$25K Nigeria Men's & Women's ITF Sep/Oct 2018

[sameerph]

And Pranjala dominates the third set and wins her first $25K title.

[F] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,396) d. (1) Conny Perin (SUI,144) 26 75 60

Excellent win in the final against a top 150 player.

[suresh]

Congratulations to Pranjala.

[ornatebrute]

I don't know how a top 150 player is allowed to play a 25K tournament. I think on ATP tour, top 150 players are not allowed to play futures.

Conny Perrin looking for her 4th 25K title in Lagos
Conny has played the pair of Nigerian 25Ks every year since 2010 except 2014 (when the tournament wasn't held).

Conny Perrin - Lagos
2010: QF & QF
2011: QF & QF
2012: SF & RU
2013: R1 & R2
2015: SF & Winner
2016: RU & Winner
2017: RU & Winner

Not sure why though. ^Courtesy: Juki_Tennis

[bujilover]

Wow! This is a big surprise from Pranjala. Conny is a consistent challenger level player and most of the women players who don’t want to travel to Asia during the second half try to pick the easiest challengers (that also give hospitality) for some easy points.

Let’s hope she continues to do well next week. I think after Sania, Pranjala is the only Indian to win a title at Lagos.

[suresh]

Men's $25,000 +H Lagos, Nigeria F5 Futures

[R1] (7) Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND, 694) d Sylvester EMMANUEL (NGR, NR) 6-1 6-4
[R1] (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND, 1924) d Courtney John LOCK (ZIM, 1392) 7-6(6) 6-4
[R1] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND, 760) d William BUSHAMUKA (USA, NR) 6-3 7-6(3)


Women's $25,000 Lagos, Nigeria F5 Futures

[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND) d Claudia COPPOLA (ITA) 6-2 7-6(4)

[R1] (Q) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND, 1031) vs Chiraz BECHRI (TUN, 672)
[R1] (6) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND, 449) vs (WC) Aanu AYEGBUSI (NGR, NR)

[bujilover]

Pranjala is on fire as she double bageled her Nigerian opponent in 30 minutes. Jennifer,on the other hand, lost a close one against a higher ranked player.

[R1] (Q) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND, 1031) 6-7 7-5 6-4 Chiraz BECHRI (TUN, 672)
[R1] (6) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND, 449) 6-0 6-0(WC) Aanu AYEGBUSI (NGR, NR)

[bujilover]

Round 2:

(6) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND, 449) vs [Q] Jasmine JEBAWY (GER, UNR) - previous high 594 in 2015
Riya BHATIA (IND, 716) vs Fiona CODINO (FRA, 811)

[suresh]

[R2] (6) Pranjala YADLAPALLI (IND, 449) d [Q] Jasmine JEBAWY (GER, UNR) 3-0 (retired)
[R2] Riya BHATIA (IND, 716) d Fiona CODINO (FRA, 811) 6-3 7-5

Pranjala is yet to drop a game. Riya come back from being down 2-5 in the second set to win the match. Pranjala plays the second seed Deniz KHAZANIUK in the QF.

[jaydeep]

Next, Riya is facing Slovenia's Nastja Kolar and Pranjala is having a rematch against Israeli Deniz Khazaniuk.

At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs (5) Nastja Kolar (SLO,370)
[QF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) vs (2) Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR,210)

[jaydeep]

Niki and Aryan r in the singles quarters with straight sets win ... This week also they r facing higher ranked French opponents for a place in the semis ... Shahbaaz lost in straight sets against Lock.

At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2018, Lagos

[R2] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) bt Alexis Klegou (BEN,946) 75 62
[R2] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) bt Aziz Ouakaa (TUN,975) 76(1) 61
[R2] (Q) Shahbaaz Khan (IND,1924) l (2) Benjamin Lock (ZIM,451) 16 46

[QF] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) vs (1) Tom Jomby (FRA,422)
[QF] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) vs (3) Arthur Rinderknech (FRA,469)

[sameerph]

Pranjala upsets the second seed for the second successive week and Riya also upsets the fifth seed.

At $25K+H ITF Women Tournament 2018, Lagos, Nigeria

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) d. (5) Nastja Kolar (SLO,370) 62 63
[QF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) d. (2) Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR,210) 63 64

Next,

[SF] Riya Bhatia (IND,716) vs. (1) Conny Perrin (SUI,142)

[SF] (6) Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,449) vs. (8) Julia TERZIYSKA (BUL,421)

[Omkara]

Thus laying to rest any doubts on whether last week was a fluke!

[bujilover]

Kolar used to be ranked in the top-170 few years ago, this is a huge win for Riya.

[jaydeep]

Niki and Aryan gave a decent fight in their respective losses against higher ranked French opponents ... In the doubles, Niki and Shahbaaz lost one-sided match against the 3rd seeds.

At $25K+H Nigeria F5 Futures 2018, Lagos

[QF] (7) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,694) l (1) Tom Jomby (FRA,422) 57 26
[QF] (8) Aryan Goveas (IND,760) vs (3) Arthur Rinderknech (FRA,469) 57 57

Doubles
[SF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)/ Shahbaaz Khan (IND) l (3) Tom Jomby (FRA)/ Alexis Klegou (BEN) 16 26

[PKBasu]

Terrific upset by Riya in the QF, and it’s great to see Pranjala sustain her form into another week.