China ITF mens/ Womens circuit - June-July 2017

[Rajiv]

The ITF website shows he retired at love 5 down in final set ,if true than a deliberate act to deny his opponent of a clear cut win.

[Tolamu]

The ITF website shows he retired at love 5 down in final set ,if true than a deliberate act to deny his opponent of a clear cut win.

The original term was 'ramkayed'(at least in our forum). Now, should we change it since RamK doesn't do it any more?

[Varma]

That is very unprofessional. If he was totally down to a state where he couldn't physically move an inch, I can understand. But retiring at 0-5 in the 3rd set is ridiculous. He might have served 4 lollipops and get done with it to accept getting bagled. Very disappointed to see Prajnesh being a cry-baby.

- Varma

[PKBasu]

I hope he didn't retire at 0-5 in the final set, which would be incredibly unprofessional.
Zhizhen Zhang is an upcoming 20 year old, who beat Di Wu in a Futures in China in May (where he made the final and lost). He was ranked in the top-400 two years ago (when aged 18), but has not progressed much -- until now. Prajnesh obviously had a chance to put it away in 2 sets, but then collapsed when he wasn't able to close it out. So he will remain the India #3 (albeit one who now has a higher singles ranking than Rohan Bopanna, Harsh Mankad or Mahesh Bhupathi ever reached).

[Rajiv]

Yes indeed it truly was a retirement at love 5 down by Prajnesh , Anyway the less said the better
He is not playing in the 3rd leg and the Indian presence in the 3rd leg is restricted to Vishnu & KU

Vishnu does not play until tomorrow but KU played today and duly lost his R1 match in straight sets to his 661 ranked Taiwanese opponent ,

And what a colossus waste of time and unproductive 3 weeks it has been for KU , all of it due to his foolish , aimless planning ,
Travelled long distance's back and forth to eventually earn a total of 6 points for his 3 weeks in China, and those 6 points points he could easily won or possibly even 3 or 4 times that number without even having to move an inch by just staying in Hong Kong and more importantly facing low average competition than what he faced in China .

[bujilover]

Wow! Does anyone find it unpleasing with this constant carping about KU? If anything, I see him getting 2 good upset wins over higher ranked players last 2 weeks and IMO he performed much better than what he could have done by playing in another ITF tournament with POOR entry list. How is it going to help a player's career if someone wants to just play lower level ITFs for cheap points?

[Atithee]

I do and wonder why we assume the players don't know about most of the obvious being touted here as advice.

[sameerph]

Vishnu made it to the second round.

At $25K China F12 Futures,Shenzen

[R1] (5) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) d. Chukang WANG (CHN,1305) 64 64

[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,805) l. Tung-Lin WU (TPE,661) 36 67(4)

Next,

[R2] (5) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) vs. (WC) Tao MU (CHN,1784)

[Rajiv]

Vishnu is through to the Qtrs with a hard fought 3 set win over his 1784 ranked Chinese WC 4-6,6-3,7-6 and now faces Taiwanese 661 ranked Tung Lin Wu for spot in the semis.

[sameerph]

Vishnu lost in the QF.

At $25K China F12 Futures,Shenzen

[QF] (5) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,429) l. Tung-Lin WU (TPE,661) 46 64 36

Pair of KU Singh and Philippino Alcantara lost in the doubles final.

[PKBasu]

At $25K Tianjin Futures

[R1] SE-Karman Kaur Thandi (IND, 413) vs. 4-Yafan Wang (CHN, 144).

Another tough-looking match, but one Karman should win if she can sustain last week's form.

[sameerph]

This week Kanika and Prerana are playing in $15K tournament in Hong Kong.

At $15K ITF Women, Hong Kong

[R1] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) d. (8) Kwan Yau NG (HKG,908) 60 46 62

[R1] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,988) d. Ho Ching WU (HKG,1202) 06 63 64

Next,

[R2] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) vs. YeXin MA (CHN,1221)

[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,988) vs. (7) Yukina SAIGO (JPN,840)

[bujilover]

Both of our girls won, especially Prerna in straight sets. I wonder why she doesn't play regularly in the ITF cricuit( apart from the financial issues, if any).

[PKBasu]

Please post the scores, Dinesh.

[PKBasu]

[R2] Kanika VAIDYA (IND,983) d. YeXin MA (CHN,1221) 60 57 63
[R2] Prerna BHAMBRI (IND,988) d. (7) Yukina SAIGO (JPN,840) 64 63