Saturday, January 18, 2020

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

[R1] (LL) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs (WC) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,145)

The best possible draw for Prajnesh as he is facing a wild-card Tatsuma Ito, who also trains at the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University ... The winner will be facing DJoker in the second round, so a big opportunity of playing on the show court, the Rod Laver Arena or the Margaret Court Arena.

At $252K Hobart International 2020, Australia

P.C. to WTA twitter page
Doubles Final
Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (2) Shuai Peng (CHN)/ Shuai Zhang (CHN) 64 64

What a memorable comeback for Sania!
After 27 months away on maternity leave for her son Izhaan (who is now 18 months), Saina made a title-winning comeback with her new partner, Nadiia Kichenok ... They defeated the 2nd seed Chinese pair in straight-sets to win the Hobart International title ... This is her 42nd WTA doubles title from 62 finals, a true legend.


At $54K+H Bangkok 2 Challenger 2020, Thailand

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) vs Duckhee Lee (KOR,233)
[R1] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) bye

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA)/ Fabien Reboul (FRA)

Ram is seeded and Mukund is playing against Duckhee.

At €46.6K+H Rennes Challenger 2020, France

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs (WC) Quentin Gueydan (FRA)/ Mathis Moysan (FRA)

Purav with Adil playing in the French challenger.

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