Friday, August 11, 2017

Tennis News

At $4.6M Rogers Cup 2017, Montreal, Canada

[QF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt (ALT) Gael Monfils (FRA)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) 62 75

[SF] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs (6) Raven Klassen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Rohan and Dodig r in the semis with straight sets win over French pair ... Next, they r facing Rajeev Ram and Klassen.

At $150K Jinan Challenger 2017, China

Doubles Final
(3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (1) Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 64 46 4-10

Vishnu and Bala failed to repeat last week's result as they lost the final against the same Taiwani pair who they defeated last week ... Here also they started positively after winning the first set but failed to capitalize on the same.

At $25K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Koksijde, Belgium

[QF] (3) Ankita Raina (IND,269) l (8) Ganna Poznikhirenko (UKR,323) 46 75 26


Doubles
[R1] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) bt Luna MEERS (BEL)/ Chelsea VANHOUTTE (BEL) 64 63
[QF] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) bt Vinciane REMY (FRA)/ Marie TEMIN (FRA) 75 2-1 retd.
[SF] (2) Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) bt Albina KHABIBULINA (UZB)/ Anastasiya VASYLYEVA (UKR) 46 63 10-7

Final
(2) Ankita RAINA (IND)/ Bibiane SCHOOFS (NED) bt Marie BENOIT (BEL)/ Magali KEMPEN (BEL) 36 63 11-9

Her Ukrainian opponent proved better player for Ankita ... After losing the first set Ankita managed to win the second but she was overpowered by her opponent in the third.

Ankita with her Dutch partner Bibiane Schoofs lifted the doubles title beating local pair ... They needed comeback wins in the semis and final after losing the first set.


At $15K Germany F10 Futures 2017, Wetzlar

[QF] (2) Sumit Nagal (IND,268) l Maciej Rajski (POL,686) 46 63 67(3)

After losing the first set Sumit fought back for winning the second ... In the third, Sumilt lost the tie-break.

At $15K Thailand F5 2017, Nonthaburi

[SF] Karunuday Singh (IND,689) l Kuan Lee (TPE,627) 06 36

KU was no match to Lee in this match.

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