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Yes, it's very nice to have a cohort of 5 youngsters on the men's singles side who look as if they will credibly provide the next hope for Indian men's tennis. On the women's side we had Sahaja, Shrivalli and Vaidehi (admittedly all a bit older than this men's cohort) and 15 year old Maaya ...

^^^ That is a bit harsh. Players have come back from worst phases than this and Sumit is only 27 and still has at least 4-5 years good tennis left in him barring major injuries.

Next he is playing Marrakech ATP 250 qualies over the weekend.


^^ Very true, we over react sometimes and it's fine ...

Aryan, Karan, and Chirag play higher seeds. I am hoping Aryan pulls through ... and others will be gravy.


No, Karan plays a lower seed. We should be hoping to have 3 Indians in the singles SF. If Chirag can beat Jay Clarke, it will be icing on the cake.


If Aryan can beat 3rd seed then it ...

Sahaja started with an easy win this week.

At W50 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Hard)

[R1] Sahaja Yamlapalli (IND,312) d. (WC) Tara Malik (USA,1362) 60 62

Tough match next,

[R2] Sahaja Yamlapalli (IND,312) vs. (3) Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL,198)


Sahaja loses second round match against ...

^^ Yes he got injured few months ago, saw a video of him doing rehab and working on his come back, I guess mostly will see him again from April

Watched some parts of the match, I feel it's tough for Kriish to make much progress in pro circuit with current game style, no power game , just keeps getting balls back, first serve is good but second serve is pathetic, most times ball barely makes to other side... Hope he proves me wrong



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Kriish beat Hitesh in straight sets 6-3, 7-6

It was a good battle in the second set as Kriish was serving for the match and got broken at 5-4 having two match points. Hitesh had set points at 6-5 but couldn’t convert them. It seemed very hot out there.


Watched some parts of the match, I feel ...

^^^ Yes, she is but those are still early entry list where withdrawal deadline has not yet passed. We will know with at least reasonable assurance that she will play there when her name is still there after withdrawal deadline is over. For J300 Plovdiv Bulgaria, we should know by Tuesday night ...

^^ For Monte Carlo Yuki is partnering again with Popyrin, they had great chemistry in Dubai open , nice to see them get back together again. But the problem with singles players is if they go deep in singles then doubles becomes second priority but still believe this partnership would work in bigger ...

^^Yuki physically looking in great shape as well, which is rubbing of in his game, now he has played last 4 tournaments with 4 different partners and still did great and achieved carrier high doubles rankings. Popyrin losing singles early helped to fully focus on doubles in Dubai open , now Nuno ...

If she has to come back to India for Billie Jenes cup as reserved player, mostly she would not be able to play any tournament before cut-off rankings, if I understand correctly


The cut-off date for French open juniors entry is 29th April. So, even if Maaya has to come back to India for BJKC ...

What is top 300 player Jay Clarke doing in M15 tournament ? Hope some Indian takes him out.



Good question. Jay Clarke obviously loves playing in India, where he had some of his earliest successes. His career hasn't quite got to where it should have, so he probably wants to rejuvenate it ...

Naples challengers 125 singles draw , Nagal has tough one second round onwards, provided he wins first round*

^^ Aryan wins first set 6-3 against top seed Jay Clarke and is on serve 3-2 in second set .


Aryan Loses second set 7-6 (5) , so many mini breaks .
Into deciding set now

^^ Does WTA rankings help her to secure French open juniors Maindraw? With rankings around 65 wouldn't be able to make it to Maindraw through juniors rankings.

If she has to come back to India for Billie Jenes cup as reserved player, mostly she would not be able to play any tournament before cut ...