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At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

Doubles
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) l (15) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 36 46

Mixed Doubles
[R2] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Raquel Atawo (USA)/ Fabrice Martin (FRA) 57 67(4)

Rohan lost his both matches and with that Indian challenge got over from this US Open ... In the doubles, Murray and Skupski scored a comfortable win over Rohan and Shapo ... In mixed doubles, Rohan with Abigail lost in a close match against Martin and Atawo.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

Singles Final
(13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) l (1) James Duckworth (AUS,131) 46 36

Doubles Final
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND) l (2) Ji Sung Nam (KOR)/ Min-Kyu Song (KOR) 67(3) 26

Mukund ended runner-up in the singles and the doubles ... Still, a terrific performance from him in this challenger ... This performance will help him to enter first-time in the top-250 in the singles ranking.

In the singles final, Duckworth gave a clinical performance as taking crucial breaks in both sets ... In the first set, he broke Mukund in the 10th game for winning the set ... In the second set also, he took an early break and kept that advantage for winning the match ... In the doubles final, Mukund and Gabashvili lost the first set in tie-break ... Afterward, Mukund must be tired after playing so many matches as he and Gabashvili lost the second set easily.

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At $162.5K+H Jinan Challenger 2019, China

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) bye
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,249) vs Tak Khunn Wang (FRA,333)
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs Shuichi Sekiguchi (JPN,304)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Steven Diez (CAN)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP)
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Shintaro Imai (JPN)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)

Prajnesh is playing in a big Chinese challenger ... He is the top-seed and can meet Saki in the second round if Saki wins his first-round match ... Mukund is facing Sekiguchi in the first round.

In the doubles, all Indians r in the top-draw ... Divij is the top-seed with his Australian partner, Matthew Ebden ... They r playing Diez and Lopez Perez ... Jeevan and Saki r the 3rd seeds and they r playing against a Japanese pair ... Bala and Vishnu r facing Moriya and Oliveira.

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At €137.5K+H Genova Challenger 2019, Italy

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs (WC) Giulio Zeppieri (ITA,470)

Doubles
[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Attila Balazs (HUN)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA)

After his terrific performance in the US Open, Sumit is back on the challenger grinding ... He plays a big Genova challenger and facing a local wild-card teenager.
In the doubles, Purav is playing with Rameez and they r facing Balazs and Romboli in the first round.

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At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

Mixed Doubles
[R1] Abigail Spears (USA)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Alicja Rosolska (POL)/ Nikola Mektic (CRO)

Only Rohan is playing in the mixed doubles with an American partner, Abigail Spears ... They r facing Rosolska and Mektic.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) l (14) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,298) 36 36
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) l (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356) 57 26
[R2] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) vs Jumpei Yamasaki (JPN,517)

Arjun and Sid failed to challenge their higher-ranked opponents in their respective matches ... Mukund is facing a Japanese opponent, Jumpei Yamasaki.

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At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2019, Jinan, China

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) l (3) Xinyu Jiang (CHN)/ Qianhui Tang (CHN) 26 46

Rutuja lost in the final qualifying round of the singles ... In the doubles also, she lost in straight sets with her partner Zhang against the 3rd seed Chinese pair.

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At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) l (5) Daniil Medvedev (RUS,5) 46 16 26
[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,190) l (3) Roger Federer (SUI,3) 64 16 26 46

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Hugo Nys (MON) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Federico Delbonis (ARG)
[R1] Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/ Casper Ruud (NOR)

Medvedev wasn't playing his best tennis but Prajnesh failed to take advantage of it as he hampered by twisted ankle ... Prajnesh started aggressively but lost his serve in the 1st game, he fought back to break Medvedev in the 4th game for 2-all ... At that time, Prajnesh ankle rolled and that affected his mobility on the court ... Medvedev again broke him and kept that advantage for winning the first set ... In the second set also, Medvedev broke him in the 1st game and again in the 3rd game ... He broke Prajnesh in the 7th game for winning the set comfortably ... The third set also went on the same script, but it would be a great experience for Prajnesh of playing against the top-5 player in the grand slam on the show court.

A creditable performance by Sumit against the 20 grand slam winner legend, Roger Federer, in his first grand slam main-draw match ... Sumit had a dream match against Federer in the night session but he didn't overwhelm by that and throughout the match kept control on his nerves ... Federer was an outright favorite for the match, he broke Sumit in the 2nd game and take a 2-0 lead but Sumit broke him in the next game as Federer committed a couple of double faults and troubled with Sumit's deep returns ... After that, both players held their service games till 4-all ... Sumit broke Federer in the 9th game when Federer struggled with 1st serve and then surprised him after holding his serve to take one set lead ... In the second set, Sumit took Federer to deuce on his serve but failed to break ... Sumit missed 4 game points and saved a couple of breakpoints but got broken, 0-2 ... Federer again broke him in the 4th game to lead 5-0 ... Sumit saved 6 set points in the 7th game and had a breakpoint also, but Federer converted the 7th setpoint for 1 set-all ... Federer broke Sumit in the 1st game to lead 2-0 ... He again broke Sumit in the 5th game to lead 4-1 ... Federer kept the advantage for winning the third set ... Federer again broke Sumit in the 1st game for 1-0, but Sumit kept fighting and broke Federer in the 4th game for 2-all ... In the 5th game, Sumit played lose service game and Federer again broke him to lead 3-2 ... After that, both players held their respective service game till 5-4 ... Sumit had 3 break point chances at 0-40 when Federer was serving for the match, but Federer showing his experience with hitting a couple of aces to make it deuce ... Sumit created another break point chance which he failed to convert ... Federer converted a first match point for completing a win in 2 hours and 30 minutes.

In the doubles, Rohan is playing with Shapo and they r having a tough match against the 4th seed French pair ... Divij is playing with Hugo Nys and they r facing the pairing of Carballes Baena and Delbonis ... Lee is playing with a new partner, Guillermo Duran ... They r facing youngsters Kecmanovic and Ruud.

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At $54K+H Baotou Challenger 2019, China

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) bt (WC) Huixin Wang (CHN,1075) 63 76(3)
[R1] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,285) bye
[R1] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) bt Jie Cui (CHN,634) 75 75

[R2] Arjun Kadhe (IND,618) vs (14) Ji Sung Nam (KOR,298)
[R2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,558) vs (15) Harry Bourchier (AUS,356)

Doubles
[R1] (3) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Arjun Kadhe (IND) vs Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/ Sasikumar Mukund (IND)

Arjun and Sid started with a straight-sets win over local players ... Next, they r facing respective seeded opponents in the second round.

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At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q3] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) bt Joao Menezes (BRA,210) 57 64 63

[R1] (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs (3) Roger Federer (SUI,3)

Wow, what a great milestone for Indian tennis as two Indians in the US Open main-draw! And he has a dream match against a legendary Federer in the first round.
Sumit showed a fighting spirit in this nervy match ... There were a lot of ups and downs in this match, in the first set at 5-all, Sumit had 4 break-points on Menezes's serve but he failed to convert ... In the next service game, while serving for staying in the set, he lost his serve from 40-15 to lose the set ... In the second set, Sumit was 0-3 down as Menezes broke him in the 2nd game ... Sumit fought back to 3-all and from 3-4 he won next 7 games ... He won the second set 6-4 and took a 4-0 lead in the third set ... Menezes tried fightback to make it 4-3, but Sumit held his service game and broke Menezes when he was serving for staying in the match for a memorable win ... He becomes a youngest Indian male player in the last 25 yrs to make the US Open main-draw, with age of 22 yrs and a week old ... Before that, Leander qualified in 1994 when he was 21 yrs old ... Sumit draws against THE Roger Federer, but it will be a terrific experience to play against a legend which Sumit can cherish in his lifetime.

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At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) bt Peter Polansky (CAN,192) 75 76(0)

[Q3] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs Joao Menezes (BRA,210)

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs (5) Daniil Medvedev (RUS,5)

Sumit is in the final qualifying round with a tight two sets win over Peter Polansky ... After winning the first set Sumit took a 3-0 lead in the second ... He lost a couple of service games on his serve which helped Polansky to take a lead, 3-4 ... Sumit managed to take this set into the tie-break, he won it without losing a single point ... Next, he is facing a Brazilian Joao Menezes ... In their last meeting in May'19, Sumit lost in the semis against Menezes in the Samarkand Challenger (on clay) after winning the first set, 75 46 36 ... Recently, Menezes showing a consistent performance on the hardcourt.

Prajnesh having a tough match against the in-form and the Cincinnati Masters champion, Daniil Medvedev ... A very tough match.

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At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,194) l Denisa Allertova (CZE,279) 76(5) 46 26

Ankita missed an opportunity of scoring another win as she lost after winning the first set, she was a break up in the second on which she didn't capitalize ... Ankita won the first set in the tie-break and she was a break up till 4-3 but after that she lost next 3 games, got broken in the 8th and 10th games, to lose the set ... In the second set, at 2-4 she had a couple of breakpoints on Allertova's serve, which she failed to convert.

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At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) bt (26) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,133) 76(6) 62

[Q2] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs Peter Polansky (CAN,192)

A superb straight-sets win for Sumit against an experienced campaigner ... In the first set, Sumit was a break down but he fought back ... He took the set in a tie-break and won it ... He controlled the second set for winning it comfortably ... Next, he is facing a similar ranked Canadian, Peter Polansky.

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At $807K Winston-Salem Open 2019, North Carolina, U.S.A

[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) l (1) Benoit Paire (FRA,30) 36 57

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (2) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) 26 36

Prajnesh played the error-prone game and Paire took full advantage of it ... After losing the first set Prajnesh tried to fight back but failed to win the important points and lost in straight sets.
In the doubles, Ram and Salisbury proved too strong to Lee and Elrich.

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At €46K+H L'Aquila Challenger 2019, Italy

[R2] (13) Sasikumar Mukund (IND,290) l Jurgen Zopp (EST,446) 57 46

Mukund lost in a straight-sets against the former top-100 Jurgen Zopp.

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At US Open 2019, New York, U.S.A.

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,177) l Filippo Baldi (ITA,145) 57 67(9)
[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) vs (26) Tatsuma Ito (JPN,133)

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,194) bt (9) Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL,114) 61 16 62

[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,194) vs Denisa Allertova (CZE,279)

Tough matches for our players against their higher-ranked opponents ... Ankita started positively and won the first set comfortably, but Bonaventure recovered in the second set and dominated ... But after losing the second set Ankita refocused and made a strong comeback to win the final set and enters into the second qualifying round ... This was Ankita's first win in the US Open qualifying ... Next, she is facing a Czech girl, Denisa Allertova.

Disappointed by Ram's straight-sets loss against an Italian clay-court specialist ... Ram should be won this match instead he lost in a close two sets against Baldi ... On the match point, Ram committed a double fault.