Tennis News

At €7.1M Mutua Madrid Masters 2018, Munich, Germany

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,120) l (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA,74) 46 36

Doubles
[R1] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bye

With a single break in both sets helped Herbert to beat RamK in straight sets.

In the doubles, Rohan-Edouard r seeded and they have a bye in the first round.

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At $75K+H Karshi Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[Q1] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418) bt Mikhail Elgin (RUS,834) 63 52 retd.
[Q1] (8) Siddharth Rawat (IND,509) bt (WC) Sanetulla Kutubaev (UZB,NR) 64 61
[Q1] (5) Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,468) bt Timur Khabubilin (KAZ,785) 57 63 60

[Q2] (2) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418) vs Luca Margaroli (SUI,824)
[Q2] (8) Siddharth Rawat (IND,509) vs Marek Gengel (CZE,724)
[Q2] (5) Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,468) vs Oleksander Bielinsky (UKR,877)

Mukund, Sid and VSP r in the second qualifying round with contrasting wins.

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At $25K+H Nigeria F3 Futures 2018, Abuja

Singles Final
(4) Arjun Kadhe (IND,397) l Joao Magalhaes Hueb de Menezes (BRA,394) 36 16

In-form Joao proved too strong for Arjun in his one-sided loss ... Still, this was better week as he reached in the final.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Cairo, Egypt

[SF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,997) l (1) Nuria PARRIZAS-DIAZ (ESP,441) 46 16

Snehadevi lost in straight sets against the top-seed Spanish girl.

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At $15K ITF Women's Tennis Tournament 2017, Hua Hin, Thailand

[R1] (5) Zeel DESAI (IND,683) bt (Q) Jiakang LI (CHN,1211) 61 60
[R2] (5) Zeel DESAI (IND,683) bt Natasha PALHA (IND,939) 62 62
[QF] (5) Zeel DESAI (IND,683) bt (Q) Xinyu CAI (CHN,UNR) 60 60

[SF] (5) Zeel DESAI (IND,683) l (3) Nudnida LUANGNAM (THA, 606) 46 06

Doubles
[R1] Zeel DESAI (IND)/ Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) bt Mariana CORREA (ECU)/ Chang LIU (CHN) 63 75
[QF] Zeel DESAI (IND)/ Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) bt (3) Patcharin CHEAPCHANDEJ (THA)/ Alexandra WALTERS (AUS) 64 64
[SF] Zeel DESAI (IND)/ Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) bt Lorraine M. GUILLERMO (USA)/ Natasha PALHA (IND) 62 64

Women's Doubles Final
Zeel DESAI (IND)/ Bunyawi THAMCHAIWAT (THA) bt Yuqi SHENG (CHN)/ Aldila SUTJIADI (INA) 75 61

In Thailand ITF, Zeel reached in the semis of singles and lost against experienced Luangnam in straight sets ... In the doubles, she lifted title partnering Thai girl Bunyawi Thamchaiwat without losing a single set.

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At $15K Uganda F1 Futures 2018, Kampala

[R1] (8) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1161) bt (Q) Vasisht CHERUKU (IND,1949) 76(5) 75
[R2] (8) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1161) bt Giovani SAMAHA (LBN,1295) 67(8) 62 63
[QF] (8) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1161) bt Kunal ANAND (IND,1168) 64 36 75

[SF] (8) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1161) l (1) Ivan NEDELKO (RUS,267) 26 67(3)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Giovani SAMAHA (LBN) bt Niklas JOHANSSON (SWE)/ Christoffer SOLBERG (SWE) 64 76(3)
[QF] (2) Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Giovani SAMAHA (LBN) bt Duncan MUGABE (UGA)/ Hassan NDAYISHIMIYE (BDI) 64 62
[SF] (2) Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Giovani SAMAHA (LBN) bt (4) Darko BOJANOVIC (BIH)/ Shunsuke WAKITA (JPN) 67(4) 75 10-7

Doubles Final
(2) Kunal ANAND (IND)/ Giovani SAMAHA (LBN) bt (1) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)/ Goran MARKOVIC (SRB) 63 26 10-8

Vinayak reached in the semis before losing to top-seed Nedelko ... In the doubles, Vinayak and his partner lost in the final against Kunala Anand and his partner.