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Dinesh wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:15 pm Both FQR matches are tough for our players. Guo used to be ranked in the top-280 before Covid.

Good call on Guo. She took out Rutuja, the top seed in the qualies, 60 64, and then just took out the main draw top seed Uchijima 62 61 too. She must be in great form.

Manas gets back to the junior circuit in 2 weeks time at the J200 (grade 2) at Cap d'Ail, France (clay) starting on April 3rd. Currently 6th in the entry list there. [As reported in other threads, he is playing the Monastir M15 with main draw junior exempt direct entry for this week and the next. Th...

Not sure if any of the above four could have benefited from college. My guess is, probably not. They are/were all technically sound for the most part, and generally well-developed as all-round individuals too. I think there were others who probably could have benefited and we could have had a player...

^^^ ... Maybe be he rode in on a motorbike with a Steppenwolf jacket and they had to give him a wildcard. He was born to be wild...

There was Manisha Malhotra, who played Olympics doubles with Ankita, who went to US college too (Univ. of Tennesseee, iirc). Manisha became a big contributor to Indian sports later though, even if her tennis did not go much further. That is also important. US colleges can prepare you to be modern in...

It is a good team made up of the top 3 in Indian rankings, and all are from TN. Maaya and Harithasree are very good and the best (#1 and #3 in the AITA 14s rankings at age 13; Harithasree just turned 14). Diya, the youngest among the three, has not played ITF events but is #2 in the rankings from AI...

At the Challenger 100 in Biel, SUI (Hard)

[R1] (4) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) d. (WC) Mika Brunold (SUI)/ Dylan Dietrich (SUI), 61 62

I think he is jaded mentally and needs a break, find a partner, get married , and repurpose himself in life before he considers rejoining the tour. He shouldn’t be playing if he is not 100% committed. I think getting married is a good idea. That will be a distraction normally, but in his case, I th...

^^ Thanks. Actually she is Ankita's doubles partner too (they lost in the R1 there yesterday). But the opponent's quality is not really Sahaja's problem in these matches. She loses because she beats herself with too many double faults and unforced errors. Leonie looked very beatable. There were so m...

5th seed Sahaja got upset by the 15th seed Leonie Kung (SUI,670) at the Jakarta W25 qualies final. Lost 57 46. Again, 8 double faults in the match. At 4-4 in the second, just at the wrong time, she served two of them and got broken. So many errors in her shots too. Her game is now a total mess. It i...

Almost no decent player trains in India these days. They have no faith in AITA and Indian coaches. So, those who can afford go to academies in Europe (mostly) and US. Those who cannot afford go to Thailand. That is our real problem. At least a few of the guys with some backing and support manage to...

I saw Sahaja's match. Played a little better than in other recent matches, but not yet at last year's levels. At least she had gotten over the DF problem for this match. She only had 4 of those in the match - and they were not of the "WTF" variety that makes you go "what the hell is wrong with you S...

I was about to talk about that. The best thing is that these two seem to be good friends and can train against each other. Somebody like AITA need to really get behind these two kids. We have no time to waste.

Yes, Yuvan looks physically strong. He can transition faster to pros. That is why I have been a bit more up on him than Aryan in the last few months even when Aryan was ahead on rankings, ever since I saw his match against Campana Lee in the Korean J2. He looked more physically ready (thick legs! :...

Congrats Yuvan! Here is an article from Kuching, Malaysia, with pictures of Yuvan and Aryan after the final. You can see why I felt Yuvan is ready for the pro tour. He is physically a step ahead of typical Indian players. Aryan is as tall, or maybe a tad bit taller but need to work on his legs for s...