Tennis News

At $1.34M Pan PAcific Open, Tokyo, Japan

[R1] Shikha Uberoi (IND)/ Aravane Rezai (FRA) l (2) Lisa Raymond (USA)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) 36 46

So this week Shikha paired with Rezai but had tough match up against 2nd seed pair.

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At $75K Albuquerque Challenger, NM, USA

[R1] RAO Sunitha (IND,178) bt JOZAMI Betina (ARG,186) 76(6) 64

[R2] RAO Sunitha (IND,178) vs (3) DUQUE-MARINO Mariana (COL,108)

Good start for Sunitha against similar rank player but now tough match against #100 around player.

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At $25K Karshi Challenger, Uzbekistan 

[R2] (3) Isha Lakhani (IND,333) l Lesya Tsurenko (UKR,458) 26 36

[R2] Ankita Bhambri (IND,563) bt Ekaterina Dranets (RUS,512) 36 61 63

[R2] Sanaa Bhambri (IND, 523) l Nicole Clerico (ITA,503) 36 16

[R2] (Q) Parija Maloo (IND,708) l (2) Pemra Ozgen (TUR,326) 57 16

[QF] Ankita Bhambri (IND,563) vs Lesya Tsurenko (UKR,458)

Doubles -

[QF] Prerana-Mythri Appineni (IND) / Parija Maloo (IND) l (1) Nicole Clerico (ITA)/ Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) 46 36

[QF] Sanaa Bhambri (IND) / Ankita Bhambri (IND) l Albina Khabibulina (UZB)/ Alexandra Kolesnichenko (UZB) 16 26

Only Ankita managed to surprise me with another win over higher ranked opponent ... Other hand Isha disappointed.