Uzbekistan Mens/ Womens circuit , May-June 2017

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Opening a common thread for these tournaments as 3 weeks of tournaments will be played at the same venue for men and women .

Week Starting-

May 29- Andijan

$25K Uzbekistan F3 men- Balaji and Vishnu will be seeds, Mohit and Kaza too in the main draw

$25K ITF Women - Karman in main draw, Dhruti,Kyra will be seeds in qualies


June 5- Namangan

$25K Uzbekistan F4 men-Balaji and Vishnu will be seeds, Mohit too in main draw, Kaza in qualies

$25K ITF Women - Karman,Dhruti,Kyra,Natasha all in qualies although Karman in 3 out from main draw.

After a week's break there will be $75K challenger in Fergana where few of our players are likely to be there along with $25K for women.

Hoping for good performance from all.

[sameerph]

Both Dhruti and Kyra qualified for the main draw for next week's challenger to join Karman there.

At $25K ITF Women, Andijan

Q1
Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) [1] 6-0 6-0 Sobirova MADINABONU (UZB)
Kyra SHROFF (IND) [6] 6-2 6-0 Nasiba ESPOLOVA (UZB)

Q2
Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) [1] 6-2 6-2 Laylo BAKHODIROVA (UZB) [13]
Kyra SHROFF (IND) [6] 6-1 6-2 Ekaterina KLYUEVA (KAZ) [14]

Main draw -

[R1] (Q) Kyra SHROFF (IND,736) vs. (8) Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ,365)
[R1] (Q) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,629) vs. (WC) Komola UMAROVA (UZB,851)
[R1] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,474) vs. Melis SEZER (TUR,448)

Karman and Kyra play their first round matches tomorrow.

[Saniapower]

At $25K ITF Women, Andijan

[R1] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,474) defeated Melis Sezer (TUR,448) 4-6 7-5 7-6

KKT Totally Dominated The TB(7-2). Melis twice served for the match in the 3rd set (broken at 15 & 30). It's a good win for Karman Indeed. But She stands no chance in the next round.

[PKBasu]

Excellent win for Karman Kaur!

[sameerph]

Both Kyra and Dhruti lost their matches.

At $25K ITF Women, Andijan

[R1] (Q) Kyra SHROFF (IND,736) l. (8) Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ,365) 75 36 26
[R1] (Q) Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,629) l. (WC) Komola UMAROVA (UZB,851) 46 67(6)

So, only Karman left for us in singles.

[R2] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,474) vs. Anastasia GASANOVA (RUS,438)

Gasanova upset second seed Monova in first round. Karman and Gasanova met twice last year in India with 1 win each. So, this can be a close match again.

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These are the mens first round results -

At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures, Andijan

[R1] Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND,1219) l. (4) Dzmitry ZHYRMONT (BLR,371) 26 21 retd.
[R1] (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,457) d. Saida'lo SAIDKARIMOV (UZB,1329) 60 64
[R1] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) d. Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND,996) 62 76(7)

Next,

[R2] (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,457) vs. Vitaly KOZYUKOV (RUS,560)

[R2] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) vs. Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ,743)

[sameerph]

Balaji won his second round match easily but Vishnu lost.

At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures, Andijan

[R2] (6) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,457) l. Vitaly KOZYUKOV (RUS,560) 46 26

[R2] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) d. Denis YEVSEYEV (KAZ,743) 64 61

Next,

[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) vs. (Q) Daniiar DULDAEV (KZG,1634)

[Prakharulz]

In Karman's R2 match, she has managed to come from two breaks down at 2-5* to level back at *5-5.
But got broken immediately 5-6*
Saves 3 set points and takes the 12th game to Deuce. 5-6* 40-40 but is unable to break back.
Loses the first set 5-7

[Prakharulz]

Second set: 1-0* Karman leads
Medical Timeout taken by one of the players

[sameerph]

Karman folded up in second set.

At $25K ITF Women, Andijan

[R2] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,474) l. Anastasia GASANOVA (RUS,438) 57 26

Better luck next week.

[sameerph]

Balaji is thru to the SF.

At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures, Andijan

[QF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) d. (Q) Daniiar DULDAEV (KZG,1634) 67(6) 62 63

Good comeback after close loss in first set.

Next,

[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) vs. Vitaly KOZYUKOV (RUS,560)

Kozuykov beat Vishnu in the second round. Hope Balaji can extract revenge for that loss.

[sameerph]

Balaji is thru to the singles final with a straights sets win.

At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures, Andijan

[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) d. Vitaly KOZYUKOV (RUS,560) 62 64


Also the pair of Balaji and Vishnu won yet another doubles title.

These are their results this week-
[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) [1] 6-2 6-2 Botir SAPAEV (UZB) / Pavel TSOY (UZB)
[QF] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) [1] Walkover Temur ISMAILOV (UZB) / Markos KALOVELONIS (RUS)
[SF] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) [1] 6-3 1-6 [10-5] Mikhail FUFYGIN (RUS) / Alexander PAVLIOUTCHENKOV (RUS) [4]
[F] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) [1] 6-3 6-2 Vladyslav MANAFOV (UKR) / Denis MATSUKEVITCH (RUS) [2]

Up against top seed in the singles final.

Next,

[F] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) vs. (1) Sanjar FAYZIEV (UZB,306)

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Balaji lost the final in straights sets.

At $25K Uzbekistan F3 Futures, Andijan

[F] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) l. (1) Sanjar FAYZIEV (UZB,306) 36 36

[arjun2761]

Decent performance by Balaji to live up to his seeding.

[sameerph]

This week only Dhruti qualified for the main draw in Womens event.

At $25K ITF Women, Namangan

Q1
Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) [3] 6-0 6-0 Ekaterina ILINA (UZB)
Natasha PALHA (IND) [7] 6-1 6-0 Muslima AKHUNOVA (UZB)
Kyra SHROFF (IND) [8] 6-1 6-0 Mumtoza MAMADALIYEVA (UZB)

Q2
Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND) [3] 6-1 6-2 Laylo BAKHODIROVA (UZB) [15]
Varvara KUZNETSOVA (RUS) [14] 6-2 6-4 Natasha PALHA (IND) [7]
Polina MERENKOVA (UZB) [12] 6-2 6-2 Kyra SHROFF (IND) [8]



In the main draw Karman starts with a straight sets win.

[R1] Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,480) d. (WC) Yasmina KARIMJANOVA (UZB,NR) 76(1) 62

[R1] (Q) hruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,634) vs. (Q) Ksenia PALKINA (KZG,670)