Tennis News

At $668K Atlanta Open 2018, Georgia, USA

[R1] (SE) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,115) l Taylor Fritz (USA,65) 46 46

Doubles
[R1] Jamie Cerretani (USA)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Mike Bryan (USA)/ Frances Tiafoe (USA) 57 16

After big high, this was a low week for RamK ... He lost in straight sets against Taylor Fritz in the first round ... In the doubles, Lee and Jamie lost in the first round against Mike Bryan and Tiafoe.

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At $250K Jiangxi Open 2018, GNanchang, China

[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,216) bt Jia-Jing Lu (CHN,175) 63 36 75

[R2] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,216) vs (6) Saisai Zheng (CHN,112)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jacqueline Cako (USA)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt (WC) Xuliu Sun (CHN)/ Wushuang Zheng (CHN) 63 75

In a messy match, Karman managed to pull an upset against top-175 ranked Chinese opponent Lu ... In this match, Karman struggled with her serve and managed below 50% first serve percentage ... They had multiple breaks and Lu won the second set ... Karman was down 2-4 in the third before she fought back to score her first WTA win ... This win also guarantees her entry into top-200 rankings ... Next, she is facing former top-60 player Saisai Zheng.

Prarthana with her American partner Cako started with straight sets win over local wild-card pair.