Saturday, July 15, 2017

Tennis News

At $75K Winnetka Challenger 2017, USA

Single Final
(5) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) l Akira Santillan (JPN,197) 67(1) 26

Santillan proved better player on the court, so RamK's wait for his first challenger title is extended ... In the first set, both players were holding their respective service games but Santillan was putting more pressure on RamK's serve ... He broke RamK in 8th game for leading 3-5 but RamK immedietly broke him when he was serving for the set, 4-5 ... Santillan dominated the tie-break for winning it comfortably ... In the second set, Santillan broke RamK in 1st and 3rd game for 0-4 lead ... RamK took medical break for his left foot heel but after re-starting failed to put pressure on Santillan's serve for losing the match ... Still good week for him as he reached in the final with some solid performances.

At $50K Bastad Challenger 2017, Sweden

Doubles Final
N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Vaclav Safranek (CZE) 16 46

Bala-VSP lost in straight sets against Altuna and Safranek in the final ... Altuna and Safranek proved too strong for them.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Naiman, China

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) bt (5) Xinyu Gao (CHN,210) 61 61

[F] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) vs Jing Jing Lu (CHN,315)

Karam gave thrashing to her higher ranked Chinese opponent for reaching in the final of this big Chinese ITF tournament ... Karman played flawless tennis with huge serves, powerful foreheads and solid all court game ... In this match, she didn't gave any chance of setting to Gao ... In the first set, she broke Gao twice and in the second set, she broke her thrice for solid win ... In the final, Karman is facing another experienced Chinese girl, Jing Jing Lu, who is a former top-200 player.

At $125K+H Astana Challenger 2017, Kazakhstan

[Q1] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bye
[Q2] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) bt Beibit Zukayev (KAZ,NR) 64 62

[Q3] (2) Saketh Myneni (IND,432) vs (5) Altug Celikbileg (TUR,448)

Good to see Saki is playing in the qualifying for getting match-fit ... Next, match against top-500 will be a real test for him.

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