Kazakh/Uzbek Challengers, June 2018

[sameerph]

Mukund lost to this Taiwanese player 2 weeks back and lost to him in 3 close sets. But, today so far he is getting outplayed down 0-5 in the first set.

Saki us up 3-0 in the first set. His match is on ATP challenger live stream.

[sameerph]

Mukund got bagled in the first set.

Saki won the first set 6-2.

[sameerph]

All over for Mukund in straight sets.

[Q3] (6) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,385) l. Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,446) 06 67(3)

Saki too has lost the second set 4-6 against Karatsev. Karatsev is playing better now and Saki will have to step to try to win this.

[sameerph]

And Saki wins the third set with 1 break and qualifies for the main draw.

[Q3] Saketh Myneni (IND,440) d. Aslan Karatsev (RUS,531) 62 46 63

His serve made the difference. 11 aces by him and won 76% points on first serve.

[Ravishankar Krishnan]

Saketh has been drawn against Dzmitry Zhyrmont from Belarus. Zhyrmont is ranked 406 and seems to be primarily a futures player. Amongst the easiest openers Saki could've got. Go Saki!

[PKBasu]

Yes, pretty good draw for Saketh. He is drawn to play Ricardo Cid Subervi (DOM, 248) in R2, and would face the 3rd seed from Portugal in the QF. All winnable matches. Saketh needs to ensure that he can play on the grass courts (ATP or Challenger) next year.

[PKBasu]

Saketh/VSP beat the top seeded Gerard Granollers/Enrique Lopez-Perez 75 75

Arjun Kadhe/Alex Lawson are also through to the QF with a tight win over the strong pair of Grigelis/Nedelko 67(3) 76(4) 10-7

[sameerph]

Good start in doubles too.


There is a womens 25K tournament in Fergana too which we can discuss in this thread too.

At $25K ITF Women, Fergana,Uzbekistan

Q1
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) [4] 6-1 6-0 Milena AMEDIEVA (UZB)
Natasha PALHA (IND) [6] 6-2 6-0 Setora NORMURODOVA (UZB)
Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) [9] 6-0 6-0 Valeriya BICHURINA (UZB)

Q2
Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) [4] 6-0 6-1 Aziza YAHSHILIKOVA (UZB)
Natasha PALHA (IND) [6] 6-3 6-7(9) 6-4 Sowjanya BAVISETTI (IND) [9]

So, Samitha and Natasha qualify fir the main draw.

Main draw -

[R1] (Q) Natasha PALHA (IND,929) vs. Anastasia FROLOVA (RUS,512)
[R1] (7) Rutuja BHOSALE (IND,403) vs. Valeriya ZELEVA (RUS,539)
[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND,628) vs. (Q) Guzal YUSUPOVA (UZB,NR)
[R1] (Q) Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND,853) vs. Gozal AINITDINOVA (KAZ,421)

[jaydeep]

Scores in details.

At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) vs Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR,406)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (1) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) 75 75
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) bt Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Ivan Nedelko (RUS) 67(4) 76(3) 10-7

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) vs Ivan Gakhov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS)

[PKBasu]

Terrific to have a massive contingent of more than 10 Indian men and women playing together at Fergana (the home region of Babur, founder of India's Mughal dynasty).

[bujilover]

Scores in details.

At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) vs Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR,406)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt (1) Gerard Granollers (ESP)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) 75 75
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) bt Laurynas Grigelis (LTU)/ Ivan Nedelko (RUS) 67(4) 76(3) 10-7

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Alex Lawson (USA) vs Ivan Gakhov (RUS)/ Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (RUS)

I can definitely envision 8-10 regular doubles players in the ATP circuit in the next 3-5 years.

[sameerph]

Saki wins the first set 6-4 against Zhyrmont.

[Ravishankar Krishnan]

He bagels Zhyrmont in the second. 6-4 6-0 win for Saki then

[sameerph]

Yes, seemed to have come into his own in the second set.

At $75K+H Fergana Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R1] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) d. Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR,406) 64 60

Next,

[R2] (Q) Saketh Myneni (IND,447) vs, (7) Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM,236)

[suresh]

After Saki broke him to take the first set, Zhyrmont's body language indicated that he gave up. Losing the first game of the second set more or less ended the match.