Friday, October 14, 2016

Tennis News

At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

Doubles Final
(3) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Leander Paes (IND) l Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 46 36

Another loss in the final for Lee and Andre, this time against Russian-Uzbek pair.

At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger, Vietnam

[QF] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)/ Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 61 63

[SF] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[SF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Kento Takeuchi (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)

Vijay Sundar with Rungkat scored comfortable win in the quarters against Arnaboldi and Gojowczyk joining Jeev and RamK in the doubles semis.

At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures, Lagos

[R1] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,557) bt Albert Bisong BIKOM (NGR,1532) 61 60
[R2] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,557) bt Moez ECHARGUI (TUN,1201) 63 75
[QF] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,557) bt (WC) Clifford ENOSOREGBE (NGR,UNR) 61 36 62

[SF] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,557) l. (5) Gianni MINA (FRA,586) 67(1) 75 67(4)

Sasi played in Nigerian futures and used full advantage of weak draw for reaching into the semis ... In the semis he faced former Jr. WR #1 and former top-225 player Frenchman Gianni Mina ... Sasi lost really close match against Mina after three hours battle.

At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Lagos, Nigeria

[R1] (1) Valentini GRAMMATIKOPOULOU (GRE)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Kyra SHROFF (IND)/ Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) 62 61
[QF] (1) Valentini GRAMMATIKOPOULOU (GRE)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Fiona CODINO (FRA)/ Harmony TAN (FRA) 75 60
[SF] (1) Valentini GRAMMATIKOPOULOU (GRE)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt (4) Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA)/ Valeriya STRAKHOVA (UKR) 61 63

Doubles Final
(1) Valentini GRAMMATIKOPOULOU (GRE)/ Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l Chayenne EWIJK (NED) / Rosalie VAN DER HOEK (NED) 36 57

Prarthana with her Greece partner Valentini lose in the final against Dutch pair ... This was surprising loss considering Prarthana and Valentini were top-seed.

At $25K USA F31 Futures, Houston

[QF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,283) bt (5) Sebastian Fanselow (GER,411) 64 64

[SF] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,283) vs Wil Spencer (USA,723),

Yuki scores impressive win over in-form German Sebastian Fanselow in straight sets ... In the first set Yuki broke Fanselow in 5th game to lead 3-2 and kept that advantage for winning the first set ... In the second set Yuki broke Fanselow in 1st game but failed to hold his serve in next game, 1-all ... Yuki broke Fanselow in 7th game and this time he kept his advantage for winning this match ... In the semis he is facing American un-seeded Wil Spencer.

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