Saturday, June 17, 2017

Tennis News

At $60K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary (Red clay)

Doubles
(1) Kotomi Takahata (JPN)/ Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) bt Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR)/ Tereza Mrdeza (CRO) 1-0 retd.

Prarthana lifted her first title of the year and this was her biggest one also ... In the final, their opponentes retired after the first game ... Prarthana will crack in top-150 and she is steadily moving towards top-100 rank in the doubles.

At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Curtea de Arges, Romania (Red clay)

[R1] (4) Riya BHATIA (IND,572) bt Teodora STINGA (ROU,902) 76(7) 63
[R2] (4) Riya BHATIA (IND,572) bt (Q) Evelyne Christelle Atticia TIRON (ROU,UNR) 63 61
[QF] (4) Riya BHATIA (IND,572) bt Andreea Amalia ROSCA (ROU,673) 64 06 64

[SF] (4) Riya BHATIA (IND,572) bt Katharina HERING (GER,704) 62 63

[F] (4) Riya BHATIA (IND,572) vs (8) Georgia Andreea CRACIUN (ROU,571)

Riya is playing in Euopean ITF tournaments ... Last week she reached quarter-final of Bosnia-Herzegovina ITF tournament and lost in the doubles final ... This week she is playing in Romanian ITF tournament and has reached the final with good wins again local players ... In the final, she is facing talented 17 yrs old local girl, Craciun.

At $15K Thailand F2 Futures 2017, Hua Hin

[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Kazakhstan Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ) bt (2) Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL (THA)/ Kittiphong WACHIRAMANOWONG (THA) w/o
[QF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Kazakhstan Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ) bt Michael KWONG (HKG)/ Ryota TANUMA (JPN) 62 61
[SF] Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Kazakhstan Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ) bt (4) Harry BOURCHIER (AUS)/ Dayne KELLY (AUS) 76(4) 57 10-7

Doubles Final
Karunuday SINGH (IND)/ Kazakhstan Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ) bt (3) Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA)/ Evan SONG (USA) 61 61

KU lifted the doubles title with his Kazakh partner Yevseyev comfortably ... They dominated 3rd seed pair in the final, before that they won really close match against 4th seed Aussie pair in the semis ... After looking at his recent results, I feel KU should concentrate more on his doubles to make career out of it.

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