At $600K VICTOR Korea Open 2018, Seoul, South Korea (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,22) l Anders Antonsen (DEN,17) 21-15 16-21 7-21
[R1] Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (IND,55) l (6) Beiwen Zhang (CHN,12) 10-21 9-21
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt Hyo Min Kim (KOR,39) 21-12 21-11
[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Ga Eun Kim (KOR,78)
Saina started win a comfortable win over Korean girl, Hyo Min Kim ... In the second round, she is facing another Korean girl, Ga Eun Kim.
Sameer lost in three games after winning the first game ... Sameer failed to keep momentum and Antonsen took advantage of it ... Beiwen Zhang proved too strong to Vaishnavi in their match.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Tennis News
At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China
[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE,91) 75 61
[R2] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs (4) Damir Dzumhur (BIH,39)
A good start for RamK against his fancied opponent, Jiri Vesely ... RamK dominated the match he created a lot of break point chances ... In the first set, he converted the 11th break point to win the set ... After that, he dominated the second set for a win ... Next, he is facing the top-40 Damir Dzumhur.
At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 36 76(2) 10-7
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt (2) Julio Peralta (CHI)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 61 57 10-8
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs Guido Pella (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR)
Jeevan and Krajicek scored an upset win over Divij and Artem after losing the first set ... Rohan with Bala scored an upset win over the 2nd seeds South American in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Sousa and Pella.
At $150K+H Orleans Challenger 2018, France
[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Yannick Maden (GER)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 63 36 9-11
Purav and Rameez lost in the first round after winning the first set against Weissborn and Maden.
[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE,91) 75 61
[R2] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs (4) Damir Dzumhur (BIH,39)
A good start for RamK against his fancied opponent, Jiri Vesely ... RamK dominated the match he created a lot of break point chances ... In the first set, he converted the 11th break point to win the set ... After that, he dominated the second set for a win ... Next, he is facing the top-40 Damir Dzumhur.
At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 36 76(2) 10-7
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) bt (2) Julio Peralta (CHI)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 61 57 10-8
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs Guido Pella (ARG)/ Joao Sousa (POR)
Jeevan and Krajicek scored an upset win over Divij and Artem after losing the first set ... Rohan with Bala scored an upset win over the 2nd seeds South American in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Sousa and Pella.
At $150K+H Orleans Challenger 2018, France
[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Yannick Maden (GER)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 63 36 9-11
Purav and Rameez lost in the first round after winning the first set against Weissborn and Maden.
Badminton News
At $600K VICTOR Korea Open 2018, Seoul, South Korea (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,59) l Junpeng Zhao (CHN,63) 24-26 18-21
[Q1] Mugdha Agrey (IND,83) l (1) Xuerui Li (CHN,64) 8-21 8-21
[Q1] Vaidehi Choudhari (IND,78) l Ga Eun Kim (KOR,113) 8-21 8-21
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,22) vs Anders Antonsen (DEN,17)
[R1] Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (IND,55) vs (6) Beiwen Zhang (CHN,12)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Hyo Min Kim (KOR,39)
Our players failed to cross the qualifying first round ... Interesting to see former WR #1 Xuerui Li is making comeback ... In the main draw, Saina having a winnable match but Sameer and Vaishnavi r facing higher ranked opponents.
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,59) l Junpeng Zhao (CHN,63) 24-26 18-21
[Q1] Mugdha Agrey (IND,83) l (1) Xuerui Li (CHN,64) 8-21 8-21
[Q1] Vaidehi Choudhari (IND,78) l Ga Eun Kim (KOR,113) 8-21 8-21
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,22) vs Anders Antonsen (DEN,17)
[R1] Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (IND,55) vs (6) Beiwen Zhang (CHN,12)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) vs Hyo Min Kim (KOR,39)
Our players failed to cross the qualifying first round ... Interesting to see former WR #1 Xuerui Li is making comeback ... In the main draw, Saina having a winnable match but Sameer and Vaishnavi r facing higher ranked opponents.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Tennis News
At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Mat Pavic (CRO) 64 36 5-10
Lee and Miguel lost in the match tie-break against the top-seed Croatians after winning the first set.
At $150K+H Orleans Challenger 2018, France
[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Yannick Maden (GER)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)
This week, Purav and Junaid r playing in big French challenger ... They r facing German-Austrian pair in the first round.
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Mat Pavic (CRO) 64 36 5-10
Lee and Miguel lost in the match tie-break against the top-seed Croatians after winning the first set.
At $150K+H Orleans Challenger 2018, France
[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Yannick Maden (GER)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)
This week, Purav and Junaid r playing in big French challenger ... They r facing German-Austrian pair in the first round.
Golf News
At € 300K Estrella Damm Ladies Open 2018, Spain (Ladies European Tour)
T5 Aditi Ashok (IND) 66 68 69 65 -16 € 12,150
Aditi produced an excellent 6-under final round for the top-5 finish on the European tour.
T5 Aditi Ashok (IND) 66 68 69 65 -16 € 12,150
Aditi produced an excellent 6-under final round for the top-5 finish on the European tour.
Squash News
At $5.5K Men's Kiva Club Open 2018, New Mexico, USA
Final
(4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (1) Faraz Khan (USA,95) 11-7, 4-11, 14-12, 11-8 (50m)
Aditya lifted the $5.5K tournament title in the US ... In the final, he defeated the local top-100 player, Faraz Khan, in four games ... The last two games were well contested which Aditya won it.
Final
(4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (1) Faraz Khan (USA,95) 11-7, 4-11, 14-12, 11-8 (50m)
Aditya lifted the $5.5K tournament title in the US ... In the final, he defeated the local top-100 player, Faraz Khan, in four games ... The last two games were well contested which Aditya won it.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Tennis News
At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China
[Q2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,164) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN,187) 64 63
[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,164) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA,60)
Prajnesh qualifies for the main draw with a straight sets win over Hiroki Moriya ... In the main draw, he is facing WR#60 Italian, Matteo Berrettini ... The 22 yrs. old Berrettini won Swiss open in July and captured the doubles title at the St. Petersburg Open, where he and Fognini defeated Lee and his Mexican partner in the quarters.
At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China
[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt (WC) Yecong He (CHN,813) 61 61
[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE,90)
As expected, RamK qualifies for the main-draw without losing much sweat ... He won the final qualifying match losing a couple of games ... In the first round, RamK is facing the former top-40 Czech player, Jiri Vesely.
[Q2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,164) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN,187) 64 63
[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,164) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA,60)
Prajnesh qualifies for the main draw with a straight sets win over Hiroki Moriya ... In the main draw, he is facing WR#60 Italian, Matteo Berrettini ... The 22 yrs. old Berrettini won Swiss open in July and captured the doubles title at the St. Petersburg Open, where he and Fognini defeated Lee and his Mexican partner in the quarters.
At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China
[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt (WC) Yecong He (CHN,813) 61 61
[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs Jiri Vesely (CZE,90)
As expected, RamK qualifies for the main-draw without losing much sweat ... He won the final qualifying match losing a couple of games ... In the first round, RamK is facing the former top-40 Czech player, Jiri Vesely.
Squash News
At $28K Men's HKFC International 2018, Hong Kong China
[R1] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) bye
[R2] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) bt (9/16) Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS,79) 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (39m)
[QF] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) l (1) Max Lee (HKG,19) 9-11, 9-11, 2-11 (32m)
Harry played in the HKFC International ... He lost against top-20 Malaysian in the quarters in three games.
At $12K Men's NASH Cup 2018, Ontario, Canada
[R1] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (WC) Ahad Raza (CAN,333) 11-2, 12-10, 11-7 (26m)
[R2] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (1) Nathan Lake (ENG,51) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5 (57m)
[QF] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (5) Shawn Delierre (CAN,76) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (37m)
[SF] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) l (6) Alfredo Avila (MEX,76) 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 7-11 (57m)
Vikram played $10K tournament in Canada ... He defeated the top-seed British player in the second round, but lost in the semis against higher ranked Mexican opponent.
At $11K Men's Madeira International Open 2018, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
[R1] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) bye
[R1] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bye
[R2] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) bt (9/16) Matias Tuomi (FIN,142) 12-10, 7-11, 11-3, 11-8 (49m)
[R2] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt (9/16) Sajad Zareian (IRI,162) 5-11, 11-1, 11-2, 11-7 (41m)
[QF] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) l (1) Todd Harrity (USA,50) 5-11, 7-11 7-11 (44m)
[QF] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt (6) Rui Soares (POR,98) 13-11, 11-7, 11-9 (51m)
[SF] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) l (1) Todd Harrity (USA,50) 6-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3, 8-11 (69m)
Mahesh and Abhay played $10K tournament in Portugal ... Both performed as per their seedings anf lost to the top-seed American ... Mahesh stretched him to five games.
At $5.5K Men's Kiva Club Open 2018, New Mexico, USA
[R1] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt Guy Davidson (USA,385) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (28m)
[QF] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (6) Hugo Varela (ESP,191) 5-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8 (70m)
[SF] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (2) Shahjahan Khan (PAK,120) 13-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 (83m)
[F] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) vs (1) Faraz Khan (USA,95)
Aditya is in the final in $5.5K tournament in the US ... In the semis, he defeated the higher ranked Pakistani opponent in a long match.
[R1] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) bye
[R2] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) bt (9/16) Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS,79) 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (39m)
[QF] (5) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,60) l (1) Max Lee (HKG,19) 9-11, 9-11, 2-11 (32m)
Harry played in the HKFC International ... He lost against top-20 Malaysian in the quarters in three games.
At $12K Men's NASH Cup 2018, Ontario, Canada
[R1] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (WC) Ahad Raza (CAN,333) 11-2, 12-10, 11-7 (26m)
[R2] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (1) Nathan Lake (ENG,51) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5 (57m)
[QF] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) bt (5) Shawn Delierre (CAN,76) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (37m)
[SF] (9/16) Vikram Malhotra (IND,84) l (6) Alfredo Avila (MEX,76) 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 7-11 (57m)
Vikram played $10K tournament in Canada ... He defeated the top-seed British player in the second round, but lost in the semis against higher ranked Mexican opponent.
At $11K Men's Madeira International Open 2018, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
[R1] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) bye
[R1] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bye
[R2] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) bt (9/16) Matias Tuomi (FIN,142) 12-10, 7-11, 11-3, 11-8 (49m)
[R2] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt (9/16) Sajad Zareian (IRI,162) 5-11, 11-1, 11-2, 11-7 (41m)
[QF] (7) Abhay Singh (IND,108) l (1) Todd Harrity (USA,50) 5-11, 7-11 7-11 (44m)
[QF] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt (6) Rui Soares (POR,98) 13-11, 11-7, 11-9 (51m)
[SF] (4) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) l (1) Todd Harrity (USA,50) 6-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3, 8-11 (69m)
Mahesh and Abhay played $10K tournament in Portugal ... Both performed as per their seedings anf lost to the top-seed American ... Mahesh stretched him to five games.
At $5.5K Men's Kiva Club Open 2018, New Mexico, USA
[R1] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt Guy Davidson (USA,385) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (28m)
[QF] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (6) Hugo Varela (ESP,191) 5-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8 (70m)
[SF] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) bt (2) Shahjahan Khan (PAK,120) 13-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 (83m)
[F] (4) Aditya Jagtap (IND,151) vs (1) Faraz Khan (USA,95)
Aditya is in the final in $5.5K tournament in the US ... In the semis, he defeated the higher ranked Pakistani opponent in a long match.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Tennis News
At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China
[Q1] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) bt (WC) Zihao Xia (CHN,512) 62 75
[Q2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN,187)
Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Mat Pavic (CRO)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs (2) Julio Peralta (CHI)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Prajnesh is playing the Chengdu open qualifying ... He started with an easy win over local wild-card player ... In the final qualifying, he is facing Japanese Hiroki Moriya, who defeated the top-seed Aussie Jason Kubler.
In the doubles, only Vishnu is missing from the list ... Leander and Miguel r again facing the top-seeds, this time the Croatian Dodig and Pavic ... Divij and Artem r the 3rd seeds but facing Jeevan and Krajicek in the first round ... Rohan is playing with Bala and they r facing the 2nd seeds Zeballos and Peralta.
At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China
[Q1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt Max Purcell (AUS,239) 36 63 76(3)
[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs (WC) Yecong He (CHN,813)
RamK is playing in the Shenzhen Open qualifying ... He started with a comeback win over Aussie youngster Max Purcell ... In the final qualifying, he is facing Chinese wild-card player Yecong He, his opponent Safwat retired in the second set.
At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei
[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) l (WC) Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) 67(4) 16
Jeevan and Krajicek lost in straight sets against local wild-card pair.
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
Doubles Final
(4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 46 46
Purav and Rameez failed to lift back to back title and lost the final in straight sets against the 3rd seeds Spanish-Brazilian combination.
At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Anning, China
[R1] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt Chihiro Takayama (JPN,UNR) 61 63
[R2] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt Ai Kamiyoshihara (JPN,UNR) 62 60
[QF] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt (2) Ziyue Sun (CHN,705) 75 retd.
[SF] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) l (6) Ziyi Yang (CHN,1073) 36 46
Doubles
[R1] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt Tijana Nikolic (SRB)/ Arina Solomatina (RUS) 63 62
[QF] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt Chloe Isabella Tsang (AUS)/ WanNing Zhu (CHN) 64 61
[SF] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt (1) Jiaxi Lu (CHN)/ Qianqian Zhao (CHN) 64 76(4)
Women's Doubles Final
(4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt (3) I-Hsuan Cho (TPE)/ Yi Tsen Cho (TPE) 76(4) 75
A good week for Sowjanya in China after coming out of injury break ... In the singles, she reached in the semis and in the doubles, with her Chinese partner, Dan Ni Wang, Sowjanya lifted the title without losing a single set.
[Q1] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) bt (WC) Zihao Xia (CHN,512) 62 75
[Q2] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN,187)
Doubles
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Mat Pavic (CRO)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs (2) Julio Peralta (CHI)/ Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Prajnesh is playing the Chengdu open qualifying ... He started with an easy win over local wild-card player ... In the final qualifying, he is facing Japanese Hiroki Moriya, who defeated the top-seed Aussie Jason Kubler.
In the doubles, only Vishnu is missing from the list ... Leander and Miguel r again facing the top-seeds, this time the Croatian Dodig and Pavic ... Divij and Artem r the 3rd seeds but facing Jeevan and Krajicek in the first round ... Rohan is playing with Bala and they r facing the 2nd seeds Zeballos and Peralta.
At $800K Shenzhen Open 2018, China
[Q1] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) bt Max Purcell (AUS,239) 36 63 76(3)
[Q2] (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,134) vs (WC) Yecong He (CHN,813)
RamK is playing in the Shenzhen Open qualifying ... He started with a comeback win over Aussie youngster Max Purcell ... In the final qualifying, he is facing Chinese wild-card player Yecong He, his opponent Safwat retired in the second set.
At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei
[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) l (WC) Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE) 67(4) 16
Jeevan and Krajicek lost in straight sets against local wild-card pair.
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
Doubles Final
(4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (3) Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 46 46
Purav and Rameez failed to lift back to back title and lost the final in straight sets against the 3rd seeds Spanish-Brazilian combination.
At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2018, Anning, China
[R1] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt Chihiro Takayama (JPN,UNR) 61 63
[R2] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt Ai Kamiyoshihara (JPN,UNR) 62 60
[QF] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) bt (2) Ziyue Sun (CHN,705) 75 retd.
[SF] (7) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,1054) l (6) Ziyi Yang (CHN,1073) 36 46
Doubles
[R1] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt Tijana Nikolic (SRB)/ Arina Solomatina (RUS) 63 62
[QF] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt Chloe Isabella Tsang (AUS)/ WanNing Zhu (CHN) 64 61
[SF] (4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt (1) Jiaxi Lu (CHN)/ Qianqian Zhao (CHN) 64 76(4)
Women's Doubles Final
(4) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND)/ Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt (3) I-Hsuan Cho (TPE)/ Yi Tsen Cho (TPE) 76(4) 75
A good week for Sowjanya in China after coming out of injury break ... In the singles, she reached in the semis and in the doubles, with her Chinese partner, Dan Ni Wang, Sowjanya lifted the title without losing a single set.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Tennis News
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
[SF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 75 64
[F] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP)
Purav and Rameez r in their second final in back to back weeks ... In the semis, they defeated the Argentine pair in straight sets ... In the final, they r facing the 3rd seeds Spanish-Brazilian combination.
[SF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 75 64
[F] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Fabricio Neis (BRA)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP)
Purav and Rameez r in their second final in back to back weeks ... In the semis, they defeated the Argentine pair in straight sets ... In the final, they r facing the 3rd seeds Spanish-Brazilian combination.
Badminton News
At $1M VICTOR China Open 2018, Changzhou (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)
[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) l (3) Kento Momota (JPN,2) 9-21 11-21
[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) l (5) Yufei Chen (CHN,6) 11-21 21-11 15-21
Disappointing loss of Sindhu in three games against Chinese Yufei Chen.
In-form Kento Momota trounced Srikanth in one-sided match ... I am really worrying about our players development as our the singles and the doubles players r struggling on big stage.
[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) l (3) Kento Momota (JPN,2) 9-21 11-21
[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) l (5) Yufei Chen (CHN,6) 11-21 21-11 15-21
Disappointing loss of Sindhu in three games against Chinese Yufei Chen.
In-form Kento Momota trounced Srikanth in one-sided match ... I am really worrying about our players development as our the singles and the doubles players r struggling on big stage.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Tennis News
At $1.2M St. Petersburg Open 2018, Russia
[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l Matteo Berrettini (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA) 67(4) 36
Leander and Miguel lost in straight sets against the Italian pairing of Berrettini and Fognini ... They failed to build on their upset win over the top-seeds.
At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei
[R2] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l (Q) Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR,310) 63 46 67(4)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 63 64
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 67(3) 46
[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs (WC) Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE)
RamK lost against Portuguese qualifier, Frederico Ferreira Silva, after winning the first set ... These days Indians r struggling with showing consistency in their game.
Jeevan and Krajicek scored another comfortable win against Mousley and Peng ... In the semis, they r facing local wild-card pair, which has Jimmy Wang ... But Bala and Vishu lost against Taiwani pair in straight sets ... After the Wimbledon, they failed to show consistency in their results.
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
[QF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Alessandro Motti (ITA)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA) 26 62 10-6
[SF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG)
Purav and Rameez scored an excellent comeback win over local Italian pair after losing the first set ... In the semis, they r facing the Argentine pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns, Australia
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) l Kaylah McPhee (AUS,385) 64 46 46
Rutuja had a long, almost 3 hours, match against Kaylah McPhee, but she lost after winning the first set ... She failed to capitalize on her upset win.
[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) l Matteo Berrettini (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA) 67(4) 36
Leander and Miguel lost in straight sets against the Italian pairing of Berrettini and Fognini ... They failed to build on their upset win over the top-seeds.
At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei
[R2] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l (Q) Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR,310) 63 46 67(4)
Doubles
[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 63 64
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 67(3) 46
[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs (WC) Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE)/ Jimmy Wang (TPE)
RamK lost against Portuguese qualifier, Frederico Ferreira Silva, after winning the first set ... These days Indians r struggling with showing consistency in their game.
Jeevan and Krajicek scored another comfortable win against Mousley and Peng ... In the semis, they r facing local wild-card pair, which has Jimmy Wang ... But Bala and Vishu lost against Taiwani pair in straight sets ... After the Wimbledon, they failed to show consistency in their results.
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
[QF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Alessandro Motti (ITA)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA) 26 62 10-6
[SF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Pedro Cachin (ARG)/ Marco Trungelliti (ARG)
Purav and Rameez scored an excellent comeback win over local Italian pair after losing the first set ... In the semis, they r facing the Argentine pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns, Australia
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) l Kaylah McPhee (AUS,385) 64 46 46
Rutuja had a long, almost 3 hours, match against Kaylah McPhee, but she lost after winning the first set ... She failed to capitalize on her upset win.
Badminton News
At $1M VICTOR China Open 2018, Changzhou (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)
[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,23) 21-12 15-21 24-22
[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,24) 21-23 21-13 21-18
[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Chi-Lin Wang (TPE) 9-21 10-21
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (1) Siwei Zheng (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN) 14-21 11-21
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (6) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN) 16-21 10-21
[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs (3) Kento Momota (JPN,2)
[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs (5) Yufei Chen (CHN,6)
Sindhu needed three games to win for entering in the quarters ... After losing the first game against her Thai opponent, she made a strong comeback for winning the second and kept the momentum to win the third ... Sindhu is facing Chinese Yufei Chen.
Srikanth enters into the quarters with hard-fought win over his Thai opponent Avihingsanon ... After winning the first game Srikanth lost focus and Avihingsanon took advantage for winning the second game comfortably ... In the third game, Srikanth took an early lead but he gave chance to Avihingsanon for a fight back ... Srikanth missed 3 match points from 20-17 and after that, he needed to save one at 20-21 ... Srikanth won next 3 points to complete the win ... Next, Srikanth having a tough match against in-form Kento Momota.
For Manu and Sumeeth, the top-10 Taipei pair proved too strong ... In MXD, Sikki and Prannav also failed to challenge their WR #5 Danish opponents ... Satwik and Ashwini also failed to challenge WR #1 Chinese pair in their second-round match.
[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,23) 21-12 15-21 24-22
[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,24) 21-23 21-13 21-18
[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Chi-Lin Wang (TPE) 9-21 10-21
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (1) Siwei Zheng (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN) 14-21 11-21
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (6) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN) 16-21 10-21
[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs (3) Kento Momota (JPN,2)
[QF] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs (5) Yufei Chen (CHN,6)
Sindhu needed three games to win for entering in the quarters ... After losing the first game against her Thai opponent, she made a strong comeback for winning the second and kept the momentum to win the third ... Sindhu is facing Chinese Yufei Chen.
Srikanth enters into the quarters with hard-fought win over his Thai opponent Avihingsanon ... After winning the first game Srikanth lost focus and Avihingsanon took advantage for winning the second game comfortably ... In the third game, Srikanth took an early lead but he gave chance to Avihingsanon for a fight back ... Srikanth missed 3 match points from 20-17 and after that, he needed to save one at 20-21 ... Srikanth won next 3 points to complete the win ... Next, Srikanth having a tough match against in-form Kento Momota.
For Manu and Sumeeth, the top-10 Taipei pair proved too strong ... In MXD, Sikki and Prannav also failed to challenge their WR #5 Danish opponents ... Satwik and Ashwini also failed to challenge WR #1 Chinese pair in their second-round match.
Tennis News
At $1.2M St. Petersburg Open 2018, Russia
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 76(5) 76(5)
[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Leander and Miguel have an excellent stat as they defeated the top-seeds Inglot and Skugor in two tie-breaks ... Next, they r facing the Italian pairing of Berrettini and Fognini.
At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China
[R1] Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) 16 26
Prarthana and Hanyu Guo lost a one-sided match against their Chinese opponents.
At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei
[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) bt Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,257) 64 62
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Jurij Rodionov (AUT,258) 36 75 36
[R2] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs (Q) Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR,310)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 64 76(6)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 46 46
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 61 75
[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
RamK started with a comfortable win over Neuchrist ... Next, he is facing Portuguese qualifier, Frederico Ferreira Silva ... Prajnesh struggled with his game due to jet lag and lost in three sets against Austrian Rodionov.
Jeevan and Krajicek started with straight sets win against Lamasine and Moriya ... Next, they r facing Mousley and Peng ... Bala and Vishu also started with straight sets win over Sugita and Yi ... Next, they r facing Taiwani pair, who defeated RamK and VSP in straight sets.
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
[R1] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (Alt) Oscar Jose Gutierrez (BRA)/ Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 76(4) 61
[QF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Alessandro Motti (ITA)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA)
Purav and Rameez started with straight sets win over the alternate South American pair ... In the quarters, they r facing local Italian pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns , Australia
[QF] Alison Bai (AUS)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) l Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Ramu Ueda (JPN) 46 57
Rutuja and her Aussie lost in straight sets against the Japanese pair.
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO) 76(5) 76(5)
[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Leander and Miguel have an excellent stat as they defeated the top-seeds Inglot and Skugor in two tie-breaks ... Next, they r facing the Italian pairing of Berrettini and Fognini.
At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China
[R1] Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) 16 26
Prarthana and Hanyu Guo lost a one-sided match against their Chinese opponents.
At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei
[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) bt Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,257) 64 62
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Jurij Rodionov (AUT,258) 36 75 36
[R2] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs (Q) Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR,310)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 64 76(6)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 46 46
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 61 75
[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
RamK started with a comfortable win over Neuchrist ... Next, he is facing Portuguese qualifier, Frederico Ferreira Silva ... Prajnesh struggled with his game due to jet lag and lost in three sets against Austrian Rodionov.
Jeevan and Krajicek started with straight sets win against Lamasine and Moriya ... Next, they r facing Mousley and Peng ... Bala and Vishu also started with straight sets win over Sugita and Yi ... Next, they r facing Taiwani pair, who defeated RamK and VSP in straight sets.
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
[R1] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (Alt) Oscar Jose Gutierrez (BRA)/ Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 76(4) 61
[QF] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Alessandro Motti (ITA)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA)
Purav and Rameez started with straight sets win over the alternate South American pair ... In the quarters, they r facing local Italian pair.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns , Australia
[QF] Alison Bai (AUS)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) l Mana Ayukawa (JPN)/ Ramu Ueda (JPN) 46 57
Rutuja and her Aussie lost in straight sets against the Japanese pair.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Badminton News
At $1M VICTOR China Open 2018, Changzhou (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)
[R1] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Rasmus Gemke (DEN,23) 21-9 21-19
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) l (8) Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,11) 16-21 12-21
[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Saena Kawakami (JPN,39) 21-15 21-13
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,9) 22-20 8-21 14-21
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Min Chun Liao (TPE)/ Ching Heng Su (TPE) 13-21 21-13 21-12
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l V Shem Goh (MAS)/ Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) 19-21 20-22
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l So Yeong Kim (KOR)/ Hee Yong Kong (KOR) 10-21 18-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Marvin Emil Seidel (GER)/ Linda Efler (GER) 21-19 21-17
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Marcus Ellis (ENG)/ Lauren Smith (ENG) 21-13 20-22 21-17
[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,28)
[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,24)
[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Chi-Lin Wang (TPE)
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Siwei Zheng (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (6) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN)
Sindhu started with a comfortable win against lower ranked Japanese opponent Kawakami ... Next, she is facing Thai girl Ongbamrungphan.
Disappointing loss for Saina after winning the first game against Sung ... Saina looked rusty and tired on the court, Sung took an advantage of it after winning last two games comfortably.
Srikanth started with straight games win over his Danish opponent ... Next, he is facing Thai challenge of Avihingsanon ... But a disappointing straight game loss for Prannoy.
Manu-Sumeeth showing consistency in their performance as they scored a comeback win against the top-15 Taipei pair ... Next, they r facing another the top-15 Taipei pair.
Prannav-Sikki also scored an upset win over higher ranked German pair in straight games ... Next, they r facing WR #5 Danish pair ... Satwik and Chirag's poor un continues ... They lost against V Shem Goh and Wee Kiong Tan in straight games, Sumeet and Manu defeated the same opponents in three games at Korean open.
Ashwini and Sikki lost their match against lower ranked Korean pair ... Our doubles pairs r struggling with consistency ... Only Manu and Sumeet r showing some.
Ashwini-Satwik extracted revenge of their Commonwealth semi-final loss against experienced British pairing of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith ... They scored a really good three games win over the top-15 pair ... Next, they r having a tough match against WR #1 local Chinese pair.
[R1] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Rasmus Gemke (DEN,23) 21-9 21-19
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) l (8) Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,11) 16-21 12-21
[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Saena Kawakami (JPN,39) 21-15 21-13
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,9) 22-20 8-21 14-21
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Min Chun Liao (TPE)/ Ching Heng Su (TPE) 13-21 21-13 21-12
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l V Shem Goh (MAS)/ Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) 19-21 20-22
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l So Yeong Kim (KOR)/ Hee Yong Kong (KOR) 10-21 18-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Marvin Emil Seidel (GER)/ Linda Efler (GER) 21-19 21-17
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Marcus Ellis (ENG)/ Lauren Smith (ENG) 21-13 20-22 21-17
[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,28)
[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,24)
[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Chi-Lin Wang (TPE)
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Siwei Zheng (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (6) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN)
Sindhu started with a comfortable win against lower ranked Japanese opponent Kawakami ... Next, she is facing Thai girl Ongbamrungphan.
Disappointing loss for Saina after winning the first game against Sung ... Saina looked rusty and tired on the court, Sung took an advantage of it after winning last two games comfortably.
Srikanth started with straight games win over his Danish opponent ... Next, he is facing Thai challenge of Avihingsanon ... But a disappointing straight game loss for Prannoy.
Manu-Sumeeth showing consistency in their performance as they scored a comeback win against the top-15 Taipei pair ... Next, they r facing another the top-15 Taipei pair.
Prannav-Sikki also scored an upset win over higher ranked German pair in straight games ... Next, they r facing WR #5 Danish pair ... Satwik and Chirag's poor un continues ... They lost against V Shem Goh and Wee Kiong Tan in straight games, Sumeet and Manu defeated the same opponents in three games at Korean open.
Ashwini and Sikki lost their match against lower ranked Korean pair ... Our doubles pairs r struggling with consistency ... Only Manu and Sumeet r showing some.
Ashwini-Satwik extracted revenge of their Commonwealth semi-final loss against experienced British pairing of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith ... They scored a really good three games win over the top-15 pair ... Next, they r having a tough match against WR #1 local Chinese pair.
Tennis News
At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China
[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) l (WC) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS,110) 63 36 26
Karman started positively against multiple grand slam winner Kuznetsova ... She won the first set but after that, she failed to continue with the same level of performance ... In this match, she played well but again struggled with her first service ... Committed load of double faults and struggled with weaker second serve ... Definitely learning curve with some positives.
At $50K+H Sibiu Challenger 2018, Romania
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,295) l (3) Pedro Sousa (POR,144) 26 46
Sumit failed to challenge Sousa in his one-sided loss.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns , Australia
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) bt (5) Georgia Brescia (ITA,299) 63 62
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) vs Kaylah McPhee (AUS,385)
Doubles
[R1] Alison Bai (AUS)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) bt Gabriella Da Silva Fick (AUS)/ Sara Tomic (AUS) 60 63
Rutuja starts her down under expedition with a bang ... She scored a dominating upset win over top-300 Italian girl ... Next, she is facing talented Aussie youngster, Kaylah McPhee.
In the doubles also, Rutuja and her Aussie partner Alison Bai defeated Sara Tomic and Gabriella Da Silva Fick comfortably.
[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) l (WC) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS,110) 63 36 26
Karman started positively against multiple grand slam winner Kuznetsova ... She won the first set but after that, she failed to continue with the same level of performance ... In this match, she played well but again struggled with her first service ... Committed load of double faults and struggled with weaker second serve ... Definitely learning curve with some positives.
At $50K+H Sibiu Challenger 2018, Romania
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,295) l (3) Pedro Sousa (POR,144) 26 46
Sumit failed to challenge Sousa in his one-sided loss.
At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairns , Australia
[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) bt (5) Georgia Brescia (ITA,299) 63 62
[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,374) vs Kaylah McPhee (AUS,385)
Doubles
[R1] Alison Bai (AUS)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) bt Gabriella Da Silva Fick (AUS)/ Sara Tomic (AUS) 60 63
Rutuja starts her down under expedition with a bang ... She scored a dominating upset win over top-300 Italian girl ... Next, she is facing talented Aussie youngster, Kaylah McPhee.
In the doubles also, Rutuja and her Aussie partner Alison Bai defeated Sara Tomic and Gabriella Da Silva Fick comfortably.
Monday, September 17, 2018
Tennis News
At $1.2M St. Petersburg Open 2018, Russia
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)
Leander is playing in the St. Petersburg Open partnering his Mexican partner Miguel ... They r facing the top-seeds Inglot and Skugor.
At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China
[Q2] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) bt (5) Danka Kovinic (MNE,189) 63 57 63
[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) vs (WC) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS,110)
Doubles
[R1] Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN)
Karman scored a good three sets win over a former top-50 player, Danka Kovinic ... After winning the first set Karman struggled with her first serve in the second, she lost this set ... In the final set, Karman was an early break-up and was serving for the match at 5-2 but Kovinic broke her in the 8th game, 5-3 ... Karman again broke Kovinic in the 9th game for qualifying for the main draw ... In the main draw, she is facing multiple grand slams winner and former WR #2 Svetlana Kuznetsova.
In the doubles, Prarthana is playing with her Chinese partner, Hanyu Guo and they r facing Chinese pair.
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (1) Dominic Inglot (GBR)/ Franko Skugor (CRO)
Leander is playing in the St. Petersburg Open partnering his Mexican partner Miguel ... They r facing the top-seeds Inglot and Skugor.
At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China
[Q2] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) bt (5) Danka Kovinic (MNE,189) 63 57 63
[R1] (Q) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,210) vs (WC) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS,110)
Doubles
[R1] Hanyu Guo (CHN)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Ying Zhang (CHN)
Karman scored a good three sets win over a former top-50 player, Danka Kovinic ... After winning the first set Karman struggled with her first serve in the second, she lost this set ... In the final set, Karman was an early break-up and was serving for the match at 5-2 but Kovinic broke her in the 8th game, 5-3 ... Karman again broke Kovinic in the 9th game for qualifying for the main draw ... In the main draw, she is facing multiple grand slams winner and former WR #2 Svetlana Kuznetsova.
In the doubles, Prarthana is playing with her Chinese partner, Hanyu Guo and they r facing Chinese pair.
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Golf News
At $1M The 34th Shinhan Donghae Open 2018, South Korea
T8 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 67 70 68 68 -11 $23001.00
T15 Rashid Khan (IND) 68 69 72 68 -8 $13,747.00
T56 Khalin Joshi (IND) 73 69 70 73 +1 $3,662.00
T62 Shiv Kapur (IND) 72 70 68 76 +2 $3,184.00
Gaganjeet performed consistent to finish inside top-10 ... Really good to see Gaganjeet scored under PAR four rounds ... Rashid Khan also finished in top-15.
T8 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 67 70 68 68 -11 $23001.00
T15 Rashid Khan (IND) 68 69 72 68 -8 $13,747.00
T56 Khalin Joshi (IND) 73 69 70 73 +1 $3,662.00
T62 Shiv Kapur (IND) 72 70 68 76 +2 $3,184.00
Gaganjeet performed consistent to finish inside top-10 ... Really good to see Gaganjeet scored under PAR four rounds ... Rashid Khan also finished in top-15.
Tennis News
At Davis Cup - World Group Play-Offs 2018, Kraljevo, Serbia
India l Serbia 0-4
Day 1
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l Laslo Djere (SRB,86) 63 46 67(2) 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56) 46 36 46
Day 2
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 67(5) 26 67(4)
Day 3
[R4] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,665) l Pedja Krstin (SRB,174) 36 16
India lost against Serbia 0-4 ... On the last day, India picked up Bala and Serbian played Pedja Krstin ... Pedja won comfortably and completed dominating win for Serbia.
At $80K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Biarritz, France
[R1] Tereza Smitkova (CZE)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt (2) An-Sophie Mestach (BEL)/ Alexandra Panova (RUS) 61 26 10-8
[QF] Tereza Smitkova (CZE)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Jessika Ponchet (FRA)/ Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL) 67(4) 26
Prarthana with Tereza scored an upset win over the 2nd seeds Mestach and Panova in the match tie-break, but they lost in the quarters against Ponchet and Zimmermann.
At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei
[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,257)
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Jurij Rodionov (AUT,258)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)
RamK and Prajnesh r the seeded in the singles of the Kaohsiung Challenger ... Both r facing similar ranked Austrian players in the first round.
In the doubles, Jeevan and Krajicek r the top-seeds ... They r facing Lamasine and Moriya ... VSP is playing with RamK and they r facing the Taipei pair ... Bala and Vishu r the 2nd seeds and facing Sugita and Yi in the first round.
At $50K+H Sibiu Challenger 2018, Romania
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,295) vs (3) Pedro Sousa (POR,144)
Another tough first round for Sumit against top-150 Portuguese player, Pedro Sousa.
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
[R1] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Ivan Gakhov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS)
The last week's Istanbul Challenger winners Purav and Rameez r the 4th seeds and facing Russian pair in the first round.
India l Serbia 0-4
Day 1
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l Laslo Djere (SRB,86) 63 46 67(2) 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56) 46 36 46
Day 2
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 67(5) 26 67(4)
Day 3
[R4] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,665) l Pedja Krstin (SRB,174) 36 16
India lost against Serbia 0-4 ... On the last day, India picked up Bala and Serbian played Pedja Krstin ... Pedja won comfortably and completed dominating win for Serbia.
At $80K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Biarritz, France
[R1] Tereza Smitkova (CZE)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) bt (2) An-Sophie Mestach (BEL)/ Alexandra Panova (RUS) 61 26 10-8
[QF] Tereza Smitkova (CZE)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Jessika Ponchet (FRA)/ Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL) 67(4) 26
Prarthana with Tereza scored an upset win over the 2nd seeds Mestach and Panova in the match tie-break, but they lost in the quarters against Ponchet and Zimmermann.
At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei
[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,257)
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Jurij Rodionov (AUT,258)
Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)
RamK and Prajnesh r the seeded in the singles of the Kaohsiung Challenger ... Both r facing similar ranked Austrian players in the first round.
In the doubles, Jeevan and Krajicek r the top-seeds ... They r facing Lamasine and Moriya ... VSP is playing with RamK and they r facing the Taipei pair ... Bala and Vishu r the 2nd seeds and facing Sugita and Yi in the first round.
At $50K+H Sibiu Challenger 2018, Romania
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,295) vs (3) Pedro Sousa (POR,144)
Another tough first round for Sumit against top-150 Portuguese player, Pedro Sousa.
At $50K+H Biella Challenger 2018, Italy
[R1] (4) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Ivan Gakhov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS)
The last week's Istanbul Challenger winners Purav and Rameez r the 4th seeds and facing Russian pair in the first round.
Saturday, September 15, 2018
Tennis News
At Davis Cup - World Group Play-Offs 2018, Kraljevo, Serbia
India l Serbia 0-3
Day 1
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l Laslo Djere (SRB,86) 63 46 67(2) 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56) 46 36 46
Day 2
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 67(5) 26 67(4)
With our doubles loss we lost this tie against Serbia ... In the doubles, we used Saki in the place of Bala ... Rohan and Saki tried but Serbian pair were better on the court as they won the first and the third set in the tie-breaks ... Frankly, I am disappointed with our performance as we failed to take advantage of the weaken Serbian team ... In the doubles also, we played bad to lose this match.
At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey
Doubles Final
(1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Vladyslav Manafov (UKR) 76(4) 46 10-7
Purav lifted Istanbul Challenger title partnering Australian Rameez Junaid ... In the final, they defeated the 2nd seeds Khabibulin and Manafov in a tight match ... Here, Purav was only player who is ranked in the top-100 and others were below-150 ranked in the doubles ... So good to see he win this title.
At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China
[Q1] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,209) bt Jiaqi Kang (CHN,596) 62 62
[Q2] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,209) vs (5) Danka Kovinic (MNE,189)
Karman is playing Guangzhou WTA tournament ... In the first round qualifying, she scored a comfortable win over her Chinese opponent ... In the final qualifying, she is facing former top-50 player, Danka Kovinic.
India l Serbia 0-3
Day 1
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) l Laslo Djere (SRB,86) 63 46 67(2) 26
[R2] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l Dusan Lajovic (SRB,56) 46 36 46
Day 2
[R3] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) l Nikola Milojevic (SRB)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB) 67(5) 26 67(4)
With our doubles loss we lost this tie against Serbia ... In the doubles, we used Saki in the place of Bala ... Rohan and Saki tried but Serbian pair were better on the court as they won the first and the third set in the tie-breaks ... Frankly, I am disappointed with our performance as we failed to take advantage of the weaken Serbian team ... In the doubles also, we played bad to lose this match.
At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey
Doubles Final
(1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (2) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Vladyslav Manafov (UKR) 76(4) 46 10-7
Purav lifted Istanbul Challenger title partnering Australian Rameez Junaid ... In the final, they defeated the 2nd seeds Khabibulin and Manafov in a tight match ... Here, Purav was only player who is ranked in the top-100 and others were below-150 ranked in the doubles ... So good to see he win this title.
At $250K Guangzhou Open 2018, China
[Q1] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,209) bt Jiaqi Kang (CHN,596) 62 62
[Q2] (9) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,209) vs (5) Danka Kovinic (MNE,189)
Karman is playing Guangzhou WTA tournament ... In the first round qualifying, she scored a comfortable win over her Chinese opponent ... In the final qualifying, she is facing former top-50 player, Danka Kovinic.
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