$15K India F7,F8,F9 futures, Chennai, Coimbatore-September 2017

[sameerph]

Sasi easily beat Arjun to reach the final.

At $15K India F8 Futures , Chennai (Hard)

Semi finals

Colin VAN BEEM (NED) [4] 7-6(5) 1-6 6-4 Seong-Gook OH (KOR)

Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) [2] 6-2 6-0 Arjun KADHE (IND)

The Dutch player is in second consecutive final. He was easily beaten by Sumit last week. I hope Sasi will do the same tomorrow.

[sameerph]

And Sasi wins the titles coming back from a set down in the final.

At $15K India F8 Futures , Chennai (Hard)

[F] (2) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,486) d. (4) Colin VAN BEEM (NED,725) 46 63 63

The Dutch player had to remain runner up for second straight week.

[jaydeep]

Good to see the title winner is Indian ... After long gap good performance by Sasi ... Arjun is also showing consistency.

[sameerph]

This week's first round results-

At $15K India F9 Futures , Coimbatore (Hard)

Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) [1] 6-2 6-3 Dalwinder SINGH (IND)
Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND) 6-3 6-4 Chandril SOOD (IND)
Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) 6-1 Retired Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND)
Cameron SILVERMAN (USA) [5] 7-5 6-0 Anurag NENWANI (IND)
Yurii DZHAVAKIAN (UKR) [3] 6-4 6-2 Siddharth VISHWAKARMA (IND)
Clement LARRIERE (FRA) 6-2 6-4 Paramveer Singh BAJWA (IND)
Faisal QAMAR (IND) 6-4 2-6 7-6(2) Suraj R PRABODH (IND)
Aryan GOVEAS (IND) [7] 1-6 7-6(8) 6-0 Dhakshineswar SURESH (IND)
Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) [8] 6-2 6-0 Prithvi SEKHAR (IND)
Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) 7-5 6-4 Fahad MOHAMMED (IND)
Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE) 2-0 Retired Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND)
Cing-Yang MENG (TPE) 6-3 6-2 Haadin BAVA (IND) [4]
Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) 7-6(3) 6-4 Lucas GOMEZ (MEX) [6]
Arjun KADHE (IND) 7-6(1) 6-2 Phongsapak KERDLAPHEE (THA)
Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND) 7-6(5) 6-2 Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN)
Colin VAN BEEM (NED) [2] 4-6 6-4 6-3 Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND)

Good upset win by Mohit. Otherwise expected results. Jayesh Pungaliya gave a very good fight against the second seed.

[PKBasu]

Disappointing from Haadin Bava this week.

[vatsal323]

Nitin had a solid 6-3 6-2 over Siddhant Banthia in the final round of qualies here.

[PKBasu]

Sidhant Banthia Is a very over hyped player who has failed to live up to the promise he showed when he was 13. Nice to see Nitin bounce back from his disappointing performance in New York.

[bujilover]

Do we really have to talk about our junior players like this? How well do you think that someone's sentiment affect when they read statements like these that hasn't even turned 18? It's fine if you want to support or take one's side saying they have not received enough support or attention from the sports authorities but how does that make another one guilty/open to criticism? If you feel like you are left out,knock on the doors of your own sports federation and seek support *shrug*.

This above post is completely asinine and uncalled for.

[Sin Hombre]

Not at all.

Some of them are actually better off pursuing off education or a vocational skill.

I haven't followed Banthia's career in particular to make that call.

[PKBasu]

Sidhant Banthia has been poorly handled since he won the Road to Wimbledon when he was 13-14. The meaning of that tournament was a misnomer, because I'm not sure how Sidhant actually benefited from that title. But it showed that the kid had great talent -- beating an international field of players. But he has been poorly handled, and his progress has been a huge disappointment. He has another year in the junior ranks, and hopefully someone will take him in hand and enable him to achieve more of his potential.

[sameerph]

I think the field in that tournament was not really international, restricted to players from Britain and 2-3 other Asian nations. So, while it was great that he won, it did not in any way indicate that Siddhanth was one of the better talents in the world at that age group. His results in team competitions also did not indicate that.

So, I think his performance at under 18 level with current junior ranking of 63 is on par with that. Nitin Kumar Sinha is probably a better player who got lesser opportunities earlier.

[sameerph]

Singles second round results -

Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) [1] 6-3 7-5 Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND)
Cameron SILVERMAN (USA) [5] 5-7 6-4 6-2 Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND)
Clement LARRIERE (FRA) 7-6(8) 6-3 Yurii DZHAVAKIAN (UKR) [3]
Aryan GOVEAS (IND) [7] 6-7(2) 6-1 6-4 Faisal QAMAR (IND)
Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) [8] 4-6 6-2 6-2 Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND)
Cing-Yang MENG (TPE) 7-5 6-2 Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE)
Arjun KADHE (IND) 6-2 6-2 Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)
Colin VAN BEEM (NED) [2] 7-5 3-6 6-4 Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND)

So, only 3 Indians remain in the quarter final. Kaza, Manish and Tejas took a set off the seeds but could not complete the upset.

[vatsal323]

Nitin was up 5-2 in the 2nd set. Opportunity missed!

[PKBasu]

Arjun Kadhe is consolidating his gains at this level. Good to see.

[jaydeep]

Yes, first 2 weeks he lost against eventual winner so tomorrow's his match against Colin Van Beem (who was the finalist in both) will tell us more about his progress.