Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Tennis News

At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

Doubles
[R1] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Lin Zhu (CHN) 26 0-1 retd.
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 64 75
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) l (13) Bob Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 16 63 36

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (10) Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

Mixed Doubles
[R1] (WC) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (WC) Storm Sanders (AUS)/ Marc Polmans (AUS)
[R1] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs (2) Shuai Zhang (CHN)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Divij and Artem started with a straight-sets win over Carreno Busta and Sousa ... Next, they r facing the 10th seeds, Pavic and Soares ... But Rohan with Uchiyama lost in three sets against Bryans.
Sania retired in the second set due to calf injury, which happened during practice, Sania struggled on the court to move freely against a Chinese pair.
In MXD, Lee has received a wild-card with a Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and they r facing a local wild-card pair ... Sania decided to skip the mixed event, so Rohan is partnering her doubles partner Nadiia Kichenok ... They r facing the 2nd seeds, Mahut and Zhang.


At $54K+H Bangkok 2 Challenger 2020, Thailand

[R3] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) l (14) Dmitry Popko (KAZ,184) 57 46
[R3] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) bt (2) Go Soeda (JPN,110) 75 75

[QF] (15) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,185) vs (10) Robin Haase (NED,161)

Doubles
[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (2) Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Verela (MEX) 67(4) 63

Ram scored an impressive hard-fought win over a 110-ranked Go Soeda ... Ram completed the win in 100 mins in a close match, though he struggled with his 1st-serve percentage, 47% ... Next, he is facing another experienced player, Robin Haase.
I was hoping for a good run for Mukund after his big second-round win ... But he lost in straight sets against Dmitry Popko.
Bala and Jeevan lost in straight sets against the 2nd seed South American pair.

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