo and Troicki ... Before that in the first round, they scored an upset win over the 4th seed Mergea and Begemann in the match tie-break.

At $60K ITF Women Tournament 2019, Saguenay, Canada

[R1] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,480) l Quinn Gleason (USA,379) 16 1-1 retd.

Doubles
[QF] (2) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) l Anna Morgina (RUS)/ Holly Verner (USA) 36 0-3 retd.

Rutuja retired in her singles match in the second set ... Hoping for not a serious injury threat.
Didn't know why Rutuja played in the doubles despite injury ... She and Plipuech retired in the second set against Verner and Morgina.


At $54K+H Traralgon Challenger 2019, Australia

[R3] (10) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,236) l (8) Alejandro Tabilo (CHI,216) 46 36

Mukund lost in a straight-sets against the top-220 Chilean Tabilo ... I was hoping for an upset.

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