Thursday, October 19, 2017

Tennis News

At €589K European Open 2017, Antwerp, Belgium

[QF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (3) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 46 10-8

[SF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (2) Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Divij-Lipsky scored excellent upset win over Rajeev- Klaasen in the match tie-break ... In the match tie-break our pair was 9-5 up and converted 4th match point for a win ... Next, they r facing 2nd seed Dodig and Granollers.

At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt (WC) Di Wu (CHN)/ Yibing Wu (CHN) 26 62 10-7
[QF] Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) bt Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 76(4) 76(8)

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)/ Sumit Nagal (IND)

Sumit with Ghedin scored hard fought win over experienced Taiwani pair ... Next, they r facing top-seed Jeevan and Chris ... They scored comeback win over local wildcard pair.

At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2017, Lagos

[R1] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) bt Manuel Guinard (FRA,768) 64 60
[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) bt (Q) Lance-Pierre Du Toit (RSA,1956) 62 64
[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) bt Tom Jomby (FRA,1202) 76(8) 60

[SF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,227) vs (7) Johan Sebastien Tatlot (FRA,570)

Prajnesh in the semis and facing Frenchman ... In the quarters, he defeated former top-350 Jomby, in the tie-break Prajnesh was 1-5 down before winning it.

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

[R1] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Lucia Quiterio (POR,1162) 67(4) 76(4) 75

[R2] Nandini Sharma (IND,UNR) vs (4) Magdalena Frech (POL,189)

Young Nandini scored local wildcard player, Lucia Quiterio, in very hard fought match ... This match was lasted for 3h 18m in two days ... After losing the first set Nandini was early break up in the second, 3-1, but while serving for the set at 5-4 Nandini failed to hold ... But she recovered in the tie-break for taking the match in the decider ... In the decider, Nandini took crucial break in 12th game when Lucia was serving for staying in the match for completing the victory ... Next, she is facing in-form top-200 Polish girl Magdalena Frech, this will be very tough match.

At $15K Thailand F9 Futures 2017, Nonthanburi

[R1] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) bt (WC) Suthinan Tanthaseraneewat (THA,UNR) 64 63
[R2] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) bt Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE,1045) 64 63
[QF] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) bt Enrico Dalla Valle (ITA,1060) 67(2) 63 64

[SF] (7) Karunuday Singh (IND,647) vs (4) Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,604)

KU is in the semis with good comeback win over Italian player.

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

[R1] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) bt Yuqi Sheng (CHN,1131) 60 62
[R1] (8) Zeel Desai (IND,826) bt (Q) Qianxin Kong (CHN,UNR) 60 61
[R1] (Q) Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) bt (WC) Adithya Karunaratne (SRI,UNR) 75 46 62

[R2] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) bt (Q) Alice Gillan (GBR,1067) 76(4) 60
[R2] (8) Zeel Desai (IND,826) bt Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND,929) 60 61
[R2] (Q) Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) bt Sabastiani Leon (MEX,1131) 64 62

[QF] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) bt (8) Zeel Desai (IND,826) 64 64
[QF] (Q) Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) l (1) Gozal Ainitdinova (KAZ,456) 16 46

[SF] (2) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,608) vs (4) Josephine Boualem (FRA,574)

Pranjala is in the semis, she defeated Zeel in the straight sets ... Jenni also reached another quarter-final as a qualifier.

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

[R1] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 830) bt Caroline Ilowska (AUT,UNR) 64 62
[R2] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 830) bt (5) Anastasiya Shoshyna (UKR,566) 64 75

[QF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 830) vs (1) Anastasia Pribylova (RUS,435)

Kanika continued with impressing her performance ... She defeated top-600 Ukrainian girl in the straight sets and again facing top-seed Pribylova in the quarters.

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