Saturday, February 22, 2020

Tennis News

At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (WC) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,125) vs Qualifier

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) bt (WC) Lukas Rosol (CZE)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 64 75

[F-Q] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs (1) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Filip Polasek (SVK)

Prajnesh has received a wildcard for the singles main-draw and he is facing a qualifier in the first round ... Lee also has received the doubles main-draw wildcard with Matthew Ebden ... They r having a tough match against the 2nd seed Dodig and Polasek.

Rohan is playing in the doubles qualifying with his Spanish partner Pablo Carreno Busta ... They started with a straight-sets win over Troicki and Rosol ... In the final qualifying, they r facing a tough match against the in-form pairing of Henri Kontinen and Jan-Lennard Struff.


At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Jodhpur, India

[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt (4) Nudnida Luangnam (THA,347) 63 62

[F] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs (7) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,451)

Doubles Final
(1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Miyabi Inoue (JPN) bt (4) Snehal Mane (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) 46 64 10-8

Ankita is in the final with a comfortable win over her Thai opponent, Luangnam ... In the final, Ankita is facing the 7th seed Turkish girl, Berfu Cengiz.

Ankita missed a chance of double crown but she really helped a young Snehal Mane to earn a load of points to push her doubles ranking ... Ankita and Snehal lost the final against Rutuja and her Japanese partner Inoue after winning the first set.

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