Weekly Roundup 2020.02.24: Lean week for Indian players on the Pro tour

It turned out to be rather lean week for Indian players on the mens side. On the womens side our best players took a break for week in preparation of fed cup next week.

These are their summarised results this week on Challenger tour-

At $54K+H Columbus Challenger 2020, Ohio, USA

[R1] (9) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,180) l. (Q) Zhe Li (CHN,208), 67(7) 67(3)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) d. Alexander Cozbinov (MDA)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 63 64
[R1] (WC) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l. (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA), 57 46
[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l. (4) Treat Huey (PHI)/ Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 36 26

At €92K+H Pau Challenger 2020, France

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) d.(PR) Arthur De Greef (BEL,288) 67(5) 76(3) 76(2)
[R1] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,127) bye
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Adil Shamasdin (CAN) l. Antonio Sancic (CRO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT), 16 57

[R2] (3) Sumit Nagal (IND,127) l. Hugo Grenier (FRA,250) 16 61 36
[R2] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,279) l (8) Lukas Lacko (SVK,168) 46 67(3)

These are results on ATP tour-

At $2.95M Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships 2020, UAE

[Q1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) d.(WC) Lukas Rosol (CZE)/ Viktor Troicki (SRB) 64 75
[Q2] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) l (1) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 36 63 6-10

[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,125) l. (Q) Dennis Novak (AUT,95) 46 36
[R1] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) d. (2) Ivan Dodig(CRO)/ Filip Polasek (SVK) 64 63

[R2] (WC) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l. (Q) Henri Kontinen (FIN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER), 36 36

At $674K Chile Dove Men+Care Open 2020, Santiago, Chile (Clay)

[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) d. Thiago Monteiro (BRA)/ Fernando Romboli (BRA) 76(5) 76(2)
[QF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l. Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)/ Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP), 36 63 [4-10]

Photo credits: Jim Rydel/Matias Donoso Chile Open 2020

At $2.9M Qatar Total Open 2020, Doha, Qatar

[R1] (WC) Caroline Garcia (FRA)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (WC) Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR)/ Laura Siegemund (GER) 46 57

ITF Futures

Manish Sureshkumar and Vinayak Kaza lost in the first round of the ITF $15K Futures in Monastir, Tunisia.

Young Terence Das, coming back after a long hiatus, made it to R2 of the ITF $15K event in Portugal with a couple of impressive wins. Arjun Kadhe lost in R1.

At $15K futures, Vale Do Lobo, Portugal (Hard)

[Q1] Terence Das (IND,1918) d. (4) Filipe Brandao (BRA,1194) 64 64
[Q2] Terence Das (IND,1918) d. Anton Desyatnik (RUS,1332) 63 64
[Q3] Terence Das (IND,1918) l. (10) Juan Pablo Canas Garcia (ESP,1294) 36 46

[R1] (LL) Terence Das (IND,1918) d. Alberto Barroso Campos (ESP,858) 64 75
[R1] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,667) l. Arthur Cazaux (FRA,1080) 75 36 46

[R2] (LL) Terence Das (IND,1918) l. (5) Sebastian Fanselow (GER,522), 36 06