Friday, October 06, 2017

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2018,

The ITF board introduced new rule changes for Davis Cup matches ... A two-day format and best-of-three-set matches will be trialled in Davis Cup by BNP Paribas in 2018 in all Zone Group I and II ties starting with the first round ties in February ... The two-day format in Zone Groups I and II will see two singles matches played on Day 1, and the doubles match followed by the two reverse singles matches on Day 2 ... The ITF Board has also approved a trial to increase the size of teams in the World Group and Zone Groups I and II from four to a maximum of five players to give nations greater flexibility in team selection.

At $6.3M China WTA Open, Beijing (Premier)

[QF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) bt (5) Katerina Siniakova (CZE)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) 46 62 10-7

[SF] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Shuai Peng (CHN) vs (1) Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/ Martina Hingis (SUI)

Sania-Shuai scored an excellent comeback win over their Czech opponents ... Next, they r facing their nemesis, Hingis and Chan.

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

[R1] Kanika Vaidya (IND,898) bt Alena Yurchenko (RUS,UNR) 60 62
[R2] Kanika Vaidya (IND,898) bt (2) Nastja Kolar (SLO,529) 61 75

[QF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) bt (5) Britt Geukens (BEL,607) 46 60 64

[SF] Kanika Vaidya (IND, 898) vs Arlinda Rushiti (SUI,898)

Kanika in the semis with comeback win over top-600 type Belgian opponent ... Before this in the second round, Kanika scored impressive win over former WR #178 ranked Nastja Kolar in the straight sets ... In the semis, she is facing same ranked young Swiss girl.

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

[R1] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,531) bt Yuqi Sheng (CHN,1110) 61 76(3)
[R1] Ramya Natarajan (IND,1032) bt Rishika sunkara (IND,1053) 62 60
[R1] (8) Natasha Palha (IND,750) bt Teertha Iska (IND,UNR) 60 62
[R1] Nidhi Chilumula (IND,857) bt Linnea Malmqvist (SWE,711) 36 76(6) 60
[R1] (5) Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND,684) bt Jiakang Li (CHN,1211) 63 61
[R1] Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) bt Dan Ni Wang (CHN,867) 64 62

[R2] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,531) vs Ramya Natarajan (IND,1032) 64 2-0 (suspended)
[R2] (5) Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND,684) vs Rushri Wijesundera (USA,1134) 2-5 (suspended)
[R2] Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) bt (8) Natasha Palha (IND,750) 60 63
[R2] Nidhi Chilumula (IND,857) bt Tamara Barad Itzhaki (ISR,UNR) 64 61

[QF] Jennifer Luikham (IND,UNR) vs (4) Tamara Curovic (SRB,644)
[QF] Nidhi Chilumula (IND,857) vs (2) Josephine Boualem (FRA,606)

Impressive win by young Jennifer against her senior compatriot in dominating fashion ... Next, she is facing tough match against top-650 Serbian player.

At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Lisbon, Portugal

[Q1] Nandini SHARMA (IND,UNR) bt Lian TRAN (NED,UNR) 76(5) 64
[Q2] Nandini SHARMA (IND,UNR) bt Catarina Castro CERQUEIRA (POR,UNR) 64 64

[R1] (Q) Nandini SHARMA (IND,UNR) bt (8) Ainhoa ATUCHA GOMEZ (ESP,679) 64 61
[R2] (Q) Nandini SHARMA (IND,UNR) bt (LL) Beatriz PACILETTI DUARTE DA COSTA (POR,UNR) 61 60

[QF] (Q) Nandini SHARMA (IND,UNR) l (4) Romy KOELZER (GER,556) 46 62 26

Excellent performance by young Nandini Sharma as she lost in the quarters against top-600 German player after qualifying for this ITF tournament.

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