At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
[R3] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (1) Lukasz Kubot (AUT)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 76(1)
[QF] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (8) Nikola Mektic (CRO)/ Alexander Peya (AUT)
Rohan-Edouard in the quarters with huge upset win over top-seed pair ... Rohan-Edouard completed win in two sets and next, they r facing 8th seed Peya and Mektic.
At $15K Spain F13 Futures 2017, Sta. Margarida Montbui
[SF] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851) l (6) Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN,512) 16 46
Adil's fine run ended in the semis against top-500 type Emil Ruusuvuori ... After losing the first set easily Adil gave decent fight in the second.
Showing posts with label Aq_2018 French Open. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aq_2018 French Open. Show all posts
Saturday, June 02, 2018
Friday, June 01, 2018
Tennis News
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
Men's Doubles
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 57 36
Mixed Doubles
[R1] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 62 36 5-10
[R1] (7) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Shuai Zhang (CHN)/ John Peers (AUS) 26 36
Yuki-Divij failed to challenge 2nd seeds Marach-Pavic and lost in straight sets ... In the first set, our pair was a break up at 4-2 but failed to sustain and after that, 2nd seed took control of the match.
Turned to be terrible day for Indians, as our both players lost their respective matches ... Divij-Aoyama won the first set, but afterwards Srebotnik-Gonzalez proved a better pair ... Surprised by one-sided loss of Rohan and Babos against Peers and Zhang.
At $15K Spain F13 Futures 2017, Sta. Margarida Montbui
[QF] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851)bt (Q) Enrique Luque Rico (ESP,1781)61 3-0 retd.
[SF] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851) vs (6) Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN,512)
Adil in to his first semi-final as his 17 yrs old Spanish qualifier Luque Rico retired in the second set ... Next, Adil is facing top-500 type Finnish guy, Emil Ruusuvuori.
Men's Doubles
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 57 36
Mixed Doubles
[R1] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 62 36 5-10
[R1] (7) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Shuai Zhang (CHN)/ John Peers (AUS) 26 36
Yuki-Divij failed to challenge 2nd seeds Marach-Pavic and lost in straight sets ... In the first set, our pair was a break up at 4-2 but failed to sustain and after that, 2nd seed took control of the match.
Turned to be terrible day for Indians, as our both players lost their respective matches ... Divij-Aoyama won the first set, but afterwards Srebotnik-Gonzalez proved a better pair ... Surprised by one-sided loss of Rohan and Babos against Peers and Zhang.
At $15K Spain F13 Futures 2017, Sta. Margarida Montbui
[QF] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851)bt (Q) Enrique Luque Rico (ESP,1781)61 3-0 retd.
[SF] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851) vs (6) Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN,512)
Adil in to his first semi-final as his 17 yrs old Spanish qualifier Luque Rico retired in the second set ... Next, Adil is facing top-500 type Finnish guy, Emil Ruusuvuori.
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Tennis News
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
Men's Doubles
[R2] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (WC) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA)/ Gregoire Jacq (FRA) 61 62
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)
Mixed Doubles
[R1] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)
An expected comfortable win for Rohan-Edouard against local wild-card pair inside 50 mins ... In the third round, they can face a tough match against top-seeds Melo and Kubot ... Yuki-Divij also having a tough match against 2nd seeds in the second round.
Divij is also getting an opportunity of playing MXD with his Japanese partner Aoyama and they r facing experienced doubles players, Srebotnik and Gonzalez
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand
[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) l Alexandra Bozovic (AUS,446) 36 67(2)
Pranjala failed to follow up her upset of seeded player ... Bozovic won the match in straight sets ... In the second set, Pranjala had a couple of set points at 6-5 and 15-40 on Bozovic's serve, which she failed to convert.
At $15K Spain F13 Futures 2017, Sta. Margarida Montbui
[QF] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851) vs (Q) Enrique Luque Rico (ESP,1781)
In the quarters, Adil will face 17 yrs old Spanish qualifier Luque Rico.
Men's Doubles
[R2] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (WC) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA)/ Gregoire Jacq (FRA) 61 62
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Mate Pavic (CRO)
Mixed Doubles
[R1] Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/ Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)
An expected comfortable win for Rohan-Edouard against local wild-card pair inside 50 mins ... In the third round, they can face a tough match against top-seeds Melo and Kubot ... Yuki-Divij also having a tough match against 2nd seeds in the second round.
Divij is also getting an opportunity of playing MXD with his Japanese partner Aoyama and they r facing experienced doubles players, Srebotnik and Gonzalez
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand
[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) l Alexandra Bozovic (AUS,446) 36 67(2)
Pranjala failed to follow up her upset of seeded player ... Bozovic won the match in straight sets ... In the second set, Pranjala had a couple of set points at 6-5 and 15-40 on Bozovic's serve, which she failed to convert.
At $15K Spain F13 Futures 2017, Sta. Margarida Montbui
[QF] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851) vs (Q) Enrique Luque Rico (ESP,1781)
In the quarters, Adil will face 17 yrs old Spanish qualifier Luque Rico.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Tennis News
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) 63 57 64
Divij started with a win partnering Yuki in French Open doubles ... In the first set, Yuki-Divij broke Purav in the 6th game and kept that advantage for winning the set ... After that, both pairs matched others game ... Purav-Fabrice won the second set but Divij-Yuki recovered for completing win after winning the final set.
At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures 2018, Andijan
[R2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,368) l Kristian Lozan (RUS,588) 16 57
Arjun struggled with consistency and lost in the second round against lower ranked Russian.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) bt (5) Jacqueline Cako (USA,277) 57 62 62
[R2] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,263) l (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549) 67(7) 76(5) 67(4)
[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) vs Alexandra Bozovic (AUS,446)
Pranjala scored one of the best win of her career against top-300 American Cako ... After losing the first set Pranjala made a strong comeback for winning next two ... Next, she is facing Australian Bozovic, who defeated top-seed in the second round.
Karman lost a marathon match against Australian qualifier ... Her match went for almost a four and half hours, all sets went to tie-breaks.
At $15K Spain F13 Futures 2017, Sta. Margarida Montbui
[R1] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND, 1847) bt Jaume Pla Malfieto (ESP, 680) 75 64
[R2] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851) bt Simon Carr (IRL,896) 63 2-2 (Ret'd)
After almost a year we are seeing a win by Adil ... He entered as a lucky loser and scored a back to back upset wins and enters the quarters.
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) 63 57 64
Divij started with a win partnering Yuki in French Open doubles ... In the first set, Yuki-Divij broke Purav in the 6th game and kept that advantage for winning the set ... After that, both pairs matched others game ... Purav-Fabrice won the second set but Divij-Yuki recovered for completing win after winning the final set.
At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures 2018, Andijan
[R2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,368) l Kristian Lozan (RUS,588) 16 57
Arjun struggled with consistency and lost in the second round against lower ranked Russian.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) bt (5) Jacqueline Cako (USA,277) 57 62 62
[R2] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,263) l (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549) 67(7) 76(5) 67(4)
[QF] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) vs Alexandra Bozovic (AUS,446)
Pranjala scored one of the best win of her career against top-300 American Cako ... After losing the first set Pranjala made a strong comeback for winning next two ... Next, she is facing Australian Bozovic, who defeated top-seed in the second round.
Karman lost a marathon match against Australian qualifier ... Her match went for almost a four and half hours, all sets went to tie-breaks.
At $15K Spain F13 Futures 2017, Sta. Margarida Montbui
[R1] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND, 1847) bt Jaume Pla Malfieto (ESP, 680) 75 64
[R2] (LL) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1851) bt Simon Carr (IRL,896) 63 2-2 (Ret'd)
After almost a year we are seeing a win by Adil ... He entered as a lucky loser and scored a back to back upset wins and enters the quarters.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Tennis News
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,94) l (LL) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,111) 46 46 16
Men's Doubles
[R1] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Taylor Fritz (USA)/ Frances Tiafoe (USA) 63 61
Yuki failed to challenge Bemelmans and lost in straight sets ... Yuki didn't prepare properly for French Open as he didn't play a single match on clay ... So this was expected result but still worrying performance in the third set against Bemelmans, who is also not comfortable on the clay court ... Not happy with Yuki's performance and his lack of preparation for French Open as he wasted a whole month.
A dominating winning start for Rohan and Edouard against American youngsters.
At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures 2018, Andijan
[R1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,368) bt (Q) Martin Borisiouk (BLR,1773) 76(4) 75
[R2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,368) vs Kristian Lozan (RUS,588)
A surprising tough match for Arjun against 17 yrs old qualifier ... Next, he is facing Russian teenager Lozan.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand
[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1144) 61 16 64
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,443) l (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549) 16 0-1 retd
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) vs (5) Jacqueline Cako (USA,277)
[R2] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,263) vs (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549)
Pranjala scored three sets win over Sowjanya ... Next, she is facing top-300 American Cako ... Rutuja retired from the match after losing the first set ... Hoping for not a serious injury ... Karman is facing Inglis in the second round.
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,94) l (LL) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,111) 46 46 16
Men's Doubles
[R1] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Taylor Fritz (USA)/ Frances Tiafoe (USA) 63 61
Yuki failed to challenge Bemelmans and lost in straight sets ... Yuki didn't prepare properly for French Open as he didn't play a single match on clay ... So this was expected result but still worrying performance in the third set against Bemelmans, who is also not comfortable on the clay court ... Not happy with Yuki's performance and his lack of preparation for French Open as he wasted a whole month.
A dominating winning start for Rohan and Edouard against American youngsters.
At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures 2018, Andijan
[R1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,368) bt (Q) Martin Borisiouk (BLR,1773) 76(4) 75
[R2] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,368) vs Kristian Lozan (RUS,588)
A surprising tough match for Arjun against 17 yrs old qualifier ... Next, he is facing Russian teenager Lozan.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand
[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1144) 61 16 64
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,443) l (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549) 16 0-1 retd
[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) vs (5) Jacqueline Cako (USA,277)
[R2] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,263) vs (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549)
Pranjala scored three sets win over Sowjanya ... Next, she is facing top-300 American Cako ... Rutuja retired from the match after losing the first set ... Hoping for not a serious injury ... Karman is facing Inglis in the second round.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Tennis News
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
Men's Doubles
[R1] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Taylor Fritz (USA)/ Frances Tiafoe (USA)
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND)
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (7) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Shuai Zhang (CHN)/ John Peers (AUS)
A crap draw for our players as Divij and Yuki r facing Purav and Fabrice in the first round ... Rohan and Edouard r facing young Americans.
In MXD, only Rohan has got chance and he is playing with Timea Babos ... They r facing Shuai Zhang and John Peers.
At $75K Vicenza Challenger 2018, Italy
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,183) l Salvatore Caruso (ITA,228) 16 46
Prajnesh lost easily against Caruso, he defeated same player in the French qualifying first round ... Yesterday, Prajnesh got an opportunity of playing in French Open main-draw due to many withdrawals ... But he missed that opportunity as he was already in the main-draw of Vicenza and that missed opportunity definitely affected his performance.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand
[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) vs Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1144)
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,443) vs (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549)
[R1] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,263) bt (WC) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA,609) 63 60
Karman started with expected win ... Bavisetti qualified but facing Yadlapalli in the first round ... Rutuja is facing Australian qualifier.
Men's Doubles
[R1] (13) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Taylor Fritz (USA)/ Frances Tiafoe (USA)
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND)
Mixed Doubles
[R1] (7) Timea Babos (HUN)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Shuai Zhang (CHN)/ John Peers (AUS)
A crap draw for our players as Divij and Yuki r facing Purav and Fabrice in the first round ... Rohan and Edouard r facing young Americans.
In MXD, only Rohan has got chance and he is playing with Timea Babos ... They r facing Shuai Zhang and John Peers.
At $75K Vicenza Challenger 2018, Italy
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,183) l Salvatore Caruso (ITA,228) 16 46
Prajnesh lost easily against Caruso, he defeated same player in the French qualifying first round ... Yesterday, Prajnesh got an opportunity of playing in French Open main-draw due to many withdrawals ... But he missed that opportunity as he was already in the main-draw of Vicenza and that missed opportunity definitely affected his performance.
At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Hua Hin, Thailand
[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,421) vs Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1144)
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,443) vs (Q) Maddison Inglis (AUS,549)
[R1] (2) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,263) bt (WC) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA,609) 63 60
Karman started with expected win ... Bavisetti qualified but facing Yadlapalli in the first round ... Rutuja is facing Australian qualifier.
Friday, May 25, 2018
Tennis News
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
[Q3] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) l (13) Elias Ymer (SWE,122) 36 46
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,94) vs (LL) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,111)
Prajnesh lost in straight sets against Ymer ... In this match, Prajnesh failed to play his regular game and allowed Ymer to control in this match ... Still really a good performance by Prajnesh in this French Open qualifying.
Yen-Hsun Lu withdraws, so Yuki is playing against lucky loser Ruben Bemelmans in the first round ... A bit tougher match for Yuki as Ruben played few tournaments on clay in preparation for French Open.
At €501K Lyon Open 2018, France
[SF] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ Jack Sock (USA) 57 46
[SF] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 57 16
Our both pairs lost in straight sets against their respective opponents.
[Q3] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) l (13) Elias Ymer (SWE,122) 36 46
[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,94) vs (LL) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,111)
Prajnesh lost in straight sets against Ymer ... In this match, Prajnesh failed to play his regular game and allowed Ymer to control in this match ... Still really a good performance by Prajnesh in this French Open qualifying.
Yen-Hsun Lu withdraws, so Yuki is playing against lucky loser Ruben Bemelmans in the first round ... A bit tougher match for Yuki as Ruben played few tournaments on clay in preparation for French Open.
At €501K Lyon Open 2018, France
[SF] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ Jack Sock (USA) 57 46
[SF] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 57 16
Our both pairs lost in straight sets against their respective opponents.
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Tennis News
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
[Q2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) bt (32) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA,146) 64 61
[Q3] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) vs (13) Elias Ymer (SWE,122)
What a match Prajnesh played against higher ranked Arevalo ... He wasn't made much-unforced errors and played perfect clay court game ... In the first set, both players held their respective service games till 8th game ... Prajnesh broke Arevalo in the 9th game and then held his service game comfortably for winning the set ... In the second set, after 0-1 Prajnesh won next 6 games breaking Arevalo in the 3rd, 5th and 7th games ... He won 8 games of last 9 games played for a dominating win ... So now only Ymer is in-between of entry in French Open main-draw for Prajnesh.
At €501K Lyon Open 2018, France
[QF] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 67(7) 76(8) 10-8
Divij is in the semis with Garcia-Lopez ... They scored hard-fought comeback win after saving multiple match points to beat Skupski brothers in almost 2 hours match ... After losing the first set in the tie-break Divij-Guillermo won the second set tie-break on extra points ... They kept momentum in the match tie-break for completing this exciting win.
At $100K Loughborough Challenger 2018, England
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) l Robert Galloway (USA)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 76(7) 26 8-10
The top-seeds, Jeevan and Matt Reid lost in the match tie-break against American pair in the first round of Loughborough Challenger ... They started with winning the first set in a long tie-break but failed to keep momentum.
[Q2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) bt (32) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA,146) 64 61
[Q3] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) vs (13) Elias Ymer (SWE,122)
What a match Prajnesh played against higher ranked Arevalo ... He wasn't made much-unforced errors and played perfect clay court game ... In the first set, both players held their respective service games till 8th game ... Prajnesh broke Arevalo in the 9th game and then held his service game comfortably for winning the set ... In the second set, after 0-1 Prajnesh won next 6 games breaking Arevalo in the 3rd, 5th and 7th games ... He won 8 games of last 9 games played for a dominating win ... So now only Ymer is in-between of entry in French Open main-draw for Prajnesh.
At €501K Lyon Open 2018, France
[QF] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) 67(7) 76(8) 10-8
Divij is in the semis with Garcia-Lopez ... They scored hard-fought comeback win after saving multiple match points to beat Skupski brothers in almost 2 hours match ... After losing the first set in the tie-break Divij-Guillermo won the second set tie-break on extra points ... They kept momentum in the match tie-break for completing this exciting win.
At $100K Loughborough Challenger 2018, England
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Matt Reid (AUS) l Robert Galloway (USA)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 76(7) 26 8-10
The top-seeds, Jeevan and Matt Reid lost in the match tie-break against American pair in the first round of Loughborough Challenger ... They started with winning the first set in a long tie-break but failed to keep momentum.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Tennis News
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,181) vs (10) Evgeniya Rodina (RUS,116) 36 67(2)
[Q2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) vs (32) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA,146)
Ankita lost in her first grand slam match against experienced Rodina ... After losing the first set Ankita took a lead and she was double break up at 5-2 ... But Rodina used her all experience and fought back and dominated the tie-break for completing win in straight sets ... Still, decent performance by Ankita on this big stage.
Prajnesh is facling clay courter Marcelo Arevalo in the second qualifying.
[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,181) vs (10) Evgeniya Rodina (RUS,116) 36 67(2)
[Q2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) vs (32) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA,146)
Ankita lost in her first grand slam match against experienced Rodina ... After losing the first set Ankita took a lead and she was double break up at 5-2 ... But Rodina used her all experience and fought back and dominated the tie-break for completing win in straight sets ... Still, decent performance by Ankita on this big stage.
Prajnesh is facling clay courter Marcelo Arevalo in the second qualifying.
Monday, May 21, 2018
Tennis News
At Davis Cup 2018 - World Group Playoff,
Serbia has decided to play tie on an indoor clay court in Kraljevo on 14-16 September 2018 ... The tie was tough but after court selection becomes lot tougher.
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,226) l (10) Martin Klizan (SVK,121) 64 46 16
[Q1] (12) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,124) l Jay Clarke (GBR,228) 36 75 16
[Q1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) bt Salvatore Caruso (ITA,229) 64 64
Prajnesh scored straight sets win over Italian Caruso ... In both sets, Prajnesh took a break advantage and kept that winning the match ... After winning the first set he broke Caruso in the 5th game to lead 3-2 and kept that advantage for winning the match.
RamK started breaking Jay to lead 2-0 but afterwards Jay took a control and won six games of next seven games for winning the set ... In the second set, RamK broke Jay in the 7th game, 4-3, but lost his serve in the next game, 4-all ... RamK again broke Caruso in the 11th and then held his serve for taking the match into decider ... But after that RamK struggled with his game and lost the final set easily.
Sumit was in control for one and half sets against in-form Klizan but after that Klizan played a very high quality tennis to win it ... He simply showed why he was junior French open champion and former top-25 player ... In the first set, Sumit broke Klizan in the 3rd game but failed to hold his serve in next game, 2-all ... Sumit again broke Klizan in the 7th game, 4-3, this time he managed to hold this break advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, Sumit broke Klizan in the 3rd game to lead 2-1 but when Sumit was 4-2 up Klizan raised his game ... He won next nine games, so won the second set 4-6 and was leading 0-5 ... Klizan won the final set comfortably, but still it was good outing for Sumit to take positives from this match as he stretched this quality clay court specialist.
At €501K Lyon Open 2018, France
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) 76(6) 76(5)
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (WC) Gregoire Barrere (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA) 36 61 10-5
[QF] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)
[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)
Fabrice-Purav scored a hard fought win over Podlipnik-Castillo and Withrow in two tie-breaks.
Rohan-Edouard made a strong comeback after losing the first set ... They won the second and the match tie-break comfortably ... Next, they r facing Dutch-Czech pair.
In the quarters, Divij and Garcia-Lopez r facing Skupski brothers.
Serbia has decided to play tie on an indoor clay court in Kraljevo on 14-16 September 2018 ... The tie was tough but after court selection becomes lot tougher.
At French Open 2018, Roland Garros, France
[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,226) l (10) Martin Klizan (SVK,121) 64 46 16
[Q1] (12) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,124) l Jay Clarke (GBR,228) 36 75 16
[Q1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,175) bt Salvatore Caruso (ITA,229) 64 64
Prajnesh scored straight sets win over Italian Caruso ... In both sets, Prajnesh took a break advantage and kept that winning the match ... After winning the first set he broke Caruso in the 5th game to lead 3-2 and kept that advantage for winning the match.
RamK started breaking Jay to lead 2-0 but afterwards Jay took a control and won six games of next seven games for winning the set ... In the second set, RamK broke Jay in the 7th game, 4-3, but lost his serve in the next game, 4-all ... RamK again broke Caruso in the 11th and then held his serve for taking the match into decider ... But after that RamK struggled with his game and lost the final set easily.
Sumit was in control for one and half sets against in-form Klizan but after that Klizan played a very high quality tennis to win it ... He simply showed why he was junior French open champion and former top-25 player ... In the first set, Sumit broke Klizan in the 3rd game but failed to hold his serve in next game, 2-all ... Sumit again broke Klizan in the 7th game, 4-3, this time he managed to hold this break advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, Sumit broke Klizan in the 3rd game to lead 2-1 but when Sumit was 4-2 up Klizan raised his game ... He won next nine games, so won the second set 4-6 and was leading 0-5 ... Klizan won the final set comfortably, but still it was good outing for Sumit to take positives from this match as he stretched this quality clay court specialist.
At €501K Lyon Open 2018, France
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) 76(6) 76(5)
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt (WC) Gregoire Barrere (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA) 36 61 10-5
[QF] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)
[QF] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)
Fabrice-Purav scored a hard fought win over Podlipnik-Castillo and Withrow in two tie-breaks.
Rohan-Edouard made a strong comeback after losing the first set ... They won the second and the match tie-break comfortably ... Next, they r facing Dutch-Czech pair.
In the quarters, Divij and Garcia-Lopez r facing Skupski brothers.
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