Asian Challengers July-September 2018

[sameerph]

Sid also came back to win in 3 sets.

At $150K Jinan Challenger

[Q1] (3) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,375) d. Sami Reinwein (GER,752) 61 75
[Q1] Manish Surehskumar (IND,584) d. Ryoto Tanuma (JPN,563) 63 67(4) 61
[Q1] Siddharth Rawat (IND,547) d. Vasko Miadenov (BUL,865) 57 63 63

Next,

[Q2] (3) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,375) vs. Rubin Statham (NZL,507)
[Q2] Manish Surehskumar (IND,584) vs. (6) Blake Ellis (AUS,449)
[Q2] Siddharth Rawat (IND,547) vs. (8) Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,470)

[Rajiv]

Sureshkumar scores a commendable straight sets win 2 & 2 against a fancied opponent, while Mukund is in trouble against the experienced NewZealander and is a set and 3-4 down

[jaydeep]

Only Manish enters in the final qualifying with a convincing win over top-450 Aussie player, Blake Ellis ... Next, he is facing former top-300 Rubin Statham, who defeated Mukund in straight sets ... Sid also lost in straight sets against Tung-Lin.

In the doubles, Arjun is the 4th seed with Toshihide Matsui ... They r having a tricky match against experienced Chinese pairing of Zhe Li and Di Wu.

At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China

[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,552) l (8) Wu Tung-Lin (TPE,470) 16 67(3)
[Q2] (3) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,375) l Rubin Statham (NZL,507) 46 46
[Q2] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) bt (6) Blake Ellis (AUS,449) 62 62

[Q3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) vs Rubin Statham (NZL,507)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) vs Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)

[suresh]

Great going from Manish. Hope he manages to qualify. He looks like our future star.

[sameerph]

Only Manish enters in the final qualifying with a convincing win over top-450 Aussie player, Blake Ellis ... Next, he is facing former top-300 Rubin Statham, who defeated Mukund in straight sets ... Sid also lost in straight sets against Tung-Lin.

In the doubles, Arjun is the 4th seed with Toshihide Matsui ... They r having a tricky match against experienced Chinese pairing of Zhe Li and Di Wu.

At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China

[Q2] Sidharth Rawat (IND,552) l (8) Wu Tung-Lin (TPE,470) 16 67(3)
[Q2] (3) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,375) l Rubin Statham (NZL,507) 46 46
[Q2] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) bt (6) Blake Ellis (AUS,449) 62 62

[Q3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) vs Rubin Statham (NZL,507)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) vs Zhe Li (CHN)/ Di Wu (CHN)

Also Arjun playing his main draw first round match tomorrow.

These are main draw match-ups for our guys -

[R1] (1) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,111) vs. Harri Heliovaara (FIN,347)

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND,346) vs. (7) Pedja Krstin (SRB,207)

[Sin Hombre]

Manish got bageled in the first set but came back strong in the 2nd and started the 3rd set with a break.

[Rajiv]

Gave the break back and even held a game point for 3-1 lead
now 2 all in the decider

[sameerph]

Manish breaks again and holds for 4-2 in the third set.

[Rajiv]

And Manish scripts a fine comeback win , to record a famous victory on his 3rd match point to prevail 0-6,6-2,6-4

By far the best win of his fledgling career , as Statham with 2 challenger titles to his name is a crafty experienced tour veteran and the mainstay of the NZ Davis Cup team.

Marvellous !!!!

[suresh]

Great going from Manish Sureshkumar. He plays Korean Duck Hee Lee in the first round.

[sameerph]

Yes, it was a long last game where Manish saved a few break points and held on to win the match.

At $150K Jinan Challenger 2018, China

[Q3] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) d. Rubin Statham (NZL,507) 06 62 64

Tough match for Manish in main draw but that is too be expected in a $150K challenger.

[R1] Manish Sureshkumar (IND,584) vs. Duck Hee Lee (KOR,239)

Arjun's R1 match is later today.

[Omkara]

What a good result. Awesome!

[PKBasu]

Marvellous win for Manish over a very experienced and crafty opponent. Great stuff from the youngster! (Statham has a career-high singles rank of 279, and was ranked in the 300s until last week; he lost to Somdev in the QF in the CWG singles in 2010, and has been a tough DC competitor against us over the years).

[sameerph]

Arjun takes the first set 76(6) against seventh seed Krstin. Arjun is playing well but it is a very close match. 40 points each to both players. So, Arjun will have to keep his level of play to press home this advantage.

[Rajiv]

Arjun takes the first set and at 5-6 down in the TB played a terrific point under pressure and after trading over 10 shots which could have gone either way , went on to level it at 6 all and eventually take the first set. Hope he can finish it off in straight sets