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At Fed Cup 2020 - Asia/ Oceania Group I, Dubai, UAE

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Group A
India bt Indonesia 2-1

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,433) l Priska Madelyn Nugroho (INA,UNR) 36 60 36
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,160) bt Aldila Sutjiadi (INA,370) 63 63
[R3] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Priska Madelyn Nugroho (INA)/ Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 76(4) 60

What a gift by our Fed Cup team on the Women's Day!
Our women created a history in the Fed Cup, for the first-ever time in history, (last evening in Dubai) Indian Fed Cup Team qualified for the World Group Play-offs ... Congratulation to Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina, Rutuja Bhosale, Sowjanya Bavisetti, and Riya Bhatia for making the country proud ... Also a terrific job by our captain Vishaal Uppal and coach Ankita Bhambri.

Rutuja lost her first match in this Fed Cup when she lost in 3 sets against a talented junior WR #15 Indonesian girl, Priska Madelyn Nugroho ... Ankita raised to an occasion after her previous 2 losses in the last 2 ties, she defeated Sutjiadi comfortably and made this tie 1-all ... In the doubles, Sania and Ankita were 1-4 down before making an excellent comeback in the match ... After winning the first set in the tie-break they trounced their Indonesian opponents in the second set ... With this win, we finished the 2nd behind a solid Chinese team and qualify for the World Group Play-offs as a top 2 teams.

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At the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers, Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia

India l Croatia 1-3
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,132) l Borna Gojo (CRO,277) 63 46 26
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) l Marin Cilic (CRO,37) 67(8) 67(8)

[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Mate Pavic (CRO)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 63 67(9) 75

[R4] Sumit Nagal (IND,127) l Marin Cilic (CRO,37) 06 16

After first day results as an expected loss against a superior Croatian team ... But there was a silver lining, in his last Davis Cup appearance Leander scored a victory with Rohan against a higher-ranked Croatian pair in an exciting match ... With this win, Leander ended his World record doubles wins in the Davis Cup to 45 wins.

Lee and Rohan won the first set, but the second set was a lot closer and our pair missed 2 match-points before losing the set in a long 20 points tie-break ... In the third set, our pair was 2-4 down before they dug deep and fought back to win this match. In the reverse singles, our non-playing captain made a change and played Sumit in the place of Prajnesh ... That was a wrong move considering Sumit's lack of service speed and the game which suited to the clay ... Cilic destroyed him in 56 minutes losing a single game.

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At $108K+H Monterrey Challenger 2020, Mexico

[QF] (5) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Federico Gaio (ITA)/ Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 26 63 15-13

[SF] (5) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (4) Orlando Luz (BRA)/ Rafael Matos (BRA) 57 46

Bala and Jeevan won their quarter-finals against an Italian pair, but they lost in the semis against the 4th seed Brazilian pair.

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At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,134) l (Q) Dennis Novak (AUT,95) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 64 63

[QF] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (Q) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

I was hoping better results from Prajnesh as he lost in straight-sets against Novak.

Other hands, an excellent upset win from Lee and Ebden against the 2nd seed Dodig and Polasek ... Next, they r having a tricky match against Kontinen and Struff.

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At $2.9M Qatar Total Open 2020, Doha, Qatar

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (WC) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR)/ Laura Siegemund (GER) 46 57

Sania and Caroline lost in straight sets against another wildcard pair.

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At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (Clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt Thiago Monteiro (BRA)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA) 76(5) 76(2)

[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)

Divij and Artem required 2 tie-breaks to beat a Brazilian pair ... Next, they r facing the Spanish pair for a place in the semis.

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At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,122) l Hugo Grenier (FRA,250) 16 62 36
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) l (8) Lukas Lacko (SVK,168) 46 67(3)

A very lackluster performance by Sumit in this loss ... He played error-prone game and gave easy points to Grenier ... After a really bad first set Sumit controlled his unforced errors to win the second set ... But he again struggled in the third to lose this match.

MuKund gave a decent fighting performance against Lacko in his straight sets loss.

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At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,180) vs (Q) Zhe Li (CHN,208)

Doubles
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Alexander Cozbinov (MDA)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 64

Ram is facing Zhe Li in the second round.
Bala and Jeevan scored straight sets win over Istomin and Cozbinov.

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At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) bt (PR) Arthur De Greef (BEL,288) 67(5) 76(3) 76(2)

[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,122) vs Hugo Grenier (FRA,250)
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) vs (8) Lukas Lacko (SVK,168)

Mukund scored an impressive and a gritty win over a solid former top-200 player, who was out due to injury ... The match was very close as all 3 sets went to the tie-breaks ... Mukund lost the first set tie-break but he fought back to win the next 2 sets in the tie-breaks and completed win in almost 2 hours and 50 mins ... Next, he is facing the top-175 and 8th seed Lukas Lacko ... Sumit is facing a Frenchman Hugo Grenier.

This week, the first-time Sumit becomes India's #1 singles player as Prajnesh failed to defend his points and slides to #134.

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At €2.1M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt (4) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU) 62 36 10-7

Rohan and Shapo in the semis with a match tie-break win over the 4th seed Rojer and Tecau.

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At $804K New York Open 2020, U.S.A.

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Steve Johnson (USA)/ Reilly Opelka (USA) 36 46

Divij and Artem again failed to build on their excellent upset win over the top-seed pair ... They lost in straight sets against Opelka and Johnson.

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At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) bt Fang Ying Xun (CHN)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN) 76(5) 64

[SF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) vs (4) Arina Rodionova (AUS)/ Storm Sanders (AUS)

Ankita and Van Der Hoek in the semis with a straight-sets win over a Chinese pair ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Aussie pair.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R3] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) l (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148) 67(2) 16
[R3] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) l Julian Ocleppo (ITA,391) 57 46
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) l (9) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,133) 46 75 26
[R3] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) l Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,368) 67(5) 06
[R3] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) l (3) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,82) 57 36
[R3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) l (11) Blaz Rola (SLO,149) 36 36

Doubles
[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) bt (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 36 64 10-8
[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB) 64 64
[QF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 75 06 10-7

[SF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS)
[SF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (2) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)

A terrible terrible terrible day for Indian players ... Our all players lost their singles matches ... Shocking losses of Prajnesh and Sumit against respective lower-ranked opponents.

In the doubles, our all players win their respective quarter-finals ... Saki and Matt scored a comeback win over the first seed Molchanov and Hsieh ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Purav and Ram, who scored a straight-sets win over Ferreira Silva and Milojevic ... Lee and Ebden scored an excellent win over the 3rd seed Goransson and Rungkat ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed Erlich and Vasilevski.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R2] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) bt (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1097) 61 63
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) bt (LL) Rishi Reddy (IND,UNR) 62 62
[R2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) bt (Alt) Sebastian Fanselow (GER,609) 62 46 64

[R3] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) vs (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148)
[R3] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs Julian Ocleppo (ITA,391)
[R3] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,368)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) bt (WC) Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar (IND)/ Vasisht Cheruku (IND) 63 61
[R1] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Blaz Rola (SLO)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 76(2) 64
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) 36 46

[QF] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) vs (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR)
[QF] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

Expected comfortable wins for Ram and Sid against Abhinav and Rishi ... Prajnesh stretched to 3 sets by Fanselow ... Next, Ram is facing Ivashka, Prajnesh is facing Bonzi and Sid is facing Ocleppo.

In the doubles, Lee and Ebden started with a straight-sets win over Rola and Zhang ... Next, they r facing in-form pairing of Rungkat and Goransson, who defeated Prajnesh and Sumit comfortably ... Saki and Reid also in the quarters, they r facing the top-seed Hsieh and Molchanov.

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At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) bt Desirae Krawczyk (USA)/ Xiaodi You (CHN) 64 64

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) vs Fang Ying Xun (CHN)/ Saisai Zheng (CHN)

Ankita started with a win with Van Der Hoek against Krawczyk and You ... In the quarters, they r facing a Chinese pair.

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At €2.1M ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt John Peers (AUS)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 76(0) 67(5) 10-8

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (4) Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/ Horia Tecau (ROU)

A tight hard-fought win for Rohan and Shapo in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Rojer and Tecau.

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At $252K GSB Thailand Open 2020, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,198) l Katarzyna Kawa (POL,127) 63 06 16

Kawa dominated the last 2 sets as Ankita managed to win a single game, but before that Ankita managed to win the first set ... I hope, not any injury issue as she lost last 10 games in a row.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R1] (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1097) bt Daniel Masur (GER,253) 75 63
[R1] (Alt) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,664) l Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,368) 26 36
[R1] (Q) Julian Ocleppo (ITA,391) l (Q) Anirudh Chandrasekhar (IND,1057) 16 26

[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) l (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148) 57 36
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) bt (6) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,111) 63 63
[R2] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) bt (16) Lukas Rosol (CZE,168) 64 26 63
[R2] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN,242) 60 64
[R2] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) vs (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1097)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs (LL) Rishi Reddy (IND,UNR)
[R2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs (Alt) Sebastian Fanselow (GER,609)

[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) vs (9) Thomas Fabbiano (ITA,133)
[R3] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) vs (3) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,82)
[R3] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) vs (11) Blaz Rola (SLO,149)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR) 36 67(6)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) SD Prajwal Dev (IND)/ Adil Kalyanpur (IND) 62 62
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB) 76(1) 57 8-10

[QF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB)

Excellent performances from Indians continue in this challenger ... Niki produced the biggest upset beating a former top-30 Lukas Rosol in 3 sets ... Next, he is facing the top-90 Japanese, Yuichi Sugita ... Saki also continues with his terrific performance and defeated Evgeny Donskoy comfortably ... He was down 1-3 in the first set and from that, he won 11 games from the next 15 games ... Next, he is facing an Italian Thomas Fabbiano ... Sumit also in the third round with a straight-sets win ... Next, he is facing a Slovanian Blaz Rola ... Another surprising winner was Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam, who defeated a German Daniel Masur in straight sets ... In the second round, he is facing Ram.

In the doubles, expected winning start for Purav and Ram ... But a very close loss of Jeevan and Bala in the match tie-break ... Vishnu and VSP also lost against the top-seed pair.

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At the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers, Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia

Indian Davis Cup Team
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (122), Sumit Nagal (125), Ramkumar Ramanathan (182), Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes, and Divij Sharan
Non-playing Captain: Rohit Rajpal
Coach: Zeeshan Ali

Leander Paes has been included in the Indian Davis Cup team that will travel to Zagreb to face Croatia in their World Group Qualifiers ... The AITA said that the playing five will be announced on a date closer to the event.

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At $804K New York Open 2020, U.S.A.

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) bt (1) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 76(3) 63

A really good start for Divij and Artem, as they started with an upset win over the top-seed Krajicek and Skugor.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO,281) 26 63 64
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) bt Borna Gojo (CRO,273) 36 76(3) 76(3)
[R1] (WC) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,953) l Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,325) 26 16
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) bt Aslan Karatsev (RUS,258) 63 63
[R1] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) bt (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1029) 64 67(5) 76(4)
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,612) l Malek Jaziri (TUN,242) 26 67(5)
[R1] (WC) Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1858) l Vladyslav Orlov (UKR,413) 26 26

[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) vs (13) Ilya Ivashka (BLR,148)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs Lucky Loser
[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) vs (6) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,111)
[R2] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) vs (16) Lukas Rosol (CZE,168)
[R2] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) vs Malek Jaziri (TUN,242)

Impressive wins by Mukund, Sid, and Saki ... Mukund defeated a former top-75 Blaz Kavcic in a comeback win ... Sid scored a hard-fought comeback win over Borna Gojo ... After a long time saw a good performance by Saki, he scored a comfortable win over Aslan Karatsev ... Niki defeated his compatriot Adil in 3 sets ... Arjun lost in 2 sets but he was leading 4-1 in the tie-break before losing it.

Next, Mukund having a tough match against Ilya Ivashka ... Saki is facing Sonskoy and Niki's next opponent is Lukas Rosol ... Sumit is facing Malek Jaziri and Sid's upset win gives him an opportunity of facing a lucky loser as Jiri Vesely withdrew from the tournament after his hard-fought Pune title win.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l (3) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 67(3) 46

Purav and Ram lost in straight sets against the 3rd seed Elrich and Vasilevski ... With their loss, the Indian challenge got over in the Tata Open Maharashtra.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Nonthaburi, Thailand

[R1] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Kamonwan Buayam (THA)/ Patcharin Cheapchandej (THA) 63 61
[QF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Supapitch Kuearum (THA)/ Leonie Kung (SUI) 60 62
[SF] (1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Nicoleta-Catalina Dascalu (ROU)/ Simona Waltert (SUI) 41 retd.

Doubles Final
(1) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Miyabi Inoue (JPN)/ Jia-Qi Kang (CHN) 62 36 10-7

Ankita missed the participation of a single due to her Fed Cup commitment, but the Fed Cup postponed due to Coronavirus ... She played the doubles with her Dutch partner Bibiane Schoofs and they win back to back doubles title in these ongoing Thai ITF tournaments ... They lost their only set of the tournament in the final against Inoue and Kang, but they prevailed after winning the match tie-break ... Next week, Ankita is playing in the Hua Hin WTA tournament.

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At $162.5K Bengaluru Challenger 2020, Karnataka, India

[R1] (17) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) bye
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) vs Blaz Kavcic (SLO,281)
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,479) vs Borna Gojo (CRO,273)
[R1] (WC) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,953) vs Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,325)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,406) vs Aslan Karatsev (RUS,258)
[R1] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) bye
[R1] (Alt) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,661) vs Benjamin Bonzi (FRA,366)
[R1] (WC) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1105) vs (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1029)
[R1] (8) Sumit Nagal (IND,125) bye
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,612) vs Malek Jaziri (TUN,242)
[R1] (WC) Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1858) vs Vladyslav Orlov (UKR,413)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Denys Molchanov (UKR)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) vs (WC) Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar (IND)/ Vasisht Cheruku (IND)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) SD Prajwal Dev (IND)/ Adil Kalyanpur (IND)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR)/ Nikola Milojevic (SRB)
[R1] Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Blaz Rola (SLO)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs (3) Andre Goransson (SWE)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

Our top-2 singles players r in the bottom draw ... Good to see, Lee is playing with Ebden and also an interesting pairing of Prajnesh and Sumit ... Surprise to see Arjun has missed the doubles.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R1] (WC) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,263) l Taro Daniel (JPN,102) 26 67(7)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) l Antoine Hoang (FRA)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) 63 57 7-10
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (Alt) Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) 76(6) 63

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND)

A decent fighting performance by Mukund in the second set against Taro.

In the doubles, Purav and Ram scored a straight-sets win over Sumit and Egor ... Next, they r facing Lee and Ebden.
Rohan and Arjun started confidently and won the first set comfortably ... With an early break, 2-0, they were cruising towards victory but a French pair caught them at 4-all and broke Arjun again in the 12th game to take the set in the match tie-break ... Arjun struggled with his shots and our pair lost this match tie-break to lose the match.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) bt Yannick Maden (GER,131) 76(4) 76(5)
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,612) l Jiri Vesely (CZE,107) 26 46

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs (4) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR,88)

Doubles
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (Alt) Egor Gerasimov (BLR)/ Sumit Nagal (IND)
[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 62 76(5)

Prajnesh is in the second round with winning both tie-breaks against a similar ranked Maden ... Prajnesh played a consistent game throughout the match ... He broke Maden in the first set and was serving for the set at 5-3 ... Prajnesh failed to hold his serve and in the tie-break, he came back from 0-3 to win it ... In the second set tie-break, from 4-5 he won the next 3 points for winning the set and match ... Next, he is facing a 22 yrs-old Soonwoo Kwon.

An expected loss for Arjun against Jiri Vesely in his straight-sets loss.

Lee's #OneLastRoar continues in the Tata Open ... I am hoping one last title for him ... He and Ebden started strongly and win the first set comfortably ... In the second set, both pairs held their respective service games but again, Lee and Ebden played smart tennis and completed win against the 2nd seed Divij and Artem ... Next, they will play against a winner between Purav-Ram and Sumit-Egor ... Sumit is playing in the doubles as an alternate pair with Gerasimov.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R1] (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,182) l (7) Salvatore Caruso (ITA,98) 63 46 57
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,125) l (Q) Viktor Troicki (SRB,191) 26 76(4) 16

Ram gave a fighting performance but failed to complete the win against the top-100 player ... He started positively and won the first set, Caruso made a comeback after winning the second set ... In the third, both players held their respective service games till 10th games, 5-all ... Ram missed a break-point opportunity in the 11th game and Caruso took full advantage of it, breaking Ram in the 12th game for a win.

Sumit had a tough match against a former top-15 Viktor Troicki ... After losing the first set easily Sumit was a break-down, 1-3, he raised his game and broke back to make it 3-all ... And won the tie-break, but he failed to keep the momentum ... He made a lot of unforced errors in the final set and Troicki played a consistent game for a win.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2020, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Singles Final
(3) Ankita Raina (IND,171) bt (4) Chloe Paquet (FRA,178) 63 75

Ankita wins her 6th $25K ITF title ... She took a revenge for her previous 2 matches against Chole ... Ankita defeated her in a straight-sets to win the title in Thailand.

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At $610K Tata Open Maharashtra 2020, Pune, India

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,131) vs (Q) Viktor Troicki (SRB,159)

Sumit has a tricky first round against a former top-15 Serbian Viktor Troicki.

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At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

[Q1] (20) Sumit Nagal (IND,128) l Mohamed Safwat (EGY,172) 67(2) 26

[Q2] (17) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) bt Yannick Hanfmann (GER,167) 16 62 61

[Q3] (17) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,122) vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT,254)

Another disappointing loss ... Sumit lost in straight sets against Safwat in the first qualifying round ... Sumit started well and was leading 4-1 with a double break, but afterward, he struggled with his overall game, poor shots selection, unforced errors and poor returning game, etc.

Prajnesh scored a superb comeback win over a German big-server Hanfmann ... In the first set, Prajnesh struggled with his game and Hanfmann capitalized to win it comfortably ... From the second set, Prajnesh adjusted and raised his game, he dominated the match ... He won the next 2 sets losing only 3 games ... In the final qualifying, he is facing a former top-10 Latvian player, Ernests Gulbis.

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At $610K ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 75 67(3) 9-11
[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Henri Kontinen (FIN) l Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Ben McLachlan (JPN) 36 46

Divij and Artem lost a very close match against their Belgian opponents in the match tie-break ... Rohan and Kontinen also failed to overcome the challenge of Bambridge and McLachlan.

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At $252K Hobart International 2020, Australia

[QF] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Vania King (USA)/ Christina Mchale (USA) 62 46 10-4

[SF] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Marie Bouzkova (CZE)/ Tamara Zidansek (SLO)

Another fighting win for Sania and Nadiia for entering into the semis ... They defeated an American pair in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Bouzkova and Zidansek.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1 Challenger 2020, Thailand

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt JC Aragone (USA)/ Luis David Martinez (VEN) 76(3) 61

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)

Bala and Jeevan r in the semis with a straight-sets win over an American pair ... Next, they r facing Rungkat and Ratiwatana.

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At the Australian Open 2020, Melbourne

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,183) l (14) Fredrico Coria (ARG,118) 64 46 16
[Q1] (17) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,124) bt (WC) Harry Bourchier (AUS,286) 62 64
[Q1] (20) Sumit Nagal (IND,128) vs Mohamed Safwat (EGY,172)

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,175) l Victoria Tomova (BUL,146) 26 67(3)

[Q2] (17) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,124) vs Yannick Hanfmann (GER,167)

Sania is partnering Rohan in the MxD as Rajeev Ram withdrew from the tournament.

Indians started their AO qualifying on a losing note ... Ankita lost in straight sets against Tomova and after that, Ram lost his match against Coria from a good position ... He won the first set and had 3 breakpoints on Coria's serve at 4-3 but he failed to convert ... Coria broke him in the next game and held his serve for taking the match into the decider ... Coria broke him in the 1st game and this pattern continued ... Ram caved in and managed to win a single game in the final game.

Prajnesh started with a clinical win over a local wild-card player ... He played within his strength and easily moved into the second round ... Next, he is facing a German big-server Hanfmann.

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At $610K ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (1) John Peers (AUS)/ Michael Venus (NZL)
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Henri Kontinen (FIN) vs (WC) Cameron Norrie (GBR)/ Rhett Purcell (NZL)

A tough match for Divij and Artem against the top-seeds Venus and Peers ... Rohan is playing with Kontinen and they r facing a wild-card pair.

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At $252K Hobart International 2020, Australia

[R1] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/ Miyu Kato (JPN) 26 76(3) 10-3

[QF] Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Vania King (USA)/ Christina Mchale (USA)

Sania's comeback started with a win ... Our pair was tentative and missed a chance of winning the second set on their serve at 5-3 ... But from the tie-break, they raised their game and won both tie-breaks losing only 6 points ... Next, they r facing an American pair.

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At $54K+H Bendigo 2 Challenger 2020, Australia

[R1] (11) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,272) bye
[R2] (11) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,272) bt (Q) Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN,71) 5-2 retd.

[R3] (11) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,272) vs (7) Marcos Giron (USA,112)

Doubles
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND)/ Fajing Sun (CHN) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 63 64

[QF] Sasikumar Mukund (IND)/ Fajing Sun (CHN) vs (3) Sander Arends (NED)/ Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)

Mukund has a positive start as his top-75 opponent Nishioka retired when Mukund was leading 5-2 in the first set ... Next, he is facing the top-120 ranked American, Marcos Giron.
In the doubles also, Mukund has a winning start with his partner Fajing Sun, they defeated Margaroli and Vavassori ... Next, they r facing the 3rd seed pairing of Hsieh and Arends.

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At $54K+H Bangkok 1 Challenger 2020, Thailand

[Q1] Siddharth Rawat (IND,501) bt Tomislav Brkic (CRO,547) 75 63

[R1] (Q) Siddharth Rawat (IND,501) bt Sadio Dombia (FRA,361) 62 64

[R2] (Q) Siddharth Rawat (IND,501) l (13) Santiago Giraldo (COL,272) 63 67(5) 46

Doubles
[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) vs Evan King (USA)/ Hunter Reese (USA)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Goncalo Oliveira (POR)/ Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE) 63 63

Sid started this new season with a couple of good wins but lost his second-round match after winning the first set against Giraldo.

In the doubles, Bala and Jeevan begin their campaign with a comfortable win over Tsung-Hua and Oliveira.

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At the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I - 2019, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

India bt Pakistan 4-0
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,176) bt Muhammad Shoaib (PAK,UNR) 60 60
[R2] Sumit Nagal (IND,131) bt Huzaifa Abdul Rehman (PAK,UNR) 60 62

[R3] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Huzaifa Abdul Rehman (PAK)/ Muhammad Shoaib (PAK) 61 63

[R4] Sumit Nagal (IND,131) bt Yousaf Khalil (PAK,1680) 61 60

On the second day, we completed the tie win in 53 minutes when Jeevan and Lee expectedly won their match comfortably ... A better performance by these Pakistani kids as they won 4 games in this match ... This was Jeevan's first win in his debut Davis Cup tie ... In the fourth match, Jeevan scored the fastest win of this tie in 32 minutes losing a single game against Khalil ... With this win, the Indians completed a victory and they will face a 2-times Davis cup winner Croatia in away match in the qualifier in March 2020.

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Singles rankings (2018 year-end rankings in bracket)
125 Gunneswaran, Prajnesh (110)
131 Sumit Nagal (340)
176 Ramkumar Ramanathan (133)
271 Sasi Kumar Mukund (295)
392 Saketh Myneni (259)
498 Siddharth Rawat (432)
596 Arjun Kadhe (392)
671 Manish Sureshkumar (581)
823 Aryan Goveas
972 S.D. Prajwal Dev

Doubles rankings (2018 year-end rankings in bracket)
38 Rohan Bopanna (37)
46 Divij Sharan (39)
89 Purav Raja (91)
105 Leander Paes (64)
111 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (75)
134 Ramkumar Ramanathan (233)
137 N. Sriram Balaji (111)
197 Saketh Myneni (202)
201 Arjun Kadhe (169)
203 Vishnu Vardhan (126)

As this is an end of challenger season for our players, here are the 2019 year-end rankings for them ... In the singles, only Sumit having a standout performance to climb in the top-140 rankings ... He is having a good chance to break in the top-100 as he is defending only 6 points till March 2020 ... Prajnesh struggled with injury and niggles and that affected his performance on the court ... Ram struggled with the form but managed to remain inside the top-200 ... Hoping, 2020 can be a breakthrough year for Mukund.

In the doubles also, our players remained stagnant, hoping better results from them in the Olympics year.

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Sania Mirza confirmed that she will be back in competitive tennis at Hobart International in January 2020, two years after taking a maternity break ... She will play at Hobart International in January with Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok and in the 2020 Australian Open mixed doubles with American Rajeev Ram.

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At $54K+H Pune Challenger 2019, India

[QF] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,199) bt (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,127) 64 76(5)
[QF] (8) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) l (2) James Duckworth (AUS,111) 57 64 57

[SF] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,199) vs (2) James Duckworth (AUS,111)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Aziz Dougaz (TUN)/ Calvin Hemery (FRA) 63 64
[QF] (4) Brydan Klein (GBR)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) 62 63

[SF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs (4) Brydan Klein (GBR)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)
[SF] (2) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND)

Ram scored a really good win over Sumit in a quality match ... In the first set, he broke Sumit in the 10th game for winning it ... In the second set, both players exchanged early breaks before going this set into the tie-break ... Ram completed win after winning the tie-break ... In the semis, he is facing Duckworth.
Mukund stretched Duckworth to fullest ... Mukund had his chances but he missed those with some inconsistent shot-making ... He broke James in the 9th game of the 2nd set and held his serve to take the match into the decider ... Both players held their respective service games till 5-all ... Mukund had 3 breakpoints on James's serve which he missed and James broke him in the 12th game for winning this match.

VSP and Klein enter into the semis with an easy win over Anirudh and Niki ... Next, they r facing the top-seed Purav and Ram, who also defeated Dougaz and Hemery in straight sets.

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At $164.4K+H Houston Challenger 2019, Texas, USA

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l (1) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Santiago Gozales (MEX) 26 67(4)

Bala and Jeevan lost in straight sets against the top-seed pairing of Erlich and Gonzales.

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At Group 1 Asia/ Oceania - 1st Round 2019,

Indian Team: Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Saketh Myneni, Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes
Reserves: Sasikumar Mukund, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Siddharth Rawat
Non-playing Captain: Rohit Rajpal

The team is announced for the Pakistan tie ... Leander is back in the team with Rohan and in the singles, Saki joins Ram and Sumit.

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At $125K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) l Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE)/ Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) 63 36 9-11
[QF] Isabella Shinikova (BUL)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l I-Hsuan Cho (TPE)/ Yi-Tsen Cho (TPE) 36 46

Prarthana and Isabella lost in straight-sets against a local pair ... Ankita and Schoofs also failed to overcome a Taipei pair after winning the first set.

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At $54K+H Pune Challenger 2019, India

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,95) vs (14) Tim Van Rijthoven (NED,324) 64 57 36
[R3] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,199) bt (12) Cem Ilkel (TUR,273) 63 64
[R3] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,127) bt (13) Ivan Nedelko (RUS,323) 2-0 retd.
[R3] (8) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) bt Ergi Kirkin (TUR,545) 60 62
[R3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,748) l (2) James Duckworth (AUS,111) 16 26

[QF] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,127) vs (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,199)
[QF] (8) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) vs (2) James Duckworth (AUS,111)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt (WC) Anvit Bendre (IND)/ Parikshit Somani (IND) 62 64

[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Aziz Dougaz (TUN)/ Calvin Hemery (FRA)
[QF] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Bogdan Bobrov (RUS)/ Ivan Nedelko (RUS) 64 46 16-14
[QF] (2) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Steven Diez (CAN)/ Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) 36 62 10-4

[SF] (2) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND)
PRajnesh lost after winning the first set against a Dutch guy Van Rijthoven and frankly speaking result doesn't matter ... I really salute his willpower to come here and play after his father demised only 4 days back ... Salute you Prajnesh for your grittiness for showing here despite a tragedy at home.
Ram scored a confident win over Ilkel ... In the quarters, he is facing Sumit, who received a walkover as his Russian opponent retired in the 3rd game.
Mukund also scored a comfortable win over Kirkin ... Next, he is facing the 2nd seed Duckworth, who comfortably defeated Manish.

In the doubles, Arjun and Saki scored a hard-fought win in the match tie-break which was 26 pts. long ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed Vishnu and Matsui, who dominated the match after losing the first set against Diez and Ortega-Olmedo.
Purav and Ram started with a comfortable win ... Next, they r facing VSP and Klein.

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At $125K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,185) l (3) Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS,108) 67(1) 16

Doubles
[R1] (3) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) bt Susan Bandecchi (SUI)/ Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic (GER) 64 76(4)

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Bibiane Schoofs (NED) vs Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE)/ Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE)
[QF] Isabella Shinikova (BUL)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs I-Hsuan Cho (TPE)/ Yi-Tsen Cho (TPE)

Ankita stretched Diatchenko in the first set, but after losing the first set Ankita failed to challenge.

In the doubles, Ankita and Schoofs started with a win ... Next, Ankita and Prarthana r facing Taipei pairs with their respective partners.

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At $54K+H Pune Challenger 2019, India

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,95) bt Chandril Sood (IND,1700) 61 63
[R2] (Q) Dalwinder Singh (IND,1699) l (14) Tim Van Rijthoven (NED,324) 36 16
[R2] Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND,1180) l (7) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP,248) 36 26
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,520) l (15) Brydan Klein (GBR,398) 16 63 46
[R2] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,199) bt Markos Kalovelonis (GRE,753) 63 64
[R2] (Alt) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,1438) l (12) Cem Ilkel (TUR,273) 26 16
[R2] (WC) Dhruv Sunish (IND,1040) l (13) Ivan Nedelko (RUS,323) 36 75 26
[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,127) bt (WC) Aryan Goveas (IND,867) 63 76(5)
[R2] (8) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) bt Toshihide Matsui (JPN,800) 62 63
[R2] (10) Saketh Myneni (IND,266) l Ergi Kirkin (TUR,545) 63 57 46
[R3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,748) vs (2) James Duckworth (AUS,111)

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,95) vs (14) Tim Van Rijthoven (NED,324)
[R3] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,199) vs (12) Cem Ilkel (TUR,273)
[R3] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,127) vs (13) Ivan Nedelko (RUS,323)
[R3] (8) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) vs Ergi Kirkin (TUR,545)
[R3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,748) vs (2) James Duckworth (AUS,111)

Doubles
[R1] Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) bt Sidharth Rawat (IND)/ Manish Sureshkumar (IND) 75 63
[R1] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Danylo Kalenichenko (UKR)/ David Pichler (AUT) 63 36 10-5
[R1] (2) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Rio Noguchi (JPN)/ Yusuke Takahashi (JPN) 63 63

[QF] (4) Brydan Klein (GBR)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)
[QF] (3) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Bogdan Bobrov (RUS)/ Ivan Nedelko (RUS)
[QF] (2) Toshihide Matsui (JPN)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Steven Diez (CAN)/ Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)

An expected win for our seeded players; Prajnesh, Ram, Sumit, and Mukund ... A gutsy performance by Prajnesh as he lost his father only 4 days back, but he still decided to participate.
These days Saki couldn't win 3 sets match and that happened here also ... Dhruv and Sid also gave fighting performance against their higher-ranked opponents.

Vishnu and Matsui started with a comfortable win ... Next, they r facing Diez and Ortega-Olmedo ... Arjun and Saki completed the win in the match tie-break, next, they r facing a Russian pair ... Niki and Anirudh scored a win over their senior compatriot Manish and Sid ... Next, they r facing VSP and Klein.

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At $164.4K+H Houston Challenger 2019, Texas, USA

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 63 46 10-7

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Santiago Gozales (MEX)

a hard-fought win for Bala and Jeevan against Margaroli and Vavassori ... Next, they r facing the top-seed pairing of Erlich and Gonzales.

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At $54K+H Pune Challenger 2019, India

[FQ] (WC) Tejas Chaukulkar (IND,UNR) bt (1) Yash Chaurasia (IND,1699) 63 64
[FQ] (2) Dalwinder Singh (IND,1699) bt Suraj R Prabodh (IND,1919) 64 63

[R1] Chandril Sood (IND,1700) bt (WC) Dhruva Mulye (USA,UNR) 61 63
[R1] Lakshit Sood (IND,UNR) l Roman Blokhin (RUS,1562) 46 26
[R1] Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND,1180) bt Timur Khabibulin (KAZ,1088) 46 64 63
[R1] Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND,1799) l Yusuke Takahashi (JPN,452) 06 63 36
[R1] (WC) Dhruv Sunish (IND,1040) bt Daisuke Sumizawa (JPN,930) 76(3) 62
[R1] (WC) Aryan Goveas (IND,867) bt Tobias Simon (GER,477) 64 76(4)
[R1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,748) bt (WC) Anvit Bendre (IND,UNR) 62 60
[R1] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,1097) l Danylo Kalenichenko (UKR,535) 67(3) 36

[R1] Kunal Anand (IND,1022) vs (Q) Dalwinder Singh (IND,1699)
[R1] (Q) Tejas Chaukulkar (IND,UNR) vs (Alt) Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND,1438)

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,95) vs Chandril Sood (IND,1700)
[R2] Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND,1180) vs (7) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP,248)
[R2] (WC) Dhruv Sunish (IND,1040) vs (13) Ivan Nedelko (RUS,323)
[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,127) vs (WC) Aryan Goveas (IND,867)
[R2] (8) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,250) vs Toshihide Matsui (JPN,800)
[R2] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,748) vs (16) Rio Noguchi (JPN,408)

Some impressive wins, Aryan scored an upset win over the top-475 type German, Tobias Simon ... Next, he is facing in-form Sumit.
Anirudh and Dhruv Sunish scored upset wins over their higher ranked opponents ... Next, Anirudh is facing a Spaniard Ortega-Olmedo and Dhruv is facing the top-325 ranked Russian, Nedelko.
As expected Manish started with a comfortable win over Anvit ... Next, he is facing a Japanese Rio Noguchi.
Another expected win for Chandril ... Next, he is facing Prajnesh.
Mukund is facing a veteran Toshihide Matsui in the second round.
Lakshit and Niki lost their respective matches against their higher-ranked opponents ... Siddharth Vishwakarma gave a decent fight after losing the first set 06 against the top-500 Takahashi.

Dalwinder and Tejas qualified for the main draw ... In the first round, Dalwinder is facing Kunal and Tejas is facing Kaza.

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At $164.4K+H Houston Challenger 2019, Texas, USA

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA)

Jeevan and Bala r playing in the big Houston Challenger.