Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Tennis News

At Wimbledon 2018, London, Great Britain

[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Mirza Basic (BIH)/ Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 26 46 76(5) 64 9-11

Purav-Fabrice lost in more than 3 and half hour match in the first round ... Purav-Fabrice started badly and lost first 2 sets easily to Lajovic-Basic ... They tried fightback after winning the third set in the tie-break and won the fourth with an early break ... In the decider, both players matched others game ... Lajovic-Basic broke Purav in the 20th game, Purav-Fabrice saved 3 match point but failed to save the 4th one.

At $50K+H Recanati Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,124) l (PR) Daniel Brands (GER,316) 67(5) 67(8)

RamK had a tough match against Brands, but in that he really played well and fought hard ... It was a very close match as RamK lost due to some bad points on crucial stages ... In the first set, both players failed to break other's serve but Brands played better in the tie-break ... In the second set, both players had one break each and in the tie-break, RamK committed the double fault at 7-all but won next point ... Brands won next points for completing a win.

At $60K+H ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Rome, Italy

[R1] (1) Rika Fujiwara (JPN)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) l Deborah Chiesa (ITA)/ Alice Matteucci (ITA) 36 46

Prarthana failed to adjust on the clay court after her successful grass court season ... As she and her Japanese partner lost in the first round against local pair.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Naiman, China,

[R2] (3) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,225) bt Nika Kukharchuk (RUS,397) 62 64

[QF] (3) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,225) vs Meiling Wang (CHN,606)

Another dominating win by Karman against top-400 Russian player ... Next, she is facing 18 yrs Chinese girl, Meiling Wang.

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