Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Tennis News

At $728K Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex 2017, Los Cabos, Mexico

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 76(6) 76(5)

Purav-Divij started their title defense with a closely fought win against Gonzalez-Lipsky ... In the first set our pair was 1-4 down before making comeback into the match.

At $125K Chengdu Challenger 2017, China

[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) bt Sam Barry (IRL,393) 46 75 3-2 retd.
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,295) l Ti Chen (TPE,267) 63 36 46

[R2] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,574) vs (PR) James Ward (GBR,1081)

Doubles
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Yusuke Takahashi (JPN)/ Kento Takeuchi (JPN) 62 63

Sid is in the second round as Sam retired from the match in the third set citing leg injury ... In this match, after losing the first set Sid made comeback for winning the second and in the third after the 5th game Sam retired ... Next, he is facing a tough challenge of former top 100 player James Ward, who is on comeback trail.

Bala started well against Ti Chen as he won the first set ... He failed to keep momentum as Ti Chen won next two sets ... But Bala with Vishnu had a comfortable winning start in the doubles against Japanese pair.


At $15K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Nonthaburi

[R1] (Q) Mahak Jain (IND,872) l (7) Pei-Chi Lee (TPE,505) 26 76(7) 16
[R1] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,748) bt (WC) Chanikarn Silakul (THA,UNR) 64 60

[R2] (Q) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,748) vs (6) Makoto Ninomiya (JPN,458)

Pranjala started with a comfortable win and facing top-500 Japanese player Makoto Ninomiya in the second round ... Mahak won the second set in the tie-break but otherwise her Taiwani opponent overpowered her.

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