Egypt Men's/Women's ITF 2018

[PKBasu]

Tennis victories to the left, tennis victories to the right -- Indian tennis is winning all over!

[sameerph]

Sneha could not continue her run and retired midway thru the second set in her SF match.

[SF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,994) l. Charlotte ROEMER (ECU,1028) 16 04 retd.

[ornatebrute]

Her previous match went on for 3 hrs and 41 mins. So probably very tired?

[jayakris]

At least some decent points for her, and she should move up closer to 900 with that.

[bujilover]

This week:

19 yo. Snehal Mane qualified for the main draw but was not good enough to win a game in the main draw against the second seed.

[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND, 619) [4] 6-3 6-3 Sem WENSVEEN (NED, UNR)
[R1] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,997) 6-0 6-2 Stephanie Judith VISSCHER (NED, UNR)
[R1] Irina FETECAU (ROU,473) [2] 6-0 6-0 [Q] Snehal MANE (IND,1211)

Riya and Sneha play each other in R2 and I think Sneha will start as the favorite considering her recent form.

[sameerph]

Yes,Sneha won the all Indian match-up.

[R2] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,997) d. (4) Riya BHATIA (IND,619) 64 76(5)

Next,

[QF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,997) vs. Marlies SZUPPER (AUT,976)

[PKBasu]

Good call, bujilover (Dinesh)!

[bujilover]

Good day at the office for us!

[QF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,997) 6-1 6-0 Marlies SZUPPER (AUT,976)

[SF] Riya BHATIA (IND) / Shelby TALCOTT (USA) [3] 6-2 6-1 Minami AKIYAMA (JPN) / Haine OGATA (JPN)

Up next:

[SF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,997) vs Nuria PARRIZAS-DIAZ (ESP,441) [1]

[sameerph]

Sneha lost in the SF again.

[SF] Snehadevi S REDDY (IND,997) l. (1) Nuria PARRIZAS-DIAZ (ESP,441) 46 16

Still 2 consecutive Semi finals is a good result for Sneha which will almost double her ranking points from 9 to 17 and mover her to around 835 in the ranking and back in India top 10.

[bujilover]

This week, 17-year-old Sabhyata Nihalani qualified for the main draw.

Singles Main Draw

[R1] [3] Riya BHATIA (IND,619) vs [WC] Annick MELGERS (NED,NR)
[R1] Saumya VIG (IND, NR) vs [WC] Muskaan GUPTA (IND, NR)
[R1] [Q] Sabhyata NIHALANI (IND, NR) vs [6] Petia ARSHINKOVA (BUL,768)
[R1] Snehal MANE (IND, 1212) vs Nadia ECHEVERRIA ALAM (VEN,1084)

[bujilover]

Round 1 completed. Great comeback victory there for Snehal Mane.

[R1] [3] Riya BHATIA (IND,619) 4-6 6-3 6-3 [WC] Annick MELGERS (NED,NR)
[R1] Saumya VIG (IND, NR) 0-6 0-6 [WC] Muskaan GUPTA (IND, NR)
[R1] [Q] Sabhyata NIHALANI (IND, NR) 0-6 2-6 [6] Petia ARSHINKOVA (BUL,768)
[R1] Snehal MANE (IND, 1212) 2-6 7-5 6-4 Nadia ECHEVERRIA ALAM (VEN,1084)

Up next:
Riya plays Muskaan, Snehal plays WR# 976 Dominique Karregat who upset the 2nd seed in Round 1.

[meyyis]

Round 2 results:

[R2] [3] Riya BHATIA (IND,619) d. [WC] Muskaan GUPTA (IND, NR) : 6-2, 6-1
[R2] Snehal MANE (IND, 1212) l. Dominique KARREGAT (NED,976) : 1-6, 5-7

Up Next

[R2] [3] Riya BHATIA (IND,619) vs. [8] Lamis ALHUSSEIN ABDEL AZIZ (EGY,922)

[sameerph]

Riya lost in QF.

[QF] [3] Riya BHATIA (IND,619) l. [8] Lamis ALHUSSEIN ABDEL AZIZ (EGY,922) 26 75 26

Looks like there is going to be a break from endless series of tournaments in Egypt. No tournament appear on schedule for next 2-3 months at least.

[bujilover]

Jayesh Pungliya won the doubles title at the Egypt F19 Futures last week.

Results including other Indians:

1st Round
Tarun Anirudh CHILAKALAPUDI (IND) / Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) [3] 3-6 6-2 [10-5] Simone CACCIAPUOTI (ITA) / Nicolo INSERRA (ITA)
Alexander OVCHAROV (RUS) / Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) 6-1 6-3 Sheil KOTECHA (KEN) / Arjun MAHADEVAN (IND)
Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND) / Aryan GOVEAS (IND) [2] 6-2 6-7(3) [10-6] Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND) / Vasisht CHERUKU (IND)

Quarterfinal
Tarun Anirudh CHILAKALAPUDI (IND) / Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) [3] 3-0 Retired Ivan KRIVIC (CRO) / Neven KRIVOKUCA (CRO)
Alexander OVCHAROV (RUS) / Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) 7-6(5) 6-2 Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND) / Aryan GOVEAS (IND) [2]

Semifinal
Alexander OVCHAROV (RUS) / Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) 6-0 6-3 Tarun Anirudh CHILAKALAPUDI (IND) / Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) [3]

Final
Alexander OVCHAROV (RUS) / Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) 6-3 2-6 [10-8] Petr HAJEK (CZE) / ONDREJ KRSTEV (CZE) [4]

[bujilover]

Ashmitha Easwaramurthi has reached the doubles finals this week at the $15,000 Sharm El Sheikh tournament.

R1 Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) / Yu-Ting HSIEH (TPE) 3-6 6-4 [10-3] Viktoriia KALININA (RUS) / Ekaterina MAKAROVA (RUS)
QF Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) / Yu-Ting HSIEH (TPE) 6-0 3-6 [10-7] Lamis ALHUSSEIN ABDEL AZIZ (EGY) / Maria PATRASCU (CAN) [3]
SF Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND) / Yu-Ting HSIEH (TPE) 6-2 6-7(2) [10-6] Ola ABOU ZEKRY (EGY) / Linnea MALMQVIST (SWE) [2]

Singles:

R1 Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND,UNR) 6-4 6-0 Warona MDLULWA (RSA,1024)
R1 Aleksandra PITAK (GBR,UNR) 6-2 6-1 Ramya NATARAJAN (IND,976)

R2 Nastja KOLAR (SLO,362) [1] 7-6(4) 6-4 Ashmitha EASWARAMURTHI (IND,UNR) Great fight