Thursday, February 08, 2018

Tennis News

At the Fed Cup 2018 - Asia/Oceania Group I, New Delhi, India

Pool A
India l Kazakhstan 1-2

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,284) l Zarina Diyas (KAZ,55) 36 26
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,253) bt Yulia Putintseva (KAZ,81) 63 16 64.
[R3] Prarthana Thombare / Ankita Raina l Yulia Putintseva / Zarina Diyas 06 46

Ankita continues with her purple patch as she scored another upset win, this time she defeated top-100 Kazakh girl Yulia Putintseva in three sets ... Before that, Karman lost against Kazakh's top-50 type Zarina Diyas in the straight sets ... Again we lost our doubles match as Kazakhs proved better pair, if Sania has played this then we had good opportunity for upset due to Ankita's performance.

At $561K Sofia Open 2018, Bulgaria

[QF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Romain Arneodo (MON)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 64 67(4) 10-5

[SF] Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (4) Robin Haase (NED)/ Matwe Middelkoop (NED)

Divij and Scott r in the semis with the match tie-break win over Arneodo and Weissborn ... Divij-Scott had two match points on Weissborn's serve in the 12th game of the second set ... They missed that and lost the tie-break, but they recovered to win the match tie-break comfortbly ... Next, they r facing the 4th seed Dutch pair.

At $100K San Francisco Challenger 2018, California, USA

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Dennis Novikov (USA)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) 46 61 11-9

[SF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs (2) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR)

Jeevan-Chris scored a comeback win over Novikov and Oliveira after losing the first set ... In the semis, they r facing 2nd seed British pair.

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