$25K ITF Women, Hong Kong (June 18-24, 2018)

[sameerph]

Karman and Pranjala are in main draw here while Jennifer Luikham made it thru the qualifying.

[Q1] Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND) [3] BYE
[Q2] Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND) [3] 6-3 6-2 Wing Kiu Jacqueline LAM (HKG)

Main draw -

[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,381) vs. Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SLO,717)

[R1] (Q) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1007) vs. (SE) Mai HONTAMA (JPN,772)

[R1] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) vs. (WC) Ho Ching WU (HKG,1084)

[sameerph]

Only Karman won her first round match.

[R1] Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND,381) l. Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SLO,717) 06 67(6)

[R1] (Q) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1007) l. (SE) Mai HONTAMA (JPN,772) 16 16

[R1] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) d. (WC) Ho Ching WU (HKG,1084) 64 62

Bad loss for Pranjala.

Next,

[R2] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,262) vs. YeXin MA (CHN,570)

[sameerph]

Another easy win for Karman to make it to the QF.

[R2] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,261) d. YeXin MA (CHN,570) 64 61

Next,

[QF] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,261) vs. (SE) Mai HONTAMA (JPN,758)

[sameerph]

And Karman is thru to the SF with another easy win.

[QF] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,261) d. (SE) Mai HONTAMA (JPN,758) 64 61

Next,

[SF] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,261) vs. Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK,593)

Zlochova has run into form in recent weeks. She reached SF at $25K in Thailand a couple of weeks back and has beaten Pranjala and 2 more good players this week so far.

[PKBasu]

Karman is inching steadily up toward a ranking that will get her into the Slam qualifiers -- perhaps as soon as this year's US Open. A couple more wins here (ie, the title) would be great!

[jayakris]

Karman is inching steadily up toward a ranking that will get her into the Slam qualifiers -- perhaps as soon as this year's US Open. A couple more wins here (ie, the title) would be great!

I think somewhere along the way she will put it all together and could just shoot up to even top-100. She has some of the requisites for that.

[VReddy]

Karman is inching steadily up toward a ranking that will get her into the Slam qualifiers -- perhaps as soon as this year's US Open. A couple more wins here (ie, the title) would be great!

I think somewhere along the way she will put it all together and could just shoot up to even top-100. She has some of the requisites for that.

Precisely. She / Sumit are included in the TOP scheme even when it was originally designed / funded with only Olympics in mind.

I just hope beyond a point, all these expectations don't trouble her and that she continues to enjoy Tennis / life, keep things in perspective while giving it the best she can.

[PKBasu]

Pranjala is in the doubles final in Hong Kong, which will be played this afternoon after the two singles SFs (which appear to have been interrupted by rain).

[PKBasu]

Karman up 4-1 in the first set after the resumption.

[PKBasu]

Karman sweeps into the final with an emphatic 62 61 win!

She is yet to drop a set in this tournament!

[sameerph]

Yes, Karman seems to have run into very good form this week .

[SF] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,261) d. Zuzana ZLOCHOVA (SVK,593) 62 61

This is her third 25K final. She lost in the first 2 finals. Can she get third time lucky ?

Next,

[F] (2) Karman Kaur THANDI (IND,261) vs. (1) Jia-Jing LU (CHN,185)

Karman had beaten Lu last December in Navi Mumbai. Hope she can repeat that result here.

[bujilover]

In other words, KKT finally need to win a singles title at the pro level.

[sameerph]

Karman breezes thru the first set 6-1 in the final.

[Saniapower]

Her stupidity has resumed as usual in set 2.

[Rajiv]

Damm .. just when I entered the stadium , it started pouring , 6-1 , 2 all in the second set.
Doesn't seem it will resume anytime soon , as the heavy Thunderstorm warning is in effect.