Saturday, September 23, 2017

Tennis News

At $2.3M Dongfeng Motor Wuhan WTA Open, China (Premier 5)

[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) bye

Sania and Shuai r 3rd seeds and received a bye in the first round ... They r in the top-draw with top-seeds Hingis and Chan.

At $731K Shenzhen Open 2017, China

[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Alexander Peya (AUT)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

Lee-Purav r facing 2nd seed Rajeev and Peya.

At $1M Chengdu Open 2017, China

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)/ Yuichi Sugita (JPN)

This week, Divij is partnering Lu and playing against another Asian pair in the first round.

At $15K India F9 Futures 2017, Coimbatore

[R1] (1) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,501) bt Dalwinder Singh (IND,1063) 62 63
[R1] (Q) Arjun Kadhe (IND,1157) bt Phongsapak Kerdlaphee (THA,1781) 76(1) 62

[R2] (1) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,501) bt (Q) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,1781) 63 75
[R2] (Q) Arjun Kadhe (IND,1157) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND,1109) 62 62

[QF] (1) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,501) bt (5) Cameron Silverman (USA,779) 64 61
[QF] (Q) Arjun Kadhe (IND,1157) bt (2) Colin Van Beem (NED,644) 64 76(4)

[SF] (1) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,501) bt (7) Aryan Goveas (IND,856) 63 64
[SF] (Q) Arjun Kadhe (IND,1157) bt Ching-Yang Meng (TPE,954) 67(9) 61 60

Singles Final
(1) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,501) vs (Q) Arjun Kadhe (IND,1157) 63 64

Doubles Final
(1) Chandril Sood (IND)/ Lakshit Sood (IND) bt Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) 64 62

Sasi wins back to back futures title after completing the straight sets win over Arjun ... These two titles win will give Sasi much-needed confidence to achieve more on the circuit ... Also turned out to be another excellent week for Arjun as after becoming semi-finalists in last two weeks, he reached in the final beating last two week's finalist and in-form Dutch player, Colin Van Beem, in the quarters ... These three weeks performance has earned him 22 ranking points which will place him around #800-810 from un-ranked in 2nd October ranking.

Sood brothers lifted back to back futures title ... This week, they again defeated Arjun with a different partner, Sasi, in the straight sets.

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