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Only Arjun/Jeevan made the SF there in Murcia. A disappointing outcome for the other 2 (1.5) pairs with Indian interest. [QF] Arjun Kadhe/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND/IND) d. 2-Petros Tsitsipas/Bart Stevens (GRE/NZL) 64 62 [QF] Anirudh Chandrasekar/N.VijaySundar Prashanth (IND/IND) l. Luca Margaroli/S...

Really nice to see so many Indian youngsters (fresh ones particularly) coming through this week in Chandigarh. Humdinger going on between 20 year old Chirag Duhan and India #2 Ramkumar Ramanathan: [QF] 2- Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND, 351) d. Chirag Duhan (IND, 1297) 46 62 64 It is currently on serve, 4...

Ajay Mandal has decent numbers for Chhattisgarh, but he should change IPL sides if he wants to play regularly (or even occasionally). As long as CSK have Jadeja, they have no reason to play Mandal.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if 3 of the four singles semifinalists turn out to be Indians? I have a hunch they will be! There are a couple of Indian pairs in the doubles SF too -- 2-Vishnu/Manish and 3-Siddhant/Karan -- and they play each other, so we are assured of one Indian pair being in the doubles...

For a change, the IPL this year will be a 2-month long trial for the T20I World Cup squad. I think the first thing we will all be looking out for is whether the reconstructed body of Rishabh Pant is performing as well as his pre-injury performances/promise. If he is, then a lot falls into place -- a...

Sorry to see that Manish could not repeat his victory over the same player (top seed this week, second seed last week). Perhaps he has been playing too many matches -- and of course his opponent had a lot of time to regroup after losing in R1 to Manish last week.

Murcia Challenger [R1] Arjun Kadhe/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND/IND) d. Vladyslav Manafov/Ivan Liutarevich (UKR/RUS) 64 64 [R1] Andre Begemann/ N Sriram Balaji (GER/IND) d. A. Pellegrino/A. Goransson (ITA/SWE) 63 62 [R1] 4- Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND/IND) d. RIthvik Bollipalli/N...

No easy matches in the Olympics. Need to win the tough ones against NZ (our perennial bugbear) and Argentina (and not mess up the one against Ireland) in order to be in contention when the crucial two matches come up in the end.

M15 Chandigarh [R1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,877) l. Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB,331) 26 36 [R1] Q- Hitesh Chauhan (IND, UNR) d. WC- Shanker Heisnam (IND, UNR) 62 36 75 [R1] JR- Yuvan Nandal (IND,NR) d. Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1474) 75 62 [R1] 6- Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND, 659) d. Shivank Bhatnagar (IND, 16...

There will be a lot of Indian doubles pairs playing in Challengers in Europe, hopefully with some of them graduating to ATP250s or higher before long. This week we are assured of one Indian pair being in the QF of the Murcia Challenger, with 4-Anirudh/VSP playing Rithwik/Niki in R1. Other pairs in t...

Atithee wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:03 pm
Wasn’t Canada to be removed from this thread name?

YES! And it isn't off-topic. @sameer could you please do the honours?? The World Cup is being played in the West Indies and US -- not Canada.

Shrivalli finally succumbed to the top seed in the singles final, but what a week this has otherwise been for her! Doubles title and singles runner-up is a huge achievement. Well done!

For Chandigarh, last week's Delhi doubles champion pair (Vishnu Vardhan/Sid Banthia) has broken up. Vishnu is seeded second, partnering Manish Sureshkumar (who was part of the runner-up pair last week), and SidB is partnering Karan Singh. In singles, Ramkumar took one of the wildcards, and is seeded...

Yuki is in Miami. Perhaps he has a wildcard due to his former IMG connection? Nope, got in with Michael Venus whose regular partner Jamie Murray made a late withdrawal. So, Yuki making his madtees series debut in Miami. He is making his Masters series DOUBLES debut at Miami. He has of course played...

Bopanna/Ebden are at the top of the entry list for the doubles at the Miami Masters this week, and Yuki Bhambri/Michael Venus are also in the doubles draw. (Venus/Jamie Murray had withdrawn, but Venus was able to "re-pair" with Yuki). Sumit is into Q2 of the men's singles, after this: [Q1]...