Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Tennis News

At $623K Hall of Fame Open 2018, Newport, USA

[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,161) bt (8) Denis Kudla (USA,86) 46 63 64

[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,161) vs Vasek Pospisil (CAN,98)

Doubles
[R1] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt (1) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 57 61 10-8
[R1] Jamie Cerretani (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR) 64 63

[QF] Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Jamie Cerretani (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND)
[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

RamK scored an impressive comeback win over top-100 American, Denis Kudla ... After losing the first set RamK fought back to win next two ... In the decider, he broke Kudla in the 1st game and then held his serve to win the match ... He served 14 aces but he struggled with his 1st serve percentage which was 46% ... Good to see he was still managed to win ... Next, he is facing a tricky customer in Vasek Pospisil, who defeated Mischa Zverev.

Our doubles pairs continue with their terrific wins in Newport ... Jeevan with Krajicek scored a superb comeback win over the top-seeds Monroe-Smith ... They will face comeback kid Lee and Jamie Cerretani, who defeated British pair comfortably ... Divij-Withrow r facing Stakhovsky and Ebden.


At €501K SkiStar Swedish Open 2018, Bastad, Sweden

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (PR) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Philipp Petzschner (GER) 75 46 8-10

Bala-Vishnu lost in the match tie-break against experienced players Petzschner and Melzer ... Bala and Vishnu won the first set and they were up with a break in the second, but after that Petzschner and Melzer fought back to win this ... They continued controlling the match tie-break.

At $125K Astana Challenger 2018, Kazakhstan

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,357) bt (1) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,105) 36 64 63

[QF] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,357) vs Daniel Brands (GER,252)

Doubles
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) bt (4) Cam Ilkel (TUR)/ Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) 75 26 10-1

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) vs Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)/ Benjamin Lock (ZIM)

What a comeback win by Saki in a close match against former top-10 player Mikhail Youzhny ... In the first set, Youzhny broke Saki in the 6th game to lead 4-2 and kept this advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, Saki broke Youzhny in the 4th game to lead 3-1 but Youzhny immediately broke back in the next for 3-2 ... Saki broke Youzhny in the 10th game when Youzhny was serving for staying in the set ... In the decider, Saki broke Youzhny in the 2nd game to lead 2-0 but this time also Youzhny broke back in the next, 2-1 ... Saki again broke Youzhny in the 6th game to lead 4-2 ... After that Saki held his service games for a memorable win ... Next, he is facing former top-50 player, Daniel Brands.

Arjun and Yevseyev continued with their terrific form as a pair ... They scored a win in the match tie-break against the fourth seeds ... Next, they r facing Locak and Gonzalez.


At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2018, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,411) l (Q) Kaylah McPhee (AUS,434) 26 36
[R1] Rutuja Bhpsale (IND,396) bt Bunyawi Thamcchaiwat (THA,431) 62 62
[R1] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,201) bt (WC) Chompoothip Jundakate (THA,975) 46 62 62

[R2] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,201) vs Rutuja Bhpsale (IND,396)

Ankita and Rutuja started with a contrasting win... But Pranjala lost in the first round ... Next, Ankita and Rutuja r facing each other.

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