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Great to see 17 year old Kriish, 19 year old Aryan and 21 year old Karan make the SF of M25 futures.

From not being ranked at all, Kriish now will at least go to 1200's with 8 points and into top 15 ATP ranked players under 18 years although that will be only for a month as he completes 18 in ...

^^^ 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.

^^^ After few withdrawals, Manas will now make the main draw at next week's M25 in Santa Margherita Di Paula in Italy. This is good as it looks like from the second week onwards in this M25 series there, the entry list gets much tougher. Currently, Manas in only 20th in qualifying draw in second ...

Prarthana and Zheng are thru to the SF of WTA 125 Megasaray Hotels Open in Antalya, Turkey with a 76(6) 61 win in the QF over Dalma Galfii of Hungary and Kamila Rakhimova of Russia.

One sided 1-6 0-6 loss for Sumit against 61st ranked Darderi.

Yes, nice to see all those youngsters moving thru to the QF. But, now is the real test playing against higher or similar ranked foreign player. Getting wins against those will count for key points especially for Karan and Aryan, I am not expecting Chirag and Kriish to win. They have already done ...

Yes, Asian players are doing well. But, when will India join the bandwagon ?

Hopefully, Maaya is getting to hit with Ela at Rafa Nadal academy.

If he continues in this manner, he should rise further soon. I think he has an ATP title (250 points) to defend in April but the 860 points he has earned in the last month or gives him a nice foundation to rise further especially with several Masters (1000) and 2 GS (2000) in the next 3 months ...

Syndrela !!! What a name for an Indian girl. Hope she makes a name for herself in Table Tennis.

Incredible run at Miami by 19 year old Pilipino Alexandra Ela. She beat Ostapenko in second round, Australian open champion Medison Keys in third round and now world #2 Iga Swiatech in the QF to reach the SF.

Looks like she is an amazing talent and trains at Rafa Nadal academy since last 5-6 years ...

Yuki and Borges lost a very close one in QF.

[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/Nuno Borges (POR) l. (6) Julien Cash (GBR)/Lloyd Glasspool(GBR) 67(1) 63 8-10

Watched the match and Yuki is now playing at a very high level and his serve is also showing so much improvement. I am sure if he plays like this ...

Yes, I saw Arjun getting badly injured during a challenger match in late October playing along with Rithvik which was just a couple of week after they had won an ATP 250 title. He had to be carried I think after he badly twisted something during the rally. That was unfortunate. Arjun might be ...

Sumit starts with a good win.

At Naples Challenger 125, Italy (Clay)

[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,139) d. Duje Ajdukoviv (CRO,167) 76(6) 64

Likely tough match against top seed Darderi next.

So, if Maaya is still in the entry list in Bulgaria after 2 days, we can assume that she is not coming back to India for BJKC cup which is in same week.


As you predicted Maaya has withdrawn from J300 Plovdiv Bulgaria today, this almost confirms she would be in India for BJKC cup , which I ...

^^^ To me, Yuki now deserves a better partner than Olivetti who I think does not have the game to be a top 20 doubles player. I may be wrong. Lets see.