Uzbekistan Mens/ Womens circuit , May-June 2017

[jaydeep]

Terrific result, her first top-200 win ... C'mon Karman, we need a second win tomorrow.

[sameerph]

Karman wins the first set 6-3 against the second seed.

[Saniapower]

Karman's strength Is her Serve but it is also her weakness. It changes its nature frequently.

[sameerph]

Karman fought all the way but fell short in the end.

At $25K ITF Women, Namangan

[SF] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,480) l. (2) Polina Monova ( RUS,181) 63 16 57

Still an impressive run by Karman who seems be surely on the upward curve winning multiple matches at this level.

[sameerph]

Balaji too lost in the SF in the mens event.

At $25K Uzbekistan F4 Futures, Namangan

[SF] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,310) l. Mikhail FUFYGIN (RUS,859) 67(5) 46

It looks like 3 hours match yesterday against Vishnu took a lot out of Balaji.

Anyway, he will enter top 300 after these 2 weeks and can get into many challengers at least in Asia.

Now, it is 1 week break and then another $25K Womens tournament in Fergana where Karman and Dhruti are in main draw while Natasha and Prerna are in qualies.

Simultaneously, there will be a $75K mens challenger where Prajnesh and Balaji are in main draw and Vishnu in qualies.

[bujilover]

He plays a lot of matches, he should have avoided doubles this week.

[Rajiv]

Yes fatigue seems to be cause of the Balaji's defeat as he was playing a 800 ranked opponent whom he would have beaten in normal circumstances.
In face in the opening set was double break down love 4 but he did manage to get both the break's back and even led 5-4 at one stage but eventually couldn't sustain and ran out of steam to loose the set and the match.

[sameerph]

In next week's $75K(+H) Fergana Challenger, Prajnesh, Balaji and Vishnu have all made the main draw. Prajnesh may be a lower seed too.

In the $25K challenger for women in same week, Karman, Dhruti and Natasha will be in the main draw. Prerana will be in qualies. Karman may a lower seed in main draw.

[jaydeep]

Prajnesh is facing his doubles partner Betov in the first round ... Bala is facing seeded Canadian Brayden Schnur ... Vishnu is facing Duckhee ... In the doubles, Vishnu and Bala r 2nd seed.

At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2017, Uzbekistan

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,295) vs (6) Brayden Schnur (CAN,245)
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,271) vs (Q) Sergey Betov (BLR,812)
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,453) vs (2) Duckhee Lee (KOR,133)

Doubles
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Sergey Betov (BLR) vs (WC) Saida'Lo Saidkarimov (UZB)/ Batyr Sapaev (UZB)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Sergey Fomin (UZB)/ Azizkhon Turgunov (UZB)

[sameerph]

Balaji lost in straight sets in first round. Prajnesh won his first round doubles match.

At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2017, Uzbekistan

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,295) l. (6) Brayden Schnur (CAN,245) 57 36

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND)/ Sergey Betov (BLR) d. (WC) Saida'Lo Saidkarimov (UZB)/ Batyr Sapaev (UZB)

[sameerph]

In the womens challenger, Prerna easily qualified for the main draw.

At $25K ITF Women, Fergana

[Q1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) [2] 6-1 6-3 Maria ZHDANOVA (RUS)
[Q2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND) [2] 6-0 6-1 Milana MASLENKOVA (UZB)

Main draw -

[R1] (Q) Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,985) vs. Yana SIZIKOVA (RUS,516)
[R1] Natasha PALHA (IND,777) vs. Arina FOLTS (UZB,724)
[R1] Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND,624) vs. Valeriya ZELEVA (RUS,842)
[R1] (7) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,405) vs. Elena RYBAKINA (RUS,533)

[jaydeep]

Vishnu started with an upset win over Duckhee ... Superb comeback win after losing the first set in the tie-break ... Here he produced huge services, hitting 22 aces and 13 of these were in the final set.

At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2017, Uzbekistan

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,453) bt (2) Duckhee Lee (KOR,133) 67(4) 62 76(4)

[PKBasu]

Fabulous! One of the best wins of Vishnu's career, and a massive scalp!

Duck Hee Lee is also 20th on the list for Roehampton next week, so it is astonishing that he is playing at Ferghana now.

[jaydeep]

Surprising loss of Karman, she lost after winning the first set.

At $25K ITF Women Tournament 2017, Namangan, Uzbekistan

[R1] (7) Karman Kaur Thandi (IND,405) l Elena Rybakina (RUS,533) 61 67(4) 46

[sameerph]

Yes, bad loss for Karman. I expected her to continue her upward surge here.

Duck Hee Lee is also 20th on the list for Roehampton next week, so it is astonishing that he is playing at Ferghana now.

His scheduling has been weird. He played Surbiton grass challenger 2 weeks back than Italy challenger on clay last week. Now, it is Fergana challenger on hard courts and back to grass next week.

Duck Hee Lee must be dreading the site of Indian players across the net. In the last few months he has lost to Prajnesh, Yuki, RamK and Vishnu.