US Open
After some time, we had 3 Indians in main draw of a grand slam at US open this year in qualifying- Sumit Nagal in men and Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi in women.
Sumit got a tough draw against a top 100 player- Taro Daniel from Japan and he lost after putting up a decent fight particularly in second set.
Karman Kaur Thandi was on the verge of creating a big upset against 118th ranked French girl Oceane Dodin when she led 63 53 but lost from that position in 3 sets.
Ankita Raina though created an upset win in second qualifying round and made it to final qualifying round where she lost against Sweede Bjorklund.
These are results of our players at US open-
At US Open, New York, USA
[Q1] Sumit Nagal (IND,190) l. (4) Taro Daniel (JPN,95) 36 57
[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,182) d. Miriam Bulgaru (BEL,214) 63 75
[Q1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,211) l. (18) Oceane Dodin (FRA,118) 63 57 36
[Q2] Ankita Raina (IND,182) d. (14) Aliona Bolsova (ESP,114) 64 63
[Q3] Ankita Raina (IND,182) l. Mirjam Bjorklund (SWE,155) 26 26
ATP tour
Pair of Vijay Sunder Prashanth and Anirudh Chandrasher made it in as altenates to Winston Salem ATP 250 main draw but lost to in first round against an experienced Australian pair.
At Winston Salem ATP 250, USA
[R1] Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l. Mathew Ebden (AUS) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 46 06
ATP Challenger Tour
Not much success on challenger tour this week.
These are results of our players on challenger tour this week-
At Prague 3 Challenger 50, Czech Republic (Clay)
[Q1] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,668) d. (7) Gabriele Piraino (ITA,501) 75 63
[Q2] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,668) l. (3) Gabriel Debru (FRA,377) 16 06
[R1] (4) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) / Adam Taylor (AUS) vs. Javier Barranco Cosano (ESP) / Carlos Lopez Montagud (ESP)
At Augsburg Challenger 50, Germany (Clay)
[R1] (4) Purav Raja (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l. Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine (FRA) / Volodoymyr Uzhylovskyi (UKR) 67(5) 63 8-10
[R1] David Pichler (AUT) / Parikshit Somani (IND) l. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna (ARG) /Juan Bautista Torres (ARG) 67(6) 57
ITF Tour
On the mens ITF tour, Rishab Agarwal made it his first M25 final before losing to Hungarian 5th seed in final.
At the Tainan M25,Taiwan (Clay)
[R1] (2) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,552) d. (Q) Ke Hau Hung (TPE,NR), 64 62
[R1] (6) Rishab Agarwal (IND,764) d. (WC) Ching-Mou Yu (TPE,ITF-1658), 26 61 64
[R1] Rishi Reddy (IND,1358) l. (Q) Jesse Delaney (AUS,1493), 46 36
[R2] (2) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,552) d. Lucio Carnevalle (ARG,1168), 62 62
[R2] (6) Rishab Agarwal (IND,764) d. (Q) Jesse Delaney (AUS,1493), 67(4) 62 64
[QF] (6) Rishab Agarwal (IND,764) d. (2) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,552) 26 63 64
[SF] (6) Rishab Agarwal (IND,764) d. Kazuki Nishiwaki (JPN,899) 75 63
[F] (6) Rishab Agarwal (IND,764) l. (5) Matyas Fuele (HUN, 715) 26 26
In Thailand M15, Siddhant Banthia created an upset beating 7th seeded American in first round but lost in second round.
At Nakhon Si Thammarat M15
[R1] Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,932) l. (Q) Omar Fields (AUS,1678), 57 16
[R1] (LL) Ishaque Eqbal (IND,1056) l. (3) Kasidit Samrej (THA,680), 45 57
[R1] (Q) Siddhant Banthia (IND,1193) d. (7) Gage Brymer (USA,753), 76(3) 63
[R2] (Q) Siddhant Banthia (IND,1193) l. (Q) Collin Altamirano (USA,1463), 57 26
On womens tour, Vaidehi Chaudhari and Rutuja Bhosale both made it to second round at Hongkong.
At W40 Hongkong (Hard)
[R1] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,512) d. (Q) Hanyu Guo (CHN,563), 46 61 40 RET.
[R1] Rutuja Bhosle (IND,333) d. (Q) Daria Kudashova (RUS,496), 76(4) 63
[R2] (Q) Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND,512) l. (6) Kyoka Okamura (JPN,286), 57 64 16
[R2] Rutuja Bhosle (IND,333) l. (3) En Shuo Liang (TPE,284), 36 63 16
At Nakhon Si Thammarat W15
[R1] Humera Baharmus (IND,854) l. Lisa-Marie Rioux (JPN,891), 57 06
[R1] Jennifer Luikham (IND,919) l. Anri Nagata (JPN,1127), 46 46
[R1] (Q) Prathyusha Rachapudi (IND,ITF-1641) l. (1) Anchisa Chanta (THA,480), 26 46
[R1] Sandeepti Singh Rao (IND,1080) d. (3) Gozal Ainitdinova (KAZ,600), 61 60
[R2] Sandeepti Singh Rao (IND,1080) l. (Q) Meng Yi Chen (CHN,1289), 26 64 26
