$15K India F1-F4 futures, Feb/March 2018

[sameerph]

Yes, nice and easy title win for Prajnesh.

[F] (1) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND,235) d. (3) Nam Hoang LY (VIE,475) 63 64

No set dropped by Prajnesh at this futures which is keeping with the level of play he has been playing of late.

Prajnesh had 2 futures titles and 1 runner up finish in Indian futures at around this time last year. He has defended 1 of those title points now. He will have to try to get other points defended at Qujing challenger next week.

[suresh]

Great showing from Prajnesh. Vatsal had to remind us that he is firmly India's #4 at the moment. This could become #3 if Sumit continues to free fall.

[PKBasu]

Good job by Prajnesh to win the title, living up to his top seeding.

[meyyis]

At $15K India F4 Futures, Trivandrum (Clay)

Qualifying results -

Round 1
Suraj R PRABODH (IND) [1] d. Tarun Anirudh CHILAKALAPUDI (IND) : 6-1, 7-5
Jarryd WOOG (USA) [12] d. Ansu BHUYAN (IND) : 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Kunal ANAND (IND) [2] d. Kunal VAZIRANI (IND) : 6-3, 6-4
Dhruv SUNISH (IND) [15] d. Ajay Pruthvi NEMAKAL (IND) : 6-2, 6-2
Stanislav POPLAVSKYY (UKR) [3] d. Amarnath ARORA (IND) : 6-4, 6-4
Anvit BENDRE (IND) [11] d. Gokul SURESH (IND) : 6-3, 7-5
S D Prajwal DEV (IND) [4] d. Nikshep BALLEKERE RAVIKUMAR (IND) : 6-4, 6-2
Arpit SHARMA (IND) d. Dhakshineswar SURESH (IND) [13] : 6-4, 6-4
Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND) [5] d. Hardeep Singh SANDHU (IND) : 6-2, 6-2
Olly SADLER (NZL) [14] d. Nithin MOHANAN CHITRA (IND) : 6-2, 6-2
Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND) [6] d. Sidhan Najeem MOHAMMED (IND) : 6-1, 6-1
Rishi REDDY (IND) d. Lawrence BATALJIN (AUS) [9] : 6-3, 5-4 Retired
Linh Giang TRINH (VIE) [7] d. Gautham Krishnan RAMESH (IND) : 6-4, 6-3
Siva Deep KOSARAJU (IND) [10] d. Alex SOLANKI (IND) : 6-4, 7-6(4)
Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) [8] d. Ramakrishnan RANGARAJU (IND) : 6-2, 6-2
Vasisht CHERUKU (IND) [16] d. Mohit BHARDWAJ (IND) : 6-1, 6-2

[sameerph]

Final qualifying round results -

Suraj R PRABODH (IND) [1] 6-2 6-4 Jarryd WOOG (USA) [12]
Kunal ANAND (IND) [2] 6-1 3-6 6-1 Dhruv SUNISH (IND) [15]
Stanislav POPLAVSKYY (UKR) [3] 7-5 7-6(0) Anvit BENDRE (IND) [11]
S D Prajwal DEV (IND) [4] 6-0 6-1 Arpit SHARMA (IND)
Olly SADLER (NZL) [14] 3-6 6-3 7-6(5) Tejas CHAUKULKAR (IND) [5]
Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND) [6] 6-2 6-4 Rishi REDDY (IND)
Siva Deep KOSARAJU (IND) [10] 6-3 7-5 Linh Giang TRINH (VIE) [7]
Vasisht CHERUKU (IND) [16] 6-1 6-2 Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) [8]

[sameerph]

At $15K India F4 Futures, Trivandrum (Clay)

Main draw ( with today's results updated)

(1) Carlos BOLUDA-PURKISS (ESP) vs.Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA)
Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND) vs. (Q) Stanislav POPLAVSKYY (UKR)
Daniil ZARICHANSKYY (UKR) d. (WC) Karan SRIVASTAVA (IND) 63 61
(5) Sami REINWEIN (GER) d. (WC) Suraj HASRANI (IND) 61 61
(3) Arjun KADHE (IND) vs. (Q) Vasisht CHERUKU (IND)
(Q) S D Prajwal DEV (IND) vs. Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND)
Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE) vs. (Q) Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND)
(Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND) vs. (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND)
(6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) vs. Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND)
Goran MARKOVIC (SRB) vs. Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND)
(Q) Olly SADLER (NZL) vs. (WC) G S SANJAY (IND)
(4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) d (WC) Anurag NENWANI (IND) 63 64
(7) Manuel PENA LOPEZ (ARG) vs. Caio SILVA (BRA)
(Q) Siva Deep KOSARAJU (IND) vs. Thales TURINI (BRA)
Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND) d. Dalwinder SINGH (IND) 76(5) 76(2)
(Q) Kunal ANAND (IND) vs. (2) Nam Hoang LY (VIE)

So, an Indian to win a title has to get better of top 2 seeds. Arjun is our best bet to do that.

[Varma]

How come Bava is missing from the draw in his home tournament?

- Varma

[sameerph]

Bava is shown as late withdrawal from main draw. So, I guess some injury.

[bujilover]

Being that the tournament is on clay this week, Boluda-Purkiss will be the strong favorite to win the title here.

[VReddy]

Bava is shown as late withdrawal from main draw. So, I guess some injury.

Wrist injury

[suresh]

At $15K India F4 Futures, Trivandrum (Clay)

Today's R! results

(1) Carlos BOLUDA-PURKISS (ESP) d Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA) 6-1 7-6 (3)
Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND) d (Q) Stanislav POPLAVSKYY (UKR) 6-1 7-5
(3) Arjun KADHE (IND) d (Q) Vasisht CHERUKU (IND) 6-4 6-2
(Q) S D Prajwal DEV (IND) d Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) 6-0 6-2
(Q) Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND) d Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE) 6-7(4) 7-5 7-5
(Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND) d (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND) 3-6 7-5 6-3
Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) d (6) Karunuday SINGH (IND) 6-4 6-2
Goran MARKOVIC (SRB) d Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4
(Q) Olly SADLER (NZL) d (WC) G S SANJAY (IND) 6-2 6-4
Caio SILVA (BRA) d (7) Manuel PENA LOPEZ (ARG) 7-5 6-2
Thales TURINI (BRA) d (Q) Siva Deep KOSARAJU (IND) 6-0 6-3
(2) Nam Hoang LY (VIE) d (Q) Kunal ANAND (IND) 6-2 7-6(3)

Manish Sureshkumar upsets KU and Suraj Prabodh upsets Aryan Goveas. So eight Indians in the the round of 16. Anirudh Chandrasekhar finally wins a round with the Taiwanese player saving at least 4 match points in the 10 game of the final set. We are guaranteed an Indian in the SF as only Indians (including Arjun Kadhe) remain in one quarter of the draw.

[PKBasu]

Good to see the youngsters, Manish Sureshkumar (born Aug 1999) and Nitin Kumar Sinha (born Feb 1999) continuing to progress. They are both in the doubles QF too (with different partners).
23 year old Suraj Prabodh lost in doubles to Arjun/VSP (probably the favourites to win the title this week).

[PKBasu]

Arjun vs Dev, Chandrasekhar vs Prabodh is that all-India quarter of the draw. It'll be interesting to see if one of the youngsters can pull a big upset tomorrow.

[Rajiv]

Abhinav Shanmugam causes the biggest upset of the tournament and knocks out the 2nd seed Vietnamese Ly Nam in 3 sets 6-2,2-6,6-3.
Abhinav definitely is the name to watch in the future . Proper training and choice of tournaments should be the focus.

[meyyis]

Singles Second Round Results:

(1) Carlos BOLUDA-PURKISS (ESP) d. Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND) : 6-4, 6-0
(5) Sami REINWEIN (GER) d. Daniil ZARICHANSKYY (UKR) : 7-5, 6-3
(3) Arjun KADHE (IND) d. (Q) S D Prajwal DEV (IND) : 6-3, 6-1
(Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND) d. (Q) Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND) : 7-6, 6-3
Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) d. Goran MARKOVIC (SRB) : 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
(4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) d. (Q) Olly SADLER (NZL) : 6-1, 6-3
Thales TURINI (BRA) d. Caio SILVA (BRA) : 7-6 Retd
Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND) d. (2) Nam Hoang LY (VIE) : 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

Quarter Final Line Up

(1) Carlos BOLUDA-PURKISS (ESP) vs. (5) Sami REINWEIN (GER)
(3) Arjun KADHE (IND) vs. (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND)
Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) vs. (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)
Thales TURINI (BRA) vs. Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND)