Sunday, February 23, 2020

Tennis News

At $2.9M Qatar Total Open 2020, Doha, Qatar

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (WC) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR)/ Laura Siegemund (GER)

Sania has received a wildcard with her French partner Caroline Garcia in Doha ... They r facing another wildcard pairing of Cagla Buyukakcay and Laura Siegemund.

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

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,125) vs (Q) Dennis Novak (AUT,95)

Doubles
[F-Q] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) l (1) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 36 63 6-10

Prajnesh is facing the top-100 Austrian player, Dennis Novak ... A decent draw considering this big tournament.

Rohan and Pablo lost in the match tie-break against Kontinen and Struff in the final qualifying.


At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Thiago Monteiro (BRA)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA)

Divij and Artem r playing in Chile and they r facing a Brazilian pair in the first round.

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

Singles Final
(1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt (7) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,451) 75 61

As expected, Ankita lifted the singles title beating a Turkish girl Berfu Cengiz in straight sets ... This was her 7th $25K title and the 2nd title of the year.

At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,126) bye
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) vs (PR) Arthur De Greef (BEL,288)

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Antonio Sancic (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)

Sumit and Mukund r playing in the French challenger ... Sumit is the 3rd seed and Mukund is playing against Arthur De Greef.

In the doubles, Purav and Adil r facing Weissborn and Sancic.


At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,179) bye

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Alexander Cozbinov (MDA)/ Denis Istomin (UZB)

Ram is playing in the Columbus Challenger and he is the 9th seed ... In the doubles, he is partnering VSP and they r facing the 4th seed Huey and Lammons ... Bala and Jeevan r facing Istomin and Cozbinov.

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