October / November 2018 Challengers

[PKBasu]

It’ll be an all half-Indian final at the Monterrey Challenger in Mexico. Paes/Reyes-Varela beat Kokkinakis/Reid 67(4) 75 10-8 in the semifinal, and will meet Neduchezhiyan/Arevalo in the final at 2pm on Sunday.

[jaydeep]

Yes, a good win against the big serving Aussie pair for Lee and Miguel.

At $150K+H Monterrey Challenger 2018, Mexico

[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 67(4) 75 10-8

[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)

[jaydeep]

Purav is playing Italy with the Croatian partner, Antonio Sancic and they r facing the Italian pair.

At $75K Ortisei Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA)

[jaydeep]

Bala gave fighting performance against the top-300 Portuguese player in his loss

Bala and Vishu r the top-seeds and facing Ignatik and Majchrzak.

At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[Q2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND,660) vs Fredrico Ferrero Silva (POR,291) 26 75 67(2)

Doubles
[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Kamil Majchrzak (POL)

[PKBasu]

Jeevan/Arevalo beat Leander/Miguel very comfortably in the final 61 64. Second consecutive win for Jeevan over Leander, takes Jeevan back to his career-high ranking of 75 and Leander to 68.
Both pairs are playing at the 125K+H Santo Domingo Challenger in the Dominican Republic this week.

[jaydeep]

A good win for Jeevan, his 4th challenger title of the year.

[jaydeep]

This week, Jeevan and Lee r playing in the Santo Domingo Open with their respective partners.

At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic (clay)

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) vs (WC) Jose Olivares (DOM)/ Cristian Rodriguez (COL)
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Gastao Elias (POR)/ Pedja Krstin (SRB)

[jaydeep]

After losing the first set Bala and Vishu made a strong comeback against Ignatik and Majchrzak ... Next, they r facing local wild-card pair.

At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[R1] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR)/ Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 26 63 10-3

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Jurabek Karimov (UZB)

[jaydeep]

Purav and his Croatian partner, Antonio Sancic started with straight sets win over the Italian pair.

At $75K Ortisei Challenger 2018, Italy

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/ Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 76(2) 63

[jaydeep]

A bad loss for Bala and Vishu against local wild-card pair ... Our top-seeds pair lost in the two tie-breaks.

At $75K Tashkent Challenger 2018, Uzbekistan

[QF] (1) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/ Jurabek Karimov (UZB) 67(4) 67(3)

[PKBasu]

Jeevan/Arevalo lost in the QF in Santo Domingo. Leander/Marcel are yet to play their R1!

[jaydeep]

Yes, after winning the first round Jeevan and Marcelo lost in the match tie-break against South American pair.

At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic (Clay)

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) bt (WC) Jose Olivares (DOM)/ Cristian Rodriguez (COL) 63 76(2)

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) l Ariel Behar (URU)/ Roberto Quiroz (ECU) 75 46 7-10

[jaydeep]

Leander and Miguel started with a comfortable win ... Next, they r facing Melzer brothers.

At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic (clay)

[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Gastao Elias (POR)/ Pedja Krstin (SRB) 63 60

[jaydeep]

Lee and Miguel in the semis and facing the Argentine pair ... They r only the seeded pair remaining in the draw ... Lee and Miguel played a close match against Melzer brothers ... In the second set tie-break, they saved a couple of set point at 4-6 before completing the win.

At $125K+H Santo Domingo Open 2018, Dominican Republic (Clay)

[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) bt Gerald Melzer (AUT)/ Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 75 76(7)

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) vs Tomas Lipovsek Puches (ARG)/ Juan Ignacio Londero (ARG)

[PKBasu]

Two matches in quick succession for Leander, and two wins — the second over a strong pair of brothers.