Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Tennis News

At $2.6M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R2] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (5) Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN) 46 26

Krejcikova and Zheng proved a better pair on the court as they convincingly defeated Sania and Caroline.

At €770K Open 13 Provence 2020, Marseille, France

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l Frederik Nielsen (DEN)/ Tim Puetz (GER) 57 76(3) 8-10

A very close loss for Rohan and Shapo against Puetz and Nielsen ... After losing the first set they tried fightback but lost in the match tie-break.

At $673K Delray Beach Open 2020, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Ugo Humbert (FRA) 57 64 10-7

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (1) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Divij and Artem needed comeback for a win over Goransson and Humbert ... Next, they r facing Bryans.

At $54K+H Morelos Open Credito Real 2020, Mexico

[R2] (4) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,174) l Guilherme Clezar (BRA,297) 67(5) 64 46

Doubles
[R1] Harry Bourchier (AUS)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Guilherme Clezar (BRA)/ Manuel Sanchez (MEX) 57 64 10-0

Ram's struggle in the singles continues ... Another disappointing loss for Ram against the top-300 Brazilian, Guilherme Clezar.

In the doubles, Ram and Harry scored a comeback win over Clezar and Sanchez.


At €46.6K+H Koblenz Challenger 2020, Germany

[R2] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) bt (15) Lucas Miedler (AUT,280) 76(1) 64

[R3] (Q) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,282) vs (2) Yannick Hanfmann (GER,149)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (3) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 67(6) 64 6-10

Mukund continues with his good form and scored a straight-sets win over a similar ranked Miedler ... Next, he is having a tough match against the top-150 local player, Yannick Hanfmann.

But Bala and Jeevan lost their first-round match against the 3rd seed Begemann and Mergea.


At €46.6K+H Bergamo Challenger 2020, Italy

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) bt Nino Serdarusic (CRO)/ Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE) 64 36 10-3

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Zdenek Kolar (CZE)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA)

Purav and Adil r in the quarters with the match tie-break win over Tseng and Serdarusic ... Next, they r facing Ocleppo and Kolar.

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

[R1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) bt Bojana Marinkovic (SRB,809) 75 61
[R1] (Q) Nidhi Chilumula (IND,UNR) l Sakura Hondo (JPN,562) 57 06
[R1] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349) bt Jennifer Luikham (IND,906) 64 76(4)
[R1] (Q) Humera Begum Shaik (IND,UNR) l Michika Ozeki (JPN,516) 57 26
[R1] (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,937) bt (WC) Nikola Breckova (CZE,944) 75 63
[R1] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,626) bt (5) Valeriya Strakhova (UKR,373) 63 64
[R1] Zeel Desai (IND,675) l Miyabi Inoue (JPN,592) 63 57 26
[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,587) l (7) Berfu Cengiz (TUR,451) 63 36 26
[R1] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) bt (Q) Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (IND,1282) 63 62
[R1] Sathwika Sama (IND,892) bt (Q) Saumya Vig (IND,1282) 63 64
[R1] (Q) Soha Sadiq (IND,UNR) l (2) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR,306) 16 26

[R2] (1) Ankita Raina (IND,176) vs Sakura Hondo (JPN,562)
[R2] (6) Riya Bhatia (IND,349) vs (WC) Mihika Yadav (IND,937)
[R2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,458) vs Anchisa Chanta (THA,731)
[R2] Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,626) vs Miyabi Inoue (JPN,592)
[R2] Sathwika Sama (IND,892) vs (2) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR,306)

I was hoping for a better outing for Karman as she lost in 3 sets ... A good upset win by Sowjanya Bavisetti against the 5th seed Ukrainian.

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