Rutuja Bhosale wins singles title at ITF $15K Egypt, Divij Sharan QFist at ATP 250 Astana : Week of 26th Oct – Indian Tennis Roundup

ATP Challenger tour
Our players did not have a good run at the challenger level this week as our top 3 singles players lost in first round of their respective challenger. That after Ramkumar missed 3 match points in his match and Prajnesh had won the first set in his match. Not much success in doubles too there.

These are their results this week –

At Hamburg Challenger 80, Germany

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,131) l. Hugo Gaston (FRA,162) 57 14 retd.

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,145) l. (Q) Tobias Kamke (GER,235) 63 46 16

Sumit Nagal in action during the Hamburg Challenger (Photo – DTB/Claudio Gaertner)

Prajnesh Gunneswaran in action during the Hamburg Challenger (Photo – DTB/Claudio Gaertner)

At Marbella Challenger 80,Spain (Clay)

[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,205) l. Carlos Taberner (ESP,158) 63 57 67(4)

Our doubles pairs Ramkumar- Purav Raja and Balaji with his partner Margaroli lost early. Ramkumar and Purav are not having a good run since getting back together on the circuit in last 3 weeks.

Ramkumar and Taberner during the coin toss

ATP tour

Divij and Rohan with their respective partners played at new ATP tournament in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Divij won a round before losing in the quarter finals while Rohan lost in first round.

At $337K Astana Open 2020, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

[R1] Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) d. Ariel Behar (URU)/ Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) 75 46 10-6

[QF] Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (2) Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 36 57

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Frederik Nielsen (DEN) l Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/ Tomislav Brkic (BIH) 76(5) 67(3) 5-10

ITF Tour
Ankita Raina qualified thru to main draw of $80K ITF tournament in Tyler, Texas but lost in first round of main draw against the 4^th seed.

Big success story was Rutuja Bhosale who was playing her first tournament since Fed Cup in March in Sharm El Sheikh. She won the title there losing only 1 set on the way. This is Rutuja’s third ITF title after winning 2 titles in 2017.

Rutuja Bhosale with the ITF $15K Singles title at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt

Ankita Raina in action at the picturesque venue in Tyler, Texas, USA

These are results of our players on the ITF tour-

At $80K ITF Women, Tyler, Texas, USA
[Q1] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,179) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR,288) 61 61

[Q2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,179) d. Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (FRA,253) 62 60

[R1] (Q) (5) Ankita Raina (IND,179) l. (4) Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov (ESP,101) 57 26

At $15K ITF Women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,451) d. Bianca Jolie Fernandez (CAN,1151) 64 62
[R2] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,451) d. Maria Timofeeva (RUS,665) 76(6) 61

[QF] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,451) d. Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (EGY,721) 62 61

[SF] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,451) d. Romana Cisovska (SVK,1214) 46 64 75

[F] (5) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,451) d. Anna Siskova (CZE,579) 63 75

At $15K ITF Men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,665) l. Francesco Vilardo (ITA,755) 46 46

[R1] (7) Sidharth Rawat (IND,451) l. Oleksii Krutykh (UKR,574) 76(5) 36 26