Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Tennis News

At Davis Cup 2018 - Asia / Oceania 2nd Round, Tianjin, China

India will take on China on outdoor hard courts at the Tianjin Tennis Centre in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania second round tie on April 6 and 7.

At € 2M ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament 2018, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Karen Khachanov (RUS)/ Lucas Pouille (FRA) 46 76(5) 5-10

In the match of big servers, Rohan-Edouard lost in the match tie-break ... After losing the first set they tried comeback winning the second set tie-break ... But failed to keep momentum and lost four points in a row from 5-6 to lose the match.

At $748K New York Open 2018, USA

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Scot Lipsky (USA) l Ryan Harrison (USA) / Steve Johnson (USA) 57 36

Divij-Scott lost in the first round against Americans in the straight sets.

At $50K+H Chennai Challenger 2018, India

[R1] (WC) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,876) l Danilo Petrovic (SRB,250) 46 26
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,242) l Pedro Martinez (ESP,252) 16 46
[R1] (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1367) bt Ivan Nedelko (RUS,275) 36 5-4 retd. (Nedelko - Dehydration)
[R1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,112) bt Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP,270) 61 76(3)

[R2] (Q) Arjun Kadhe (IND,565) vs Mohamed Safwat (EGY,218)
[R2] (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,1367) vs (3) Duckhee Lee (KOR,207)
[R2] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,112) vs (Q) Siddharth Rawat (IND,533)

Doubles
[R1] (WC) Kunal Anand (IND)/ Anvit Bendre (IND) bt Nikola Cacic (SRB)/ Ivan Nedelko (RUS) 2-0 retd. (Nedelko - Dehydration)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND) 76(3) 61
[R1] Pedro Martinez (ESP)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) l Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 36 retd. (Martinez - Gastro)

[QF] Kunal Anand (IND)/ Anvit Bendre (IND) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[QF] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Cem Ilkel (TUR)/ Danilo Petrovic (SRB)
[QF] (4) Luca Margaroli (SUI)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Mohamed Safwat (EGY)
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Alessandro Bega (ITA)/ Kimmer Coppejanes (BEL)

Only Yuki and Abhinav, who again got lucky as his opponent retired but importantly he kept fighting till late of the second set, won their matches on the second day ... This turn to be terrible challenger for Indian contingent as only 4 players moved into the second round from 13 players ... In that, our two seeded players - Sumit and Prajnesh - lost cheaply in the first round ... I am thoroughly disappointed seeing our players performance in their home challenger.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Perth, Australia

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,278) vs Gabriella Taylor (GBR,277)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Valeria Savinykh (RUS) vs Chihiro Muramatsu (JPN)/ Ayano Shimizu (JPN)

A tough match for Karman against in-form Taylor, who won two titles in her last two tournaments.

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