Thursday, October 12, 2017

Tennis News

At $150K+H Tashkent Challenger 2017, Uzbekistan

[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP) 36 75 10-6

[F] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)

This is a big comeback win over Spanish pair by Indians ... Reason is, Garcia-Lopez made the semis of the Australian Open doubles this year, and the US Open doubles final in 2016 ... In the final, they r facing 2nd seed pair.

At $25K+H Nigeria F4 Futures 2017, Lagos

[R1] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND,1094) bt Manuel GUINARD (FRA,769) 64 64
[R1] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,782) bt (Q) Henry ATSEYE (NGR,1958) 63 60

[R2] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND,1094) l Stephan FRANSEN (NED,1212) 57 1-4 retd.
[R2] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,782) bt (LL) Christian PAUL (NGR,1958) 60 60

[QF] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,782) bt Illja VUJIC (SRB,1141) 76(6) 60

[SF] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,782) vs Stephen FRANSEN (NED,1212)

Aryan Goveas in the semis in big Nigerian futures ... He took full advantage of weaker draw and scored impressive wins ... In the semis, he is facing Dutch opponent ... Jayesh Pungliya started with an upset win over Frenchman but he retired in the second round.

At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Cherboug-en-Cotentin, France

[R2] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,309) l (Q) Julie Gervais (FRA,809) 57 26

Doubles
[SF] Samantha Murray (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt Karen Barritza (DEN)/ Sarah Beth Grey (GBR) 62 36 10-7

[F] Samantha Murray (GBR)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs (4) Manon Arcangioli (FRA)/ Sherazad Reix (FRA)

Surprising loss against below 500 ranked French qualifier in the straight sets.

But in the doubles, Karman is in the final with her British partner ... They defeated Danish-British pair in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing 4th seed French pair.


At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka

[R1] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,619) bt (Q) Csilla ARGYELAN (HUN,1158) 5-0 retd.
[R1] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,859) bt (8) Natasha PALHA (IND,744) 62 63
[R1] (Q) Ramya NATARAJAN (IND,1070) l (6) Tamara CUROVIC (SRB,644) 2-4 retd.
[R1] Zeel DESAI (IND,822) bt (WC) Sasha ALEXANDER (AUS,UNR) 61 63
[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,954) bt (3) Josephine BOUALEM (FRA,607) 63 63
[R1] (Q) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,UNR) vs (Q) Rishika SUNKARA (IND,1049)
[R1] (2) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,511) vs Angelique SVINOS (AUS,890)

[R2] (4) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,619) vs Barbora MIKLOVA (CZE,925)
[R2] Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND,859) vs YeXin MA (CHN,1126)
[R2] Zeel DESAI (IND,822) vs Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,954)

Good upset win by Prerna against last week's finalist Boualem in the straight sets ... Nidhi also scored upset win over Natasha ... Rutuja and Zeel entered in to the second round without losing much sweat.

At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Kanika Vaidya (IND,830) bt Daniela Macarena Lopez (CHI,1015) 62 60

[R2] Kanika Vaidya (IND,830) bt (1) Anastasia Pribylova (RUS,437) 46 63 61

In the second round, Kanika scored a superb upset win against top seed and top-450 Russian player, Anastasia Pribylova ... After losing the first set, she made a strong comeback for winning next two sets easily ... Before that, dominating winning start for Kanika against her Chilean opponent.

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