Sunday, October 20, 2019

Tennis News

At €2.2M Swiss Indoors Basel 2019, Switzerland

[FQ] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (2) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 36 75 7-10

Divij and Artem failed to qualify for the main draw ... After losing the first set they tried to fight back and won the second set ... But failed to keep momentum in the match tie-break.

At $54K+H Liuzhou Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (3) Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Fabien Reboul (FRA)
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO)

Vishnu is playing with Toshihide Matsui and they r facing the 3rd seed French pair. Jeevan and Adil r the 2nd seed and facing Sabanov twins.

At €46.6K+H Hamburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (4) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU)

Rameez and Purav r facing the 4th seed Mergea and Begemann.

At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2019, Lagos, Nigeria

[R1] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,480) bt Allyson Nancy Onya (COD,ITF-1511) 61 61
[R1] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,516) bt Carla Touly (FRA,ITF-552) 61 4-0 retd.

[R2] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,480) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,893) 61 61
[R2] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,516) bt Isabella Kruger (RSA, ITF-1219) 75 64

[QF] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,480) bt (2) Sandra Samir (EGY,381) 62 60
[QF] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,516) bt (1) Seone Mendez (AUS,371) 46 60 60

[R1] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,516) bt (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,480) 64 67(5) 75

[F] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,516) vs (4) Nastja Kolar (SLO,434)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Laura Pigossi (BRA) bt Adesuwa Osabuohien (USA)/ Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre (NGR) 67(7) 62 10-8
[R1] (3) Sandra Samir (EGY)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Celestine Avomo Ella (GAB)/ Divine Dasam NwekeE (DEN) 62 63

[QF] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Laura Pigossi (BRA) bt Isabella Kruger (RSA)/ Zoe Kruger (RSA) w/o
[QF] (3) Sandra Samir (EGY)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Chiraz Bechri (TUN)/ Carla Touly (FRA) 62 62

[SF] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Laura Pigossi (BRA) bt Sada Nahimana (BDI)/ Lexie Stevens (NED) 61 1-0 retd.
[SF] (3) Sandra Samir (EGY)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt (2) Tamara Curovic (SRB)/ Valeriya Strakhova (UKR) 46 75 10-7

Doubles Final
(1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Laura Pigossi (BRA) bt (3) Sandra Samir (EGY)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 63 67(3) 10-6

Rutuja lifted her second back to back doubles title with her Brazilian partner, Laura Pigossi, in the Nigerian W25 tournament ... In both finals, she and Laura defeated Prarthana and her partner, Sandra Samir ... These titles will help Rutuja to push her ranking near the top-225 in the doubles.

a In the singles, Rutuja missed a chance for reaching in the final as she missed 4 match points against fellow countrywoman Riya Bhatia in their long semi-final match ... In the first 2 sets, Riya committed 11 double faults but Rutuja failed to take advantage ... In the final, Riya is facing a Slovenian Nastja Kolar.

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