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We have had separate threads for the Shanghai Masters, but there will be a few more Asian tournaments in Kazakhstan, China, etc. that are smaller than Masters. So here is a thread, for which we start with the Almaty Open, where there are 3 pairs with Indian interest (including one fully Indian pair...

Shrivalli lost in a tough 3 setter. [F] (1) Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (IND,318) l. (2) Jessie Aney (USA,541) 63 36 67(6) Shrivalli missed a matchpoints at 6-5, 40-30 in third set on Aney serve, than went down 4 match points 2-6 in the tie break, saved all 4 of them only to lose the next 2 poin...

These are results of under 16 and under 14 champioships- Boys: U-16: Final: Samarth Sahita bt Karan Thapa 6-3, 6-4; Semifinals: Samarth bt Prateek Sheoran 6-3, 6-1; Karan bt Aashravya Mehra 6-2, 6-1; Doubles: Final: Aditya Mor & Samarth bt Hruthik Katakam & Prakaash Sarran 5-7, 6-4, [10-5]. ...

This finishes Diya's excellent run in Ghana with an 18-2 record, two titles and two runner-up finishes. She will now move up to right around #600, as the third best 15 year old from India, behind Maaya at 137 and HarithaSree at #483... Diya moved up bout 1400 spots in junior rankings in just 4 week...

Nitin Kumar Sinha lost in the doubles final.

Next week at M15, SidV and Karan have pulled out. Good that Karan takes a break after playing 5 straight weeks. Dev Javia, Yuvan Nandal and Raghav Jaisinghani will be seeds next week.

Yes, I have heard about Tanvi Patri too. So, we have some exciting talent coming up in women, next couple of years will show if they have it in them to reach Saina/Sindhu level.

Just saw that there is 1 more withdrawal from main draw at Macon W100. So now Sahaja will surely make it to main draw.

This Biryukov is only 22 year old, so we could not be discussing him for long time.

Top 2 seeds make it to the final here. [SF] (1) Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (IND,318) d. (4) Riya Bhatia (IND,902) 63 62 [SF] (2) Jessie Aney (USA,541) d. (Q) Arunkumar Lakshmi Prabha (IND,ITF-1200) 61 60 So, top 2 seeds make it to the final. Shrivalli has 6 points to defend this week from SF in...

Dev lost in the QF to end our challenge here in singles.

At the ITF M25 in Kampala, Uganda (Clay),

[QF] (6) Dev Javia (IND,793) l. (1) Corentin Dennoly (FRA,416) 46 46

In doubles, Nitin Kumar Sinha has reached the final with his American partner.

Moving on too World junior Champ. which is going on, Tanvi Sharma made it to QF and will face reigning Asian Junior champ Xu Wen Xing (CHN). Pretty insane as she is only 15. QF match is in 2-3 hours. Anmol Kharb also won 2 international level titles back 2 back few weeks ago. But she hasn't partici...

Unfortunately the matches had to be moved to indoor hard courts yesterday and it looked like it actually hampered the game of our players. Both Kriish and Rethin lost in the singles SF in straight sets. Anyway, Kriish has made sure to make it main draw of Australian open juniors 2025. Looks like Ret...

^^^ I guess we cannot be so sure of that. In this week's W75 in Edmond, all 4 semi finalists are ranked below Sahaja. So, if 2 of them who reach final here decide to take up that special exempt spot at Macon than Sahaja may have to play qualies. We will see.

Yes, I watched the first set where Sahaja got back from 3-5 down with some brilliant play and in the end looked the better player to take the tie break in that set eventually. But, lost serve at the start of second set with some loose play. Got the break back immediately but again got broken for 2-3...

Sumit has got into main draw at Stockholm ATP 250 next week. This is again on indoor hard courts, not easy for Sumit to win when he is among last couple of direct acceptances. Lets hope he gets a decent draw.