ATP/WTA Tour
Rohan Bopanna continued his very good start to 2022 season with his third ATP final. This time along with Dennis Shapavalov he reached Doha ATP final . Their run included upset of fourth seeds but fell short in the final against third seeds.
At Qatar Exxonmobil Open ATP 250, Doha
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Denis Shapavalov (CAN) d. Alex Molcan (SVK) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) 75 46 10-6
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Denis Shapavalov (CAN) d. (4) Sander Gille (BEL) / Joran Villegen (BEL) 76(7) 64
[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Denis Shapavalov (CAN) d. MacKenzie McDonald (USA) / Boltic Van de Zandschulp (NED) 64 76(2)
[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Denis Shapavalov (CAN) l. (3) Wesely Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) 67(4) 16
ATP Challenger Tour
Arjun Kadhe along with his Austrian partner were top seeds at this week’s Bengaluru Challenger and they won the title beating Indian third seeded pair and last week’s champions Ramkumar and Saketh.
In singles, 2 Indians wild cards Arjun Kadhe and Siddharth Rawat won their first round matches against fellow Indians but lost in second round after putting up a decent fight against much higher ranked opponents.
These are results of our players in Bengaluru 2 challenger-
[Q1] (1) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,364) d. Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND,877) 62 63
[Q1] (11) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,675) d. Rishi Reddy (IND,1314) 61 60
[Q1] S D Prajwal Dev (IND,965) l. (2) Andrew Harris (AUS,415) 26 67(4)
[Q1] Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,1410) d. (10) Thomas Fancutt (AUS,669) 46 75 62
[Q1] Suraj Prabodh (IND,1425) l. (3) Rio Niguchi (JPN,456) 16 67(2)
[Q1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,923) d. (5) Gabriel Decamps (BRA,467) 46 61 64
[Q1] Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,980) d, (9) Kai Wenhelt (GER,635) 36 76(9) 63
[Q1] Dheeraj Kodencha Srinivasan (IND,NR) l. (6) Vladyslav Orlov (UKR,493) 06 16
[Q1] Karan Singh (IND,1671) l. (7) Antoine Bellier (SUI,527) 57 36
[Q2] (1) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,364) d. (11) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,675) 75 16 63
[Q2] Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,1410) l. (2) Andrew Harris (AUS,415) 46 57
[Q2] Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,980) d. (3) Rio Niguchi (JPN,456) 64 67(5) 61
[Q2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,923) l. Markos Kalovelonis (GRE,948) 46 64 46
[R1] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,778) d. (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1339) 62 62
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,235) l. (1) Alexander Vucic (AUS,138) 46 26
[R1] (7) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,184) l. Mathias Bourgue (FRA,226) 64 36 26
[R1] (WC) Siddharth Rawat (IND,650) d. (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,370) 64 64
[R1] (Q) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,979) l. (3) Enzo Couacaud (FRA,155) 16 16
[R2] (WC) Siddharth Rawat (IND,650) l. (Q) Antoine Bellier (SUI,509) 46 62 46
[R2] (WC) Arjun Kadhe (IND,739) l. (3) Enzo Couacaud (FRA,155) 67(7) 57
[R1] (1) Alexander Erler (AUT) / Arjun Kadhe (IND) d. Bogdan Bobrov (RUS) /Dominik Palan (RUS) 60 63
[R1] (WC) S D Prajwal Dev (IND) / Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) d. Steven Diez (CAN) / Rio Noguchi (JPN) 62 64
[R1] Markos Kalovelonis (GRE) / Toshihide Matsui (JPN) d. Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND) / N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 75 76(3)
[R1] (4) N.Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) d. (WC) Suraj R Prabodh (IND) /Rishi Reddy (IND) 64 62
[R1] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) d. Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Divij Sharan (IND) 61 75
[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) / Purav Raja (IND) d. Thomas Fancutt (AUS) /Jason Kubler (AUS) 63 75
[QF] (1) Alexander Erler (AUT) / Arjun Kadhe (IND) d. (WC) S D Prajwal Dev (IND) / Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) 61 36 10-6
[QF] (4) N.Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) d. Markos Kalovelonis (GRE) / Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 63 46 11-9
[QF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) d. Vladyslav Orlov (UKR) / Kai Wehnelt (GER) 64 76(3)
[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) / Purav Raja (IND) l. Enzo Couacaud (FRA) / Andrew Harris (AUS) 63 26 11-13
[SF] (1) Alexander Erler (AUT) / Arjun Kadhe (IND) d. (4) N.Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 61 76(3)
[SF] (3) Saketh Myneni (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) d. Enzo Couacaud (FRA) / Andrew Harris (AUS) 64 46 10-3
[F] (1) Alexander Erler (AUT) / Arjun Kadhe (IND) d. (3) Saketh Myneni (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 63 67(4) 10-7
ITF Tour
Prarthana Thombare made her second consecutive final this time at W25 level in Porto, Portugal along with her Hungarian partner this time. They lost tamely in the final though. Still a good revival of her doubles career by Prarthana in last 2 weeks.
Karman Kaur Thandi was slated to play her second tournament in UK in Glasgow this week but retired in first round itself early in her match. Hope no serious injury. Karman has been one of our most promising players in last few years but has been beset by lot of injuries in recent years. Hope she overcomes this one faster.
Lots of other players played in W15 series currently on in India this week at Gurugram. Vaidehi
These are results of our players on ITF tour-
At W25 Porto, Portugal
[R1] (2) Prarthana Thombare (IND) / Adrienn Nagy (HUN) bye
[QF] (2) Prarthana Thombare (IND) / Adrienn Nagy (HUN) d. Baylen Brown (USA) / Sashi Kempster (GBR) 61 62
[SF] (2) Prarthana Thombare (IND) / Adrienn Nagy (HUN) d. (4) Victoria Muntean (FRA) / Alice Robbe (FRA) 63 62
[F] (2) Prarthana Thombare (IND) / Adrienn Nagy (HUN) l. (1) Valentini Grammatikopoulou (GRE) / Quirine Lemoine (NED) 26 06
At W15 Gurgram, India
R1
(1) Zeel DESAI IND d. q Vanshika CHOUDHARY IND 46 63 61
Akanksha Dileep NITTURE IND d. Nidhi CHILUMULA IND 61 46 62
q Smriti BHASIN IND d. Saumya VIG IND 61 16 61
(5) Sathwika SAMA IND d. Pratyusha RACHAPUDI IND 63 64
(4) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI IND d. Elena JAMSHIDI DEN 36 61 62
Farha Aleen QAMAR IND d. wc Anjali RATHI IND 62 61
q Pooja INGALE IND d. Shria ATTURU USA 64 76(5)
(8) Sravya Shivani CHILAKALAPUDI IND d. wc Nandini DIXIT IND 63 75
(7) Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY IND d. Arthi MUNIYAN IND 26 61 75
Humera BAHARMUS IND d. q Bela TAMHANKAR IND 75 60
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI IND d. q Suhitha MARURI IND 63 60
(3) Punnin KOVAPITUKTED THA d. q Jagmeet Kaur GREWAL IND 61 63
wc Yubarani BANERJEE IND d. (6) Mihika YADAV IND 62 64
wc Sharmada BALU IND d. Sahaja YAMALAPALLI IND 63 26 63
JR Shruti AHLAWAT IND d. Shreya TATAVARTHY IND 26 61 60
Soha SADIQ IND d. (2) Anna UREKE RUS 65 retd.
R2
(1) Zeel DESAI IND d. Akanksha Dileep NITTURE IND 67(3) 62 63
(5) Sathwika SAMA IND d. q Smriti BHASIN IND 76(1) 75
(4) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI IND d.Farha Aleen QAMAR IND 75 62
(8) Sravya Shivani CHILAKALAPUDI IND d. Pooja INGALE IND 60 62
(7) Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY IND d. Humera BAHARMUS IND 62 62
(3) Punnin KOVAPITUKTED THA d. Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI IND 60 62
wc Yubarani BANERJEE IND d. wc Sharmada BALU IND 64 61
JR Shruti AHLAWAT IND d. Soha SADIQ IND 61 60
[QF] (1) Zeel DESAI IND d. (5) Sathwika SAMA IND 61 61
[QF] (4) Vaidehi CHAUDHARI IND d. (8) Sravya Shivani CHILAKALAPUDI IND walkover
[QF] (3) Punnin KOVAPITUKTED THA d. (7) Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY IND 62 62
[QF] wc Yubarani BANERJEE IND d. JR Shruti AHLAWAT IND 64 63
[SF] Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,864) d. Zeel Desai (IND,608) 76(5) 62
[SF] Punnin Kovapitukted (THA,836) d. Yubarani Banerjee (IND,UNR) 64 62
[F] Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,864) l. Punnin Kovapitukted (THA,836) 16 26
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Humera Baharmus upset top seeds Kovapitukted and Ureke 6-3 1-6 10-3 in the final of the ITF $15 Gurugram Futures.
First ITF title for both Shrivalli and Humera.
At W25 Cancun, Mexico
[R1] Riya Bhatia (IND,443) l. (8) Sachia Vickery (USA,261) 57 16
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