Saturday, September 09, 2017

Tennis News

At US Open 2017, New York

[SF] (4) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) l (2) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 46 46

Hingis and Chan proved better pair on the court, as they scored straight sets win over Sania and Shuai Peng.

At $15K At $15K India F7 Futures 2017, Chennai

[R1] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,262) bt Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,1069) 36 63 60
[R2] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,262) bt (Q) Paramveer Singh Bajwa (IND,1434) 62 60
[QF] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,262) bt Jayesh Pungliya (IND,1268) 75 61
[SF] (1) Sumit Nagal (IND,262) bt (Q) Arjun Kadhe (IND,UNR) 62 36 62

Singles Final
(1) Sumit Nagal (IND,262) bt (3) Colin Van Beem (NED,718) 63 60

Sumit won his 4th futures title of the year, comfortably beating Dutch opponent Colin Van Beem in the final.

A couple of notable performances from Indians, Arjun Kadhe had a terrific run as he defeated three foreigners, including 4th and 7 seeds ... In the semis, he stretched Sumit to three sets so good start for his professional career after completion of his US college ... Haadin Bava also reached the semis before losing to Van Beem in three sets.


At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2017, Turkey

[Q1] Divij Sharan (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Mustafa Erdogan (TUR,UNR) 76(6) 62

[Q2] Divij Sharan (IND,UNR) l (2) Roman Safiullin (RUS,353) 76(9) 46 06

Divij started well against top-350 Russian and won the first set after a long tie-break ... But after that it seems lack of the singles matches took a toll on him ... He lost the second set and failed to win a single game in the final set ... Before that, an expected win for Divij against 17 yrs old local junior player.

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