Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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Arjun fails to get past 375 ranked Japanese Yusuke Takahashi and bows out in straight sets 4 & 4 in his R2 quali, Expected him to win , but sadly the Japanese looked a much better player , breaking Arjun once in each set and than comfortably holding his serve without Arjun bothering him much to take both the sets
Of the 4 Indian players in the qualifying draw only Sid remains , and plays his FQR against the 8th seeded Australian Dayne Kelly for a place in the MD.
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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At $50K+H Zhangjiagang Challenger 2018, China

[Q3] (Alt) Sidharth Rawat (IND,604) l. (8) Dayne Kelly (AUS,360) : 2-6, 2-6

[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,325) vs (8) Alexander Bublik (KAZ,203)

Doubles

Fajing Sun continues to trouble Indians as he along with his partner defeat Balaji and Vishnu in a MTB.

[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l. (WC) Fajing Sun (CHN)/ Shi Hong Zeng (CHN) : 4-6, 6-3, 8-10
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Rubin Statham (NZL) vs (WC) Xin Gao (CHN)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)
[R1] Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Alexander Bublik (KAZ)/ Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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Saki withdrew stating the right ankle injury ... :-(
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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Lots of Indians playing in the qualies of Shanghai challenger this weekend.

Wins by VSP , Vishnu and Kaza. All 3 against higher ranked players.
But losses for younger ones Manish Sureshkumar, Sasi Mukund, Sid Rawat and Abhinav Sanjeev.

Disappointed with losses of younger ones. So, not putting the detailed results. :-(
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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Only VSP made it to final qualifying round.

At $75K (+H) Shanghai Challenger, China

[Q2] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,1210) l. (2) Aldin Setkic (BIH,319) 46 26

[Q2] Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,590) d. Ti Chen (TPE,577) 57 62 64

[Q2] Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,911) l. (6) Tristan Lamasine (FRA,346) 67(4) 46


Next,

[Q3] Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,590) vs. (2) Aldin Setkic (BIH,319)

It is really tough for these players to be travelling and playing challenger qualies where you need 3 wins to get a singles ATP point. Ok for those playing doubles too like Vishnu and VSP. But, for others such as Manish, Sasi, Sid etc. they need to balance challenger qualies with futures.
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VSP lost in final qualifying round. VSP-Vishnu won first round in doubles.

At $75K (+H) Shanghai Challenger, China

[Q3] Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,590) l. (2) Aldin Setkic (BIH,319) 46 46

Doubles -

[R1] (4) Vijay Sunder Prashanth / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) d, Bradley Mousley / Akira Santilan (AUS) 64 76(2)

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[QF] (4) Vijay Sunder Prashanth / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs. Filip Peliwo / Brayden Schnur (CAN)
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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Vishnu and VSP r in the semis with straight sets win over Canadian pair ... In the semis, they r facing the 2nd seeds Chinese pair.

At $75K Shanghai Challenger 2018, China

[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Filip Peliwo (CAN)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN) 63 64

[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN)
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Vishnu and VSP lost in straight sets against the 2nd seeded Chinese pair.

At $75K Shanghai Challenger 2018, China

[SF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l. (2) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) : 2-6, 6-7
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RamK and Prajnesh r the seeded in the singles of the Kaohsiung Challenger ... Both r facing similar ranked Austrian players in the first round.

In the doubles, Jeevan and Krajicek r the top-seeds ... They r facing Lamasine and Moriya ... VSP is playing with RamK and they r facing the Taipei pair ... Bala and Vishu r the 2nd seeds and facing Sugita and Yi in the first round.

At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei

[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,257)
[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) vs Jurij Rodionov (AUT,258)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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Watching Prajnesh's match on ATP live stream.

He looked totally off color at the start, making lots of errors to go down 0-5 in the first set. Then, he seemed to have some range in his shots and got back to 3-5 but Rodinov served out for the set for 6-3.

Prajnesh will have to play like he did in the second part of that set now and better to get back into this match.
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Rodionov broke Prajnesh and was serving for the match at 5-4 but Prajnesh broke him at love with some excellent play.

Prajnesh serving at 5-5 now.

He saves a bp at 30-40 at hold for 6-5.

And he breaks Rodionov to take the second set 7-5. Won 4 games from 3-5 down there.
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Prajnesh got broken in the third game of third set for 1-2 but broke right back for 2-2.

But, from 30-0 up Prajnesh gets broken for 3-4.

And he got broken again to lose the match. :-(

At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei

[R1] (8) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,162) l. Jurij Rodionov (AUT,258) 36 75 36

Not a good match played by Prajnesh. Lot more errors than usual.

Now, RamK will be playing his match on the same court.
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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Both of our guys not only had to make a long journey across continents involving 4 stops,but had to adapt to change of surfaces ,coupled with jet lag,  and this probably was one of the factor's in Prajnesh's loss.

Ram on the other a bit durable and robust as far as crisscrossing is concerned and by far very versatile amongst the Indian crop not only as an all surface player but also faster and quicker to adjust to change in surface's had no such problems to all these factors /changes and recorded a commendable comfortable straight sets win.

Taiwan has been good for Ram and really hope he can have deep run to set up a sizzler against Monfils.
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei

RamK opens with a straight sets win in his R1 match. Up next, he faces Frederico Silva of Portugal, who had defeated Nishioka in straight sets in the first round.

[R1] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) d. Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT,257) : 6-4, 6-2
[R2] (6) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,135) vs. (Q) Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR, 310)
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Re: Asian Challengers July-September 2018

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In the doubles, Jeevan and Krajicek started with straight sets win against Lamasine and Moriya ... Next, they r facing Mousley and Peng ... Bala and Vishu also started with straight sets win over Sugita and Yi ... Next, they r facing Taiwani pair, who defeated RamK and VSP in straight sets.

At $150K+H Kaohsiung Challenger 2018, Chinese Taipei

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Tristan Lamasine (FRA)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 64 76(6)
[R1] N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) l Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) 46 46
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) 61 75

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) vs Bradley Mousley (AUS)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE)
[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE)/ Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
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