Friday, September 15, 2017

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2017 - World Group Play-off, Edmonton, Canada

Day One
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,154) vs Brayden Schnur (CAN,202)
[R2] Yuki BHambri (IND,157) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN,51)

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Daniel Nestor (CAN)/ Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

Day Three
[R4] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,154) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN,51)
[R5] Yuki BHambri (IND,157) vs Brayden Schnur (CAN,202)

The schedule is out and the Canadian team give surprised playing unheard Brayden Schnur in the singles ... He will play RamK in the first rubber and Yuki is facing in-form Shapovalov in the second rubber ... The Canadian team's plan is simple, if require then Vasek Pospisil can replace Schnur for the fifth rubber.

At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2017, Turkey

[SF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (2) Andre Begemann (GER)/ Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) 46 46

The straight sets loss for Jeevan-Divij against 2nd seed pair.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Redding, California, USA

[QF] (5) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,324) l Robin Anderson (USA,369) 76(6) 16 36

Former top-200 Anderson proved a strong player for Karman ... Karman won the first set in a tight tie-break but afterward, Anderson gave a solid performance.

At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[SF] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,743) bt Lulu Sun (SUI,1004) 61 67(3) 63

[F] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,743) vs Hua-Chen Lee (TPE,708)

Rutuja is in the final after beating Swiss girl Lulu in three sets ... After comfortably winning the first set Rutuja was up with an early break in the second set .. But she failed to close it as Lulu broke back and won this set in the tie-break ... Rutuja recovered in the final set after 0-3 down ... She won the final six games in a row for completing excellent win ... Next, Rutuja is facing in-form Hua-Chen Lee, who already won the title at same venue.

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