Thursday, February 13, 2020

Tennis News

At €2.1M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt (4) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 62 36 10-7

Rohan and Shapo in the semis with a match tie-break win over the 4th seed Rojer and Tecau.

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

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Steve Johnson (USA)/ Reilly Opelka (USA) 36 46

Divij and Artem again failed to build on their excellent upset win over the top-seed pair ... They lost in straight sets against Opelka and Johnson.

At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) bt Fang Ying Xun (CHN)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN) 76(5) 64

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) vs (4) Arina Rodionova (AUS)/ Storm Sanders (AUS)

Ankita and Van Der Hoek in the semis with a straight-sets win over a Chinese pair ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Aussie pair.

At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R3] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) l (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148) 67(2) 16
[R3] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) l Julian Ocleppo (ITA,391) 57 46
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) l (9) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,133) 46 75 26
[R3] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) l Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,368) 67(5) 06
[R3] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) l (3) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,82) 57 36
[R3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) l (11) Blaz Rola (SLO,149) 36 36

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) bt (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 36 64 10-8
[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB) 64 64
[QF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 75 06 10-7

[SF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS)
[SF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)

A terrible terrible terrible day for Indian players ... Our all players lost their singles matches ... Shocking losses of Prajnesh and Sumit against respective lower-ranked opponents.

In the doubles, our all players win their respective quarter-finals ... Saki and Matt scored a comeback win over the first seed Molchanov and Hsieh ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Purav and Ram, who scored a straight-sets win over Ferreira Silva and Milojevic ... Lee and Ebden scored an excellent win over the 3rd seed Goransson and Rungkat ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed Erlich and Vasilevski.

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