Monday, February 10, 2020

Tennis News

At the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers, Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia

Indian Davis Cup Team
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (122), Sumit Nagal (125), Ramkumar Ramanathan (182), Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes, and Divij Sharan
Non-playing Captain: Rohit Rajpal
Coach: Zeeshan Ali

Leander Paes has been included in the Indian Davis Cup team that will travel to Zagreb to face Croatia in their World Group Qualifiers ... The AITA said that the playing five will be announced on a date closer to the event.

At $804K New York Open 2020, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt (1) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 76(3) 63

A really good start for Divij and Artem, as they started with an upset win over the top-seed Krajicek and Skugor.

At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO,281) 26 63 64
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) bt Borna Gojo (CRO,273) 36 76(3) 76(3)
[R1] (WC) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,953) l Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,325) 26 16
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS,258) 63 63
[R1] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) bt (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1029) 64 67(5) 76(4)
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,612) l Malek Jaziri (TUN,242) 26 67(5)
[R1] (WC) Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1858) l Vladyslav Orlov (UKR,413) 26 26

[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) vs (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs Lucky Loser
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) vs (6) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,111)
[R2] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) vs (16) Lukas Rosol (CZE,168)
[R2] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) vs Malek Jaziri (TUN,242)

Impressive wins by Mukund, Sid, and Saki ... Mukund defeated a former top-75 Blaz Kavcic in a comeback win ... Sid scored a hard-fought comeback win over Borna Gojo ... After a long time saw a good performance by Saki, he scored a comfortable win over Aslan Karatsev ... Niki defeated his compatriot Adil in 3 sets ... Arjun lost in 2 sets but he was leading 4-1 in the tie-break before losing it.

Next, Mukund having a tough match against Ilya Ivashka ... Saki is facing Sonskoy and Niki's next opponent is Lukas Rosol ... Sumit is facing Malek Jaziri and Sid's upset win gives him an opportunity of facing a lucky loser as Jiri Vesely withdrew from the tournament after his hard-fought Pune title win.

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