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CSK lions bearded in their own lair with opposition spinners getting the better of them? Good job by the RCB batsmen to get close to 200 at Chepauk.

Incidentally, when Alexandra Eala won the AO junior doubles title in 2020, her partner was Priska Madelyn Nugroho -- who last week partnered Ankita Raina to a doubles title in Jinan, China. Nugroho doesn't play doubles that regularly, but she clearly has some innate ability in doubles!

Prarthana keeps plugging away, and is still India's number 1 doubles player, ranked 137 currently -- and 132 in the live rankings -- after losing the SF today in Antalya 16 46 to Chwalinska (POL)/Detiuc (CZE).

3 Indians have made the singles SF this week:

[QF] 1-Jay Clarke (GBR, 298) d. Chirag Duhan (IND, 947) 62 64
[QF] 4- Karan Singh (IND, 490) d. 6-Taguchi Ryutaro (JPN, 572) 64 64
[QF] 5- Aryan Shah (IND, 567) d. 3-Alexandr Binda (ITA, 484) 62 26 62
[QF] Kriish Tyagi (IND, UNR) d. Siddharth ...

Having made the Girona Challenger final, Anirudh is ranked 106 in the live rankings (vs a career high of 87), his partner David Vega Hernández is ranked 127 (with a career high of 28 a decade ago; David is 30 years old now). One wonders what is attractive about this partnership for Anirudh: perhaps ...

Anirudh is ranked 106 in the live rankings, David Vega Hernández is ranked 127. One wonders what is attractive about this partnership for Anirudh: perhaps clay specialisation for his partner. For David, this is his 3rd Challenger doubles final in the past 12 months -- and one of the other two (in ...

[SF] Anirudh Chandrasekar /David Vega Hernandez (IND/ESP) d. Matej Vocel/Szymon Walkow (CZE/POL) 63 76(7)

On serve in the second set. 2-1.
Each pair holds to make it 3-3 in the second set.
Still on serve, but our pair lead 5-4, and opponents must hold to stay in the match.
Vocel/Walkow 0-15, 15-30 ...

Again, I think this is a well-earned thread, for a promising junior who has had a string of very good wins (particularly over Vishnu Vardhan and Yanki Erel, both formerly ranked in the top-350, the latter at 325 just last year) at age 17. I think we make exceptions for youthful achievements, and ...

[SF] 2-Adil Kalyanpur/Kody Pearson (IND/AUS) d. Dev Javia/Chirag Duhan (IND/IND) 63 76(2)

The second seeds will play the final tomorrow against the unseeded pair of Nick Chappell/Grigoriy Lomakin (USA/KAZ), who beat the top seeded Japanese pair in the other SF.

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 providing ...

Professional teams try to maximise their payoff from their player rosters/choices. Picking Shardul Thakur worked: he was MoM!!

Only one Indian stayed alive beyond R1 at the Girona Challenger :-(

[R1] Anirudh Chandrasekar /David Vega Hernandez (IND/ESP) d. J Nedunchezhiyan/NV Sundar Prashanth (IND/IND) 63 64
[R1] 1-Orlando Luz/Gregoire Jaq (BRA/FRA) d. N Kaliyandi Poonacha /S Martos Gornes (IND/ESP) 64 76(3)
[R1] M ...

17 year old Kriish Tyagi earns a thread of his own by virtue of his terrific run to the singles SF of the M25 in Ahmedabad, a tournament he entered with no ATP ranking. Kriish is also ranked 48 among juniors, with a career high of 33.

This week's run so far (coming in with a wildcard into the ...

Rethin has been focusing on his school final exams, which ended last week (TN board; he was in an IB program earlier, but shifted to a sports-focused school affiliated to the TN local board). He will return to the pro circuit next week at the Bangalore M25 (planning to play qualifiers). I hope he ...

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 ...