Monday, October 16, 2017

Tennis News

At $746K VTB Kremlin Cup 2017, Moscow, Russia

[R1] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,146) bt (WC) Roman Safiullin (RUS,451) 62 64

Yuki won the battle between two former Junior Australian Open champions convincingly ... Yuki was better player on the court from the start ... He won the first set in 25 mins breaking Roman's twice ... In the second set, he broke Roman in 5th game to lead 3-2 and then both players hold respective service games ... Yuki did not faced a single break point in this match, so it shows his service games are not liability on the indoor court ... This win will push his ranking inside top-140 and makes him richer by $12K.

At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

[Q3] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,492) l Yunseong Chung (KOR,582) 67(2) 26

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,314) vs (Q) Marinko Matosevic (AUS,501)

Vishnu lost in the straight sets against Korean Yunseong Chung.

Sumit having tough match against former top-50 Australian Marinko Matosevic.


At $60K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Suzhou, China

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,271) vs Hanyu Guo (CHN,333)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Ankita Raina (IND) vs Jia-Qi Kang (CHN)/ Xinyu Jiang (CHN)

Ankita is playing in the China ... She is facing local Chinese challenge in the singles and the doubles first round.

At $25K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Obidos, Portugal

[Q1] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) bt Anastazja Rosnowska (GER,UNR) 62 64
[Q2] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) bt (2) Irene Burillo Escorihuela (ESP,480) 76(5) 64
[Q3] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) bt (11) Dalila Spiteri (ITA,643) 16 63 63

[R1] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR)vs (WC) Lucia Quiterio (POR,1162)

Young Nandini Sharma qualified for the main draw with three solid wins ... In that, she defeated top-500 Spanish girl, Irene Burillo Escorihuela, in tight two sets and then scored comeback win over Italian girl after losing the first set ... In the main draw, she is facing local wildcard player, Lucia Quiterio.

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

[QF] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,619) l Yexin Ma (CHN,1126) 26 63 10-12
[QF] (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,1049) bt Isabelle Boulais (CAN,1018) 62 60
[QF] Prerna Bhambri (IND,954) bt (6) Tamara Curovic (SRB,644) 76(2) 61

[SF] Prerna Bhambri (IND,954) bt (Q) Rishika Sunkara (IND,1049) 76(2) 61

[F] Prerna Bhambri (IND,954) vs Yexin Ma (CHN,1126)

Good to see Prerna take advantage and reached in the final with some good wins ... Rishika laso reached the semis as a qualifier but Rutja lost in the quartrs.

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