$150K(+H) Bangalore/$50K(+H) Pune Challenger, Nov.12-25, 2018

[Rajiv]

As expected Bhambri withdraws from Pune.
And the confusing signals from him is also not helping his cause . " I love playing in Japan and am going to play in Kobe " , and than later withdraw at the last moment , Surprised that he made such a comment of playing and looking forward to a tournament and than withdrawing at the 11th hour, and it is not that his fitness dropped suddenly and had to pull out, after committing to travel and play in Kobe .

[Rajiv]

Mukund scores an excellent commendable win over 286 ranked American C Altamirano 7-6 , 6-3
Good to see him in nice playing form and awaits winner of the match between 8th seed Canadian Filip Peliwo / Blaz Kavcic , difficult but a win could be a high probability considering he is playing on home soil and the fine form he is .

[jaydeep]

Yes, really a good win for Mukund against the American youngster ... After winning the tight tie-break he controlled the second set.

[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418) bt Collin Altamirano (USA,286) 76(6) 63

[Rajiv]

In the live rankings Yuki has dropped to 126 and with no more play possible for the rest of year , he would finish the year between 135 to 140 after his 115 points from last year of Pune/Banglore fall off.

[meyyis]

At $150K+H Bangalore Challenger 2018, India

[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,310) vs (7) Jay Clarke (GBR,174) : 6-4, 7-5
[R1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) d. (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1034) : 6-3, 7-6
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418) d. Collin Altamirano (USA,286) : 7-6, 6-3
[R1] (WC) Suraj R. Prabodh (IND,841) vs (6) Quentin Halys (FRA,145) : 3-6, 1-6
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,141) vs Ivan Nedelko (RUS,264)


Up Next

Youssef Hossam created an upset by defeating the Top seed Radu Albot in 3 sets in R1. Saketh now has a Good chance to progress further.

[R2] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,310) vs James Ward (GBR,199)
[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418) vs Blaz Kavcic (SLO,196)
[R2] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) vs Youssef Hossam (EGY,483)

[meyyis]

At $150K+H Bangalore Challenger 2018, India

[R1] (1) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l. Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) : 3-6, 6-3, 7-10
[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN)
[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Romain Arneodo (MON)/ Quentin Halys (FRA)

[meyyis]

At $150K+H Bangalore Challenger 2018, India

[R1] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,310) vs (7) Jay Clarke (GBR,174) : 6-4, 7-5
[R1] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) d. (WC) Adil Kalyanpur (IND,1034) : 6-3, 7-6
[R1] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418) d. Collin Altamirano (USA,286) : 7-6, 6-3
[R1] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,141) d. Ivan Nedelko (RUS,264) : 6-2, 6-2
[R1] (WC) Suraj R. Prabodh (IND,841) l. (6) Quentin Halys (FRA,145) : 3-6, 1-6

Up Next

Youssef Hossam created an upset by defeating the Top seed Radu Albot in 3 sets in R1. Saketh now has a Good chance to progress further.

[R2] (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND,310) vs James Ward (GBR,199)
[R2] (Q) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,418) vs Blaz Kavcic (SLO,196)
[R2] (WC) Saketh Myneni (IND,315) vs Youssef Hossam (EGY,483)
[R2] (4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,141) vs (Q) Sebastin Fanselow (GER,431)

[meyyis]

At $150K+H Bangalore Challenger 2018, India

Purav and Sancic win their R1 match in a humdinger MTB.

[R1] (1) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l. Andrej Martin (SVK)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) : 3-6, 6-3, 7-10
[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Romain Arneodo (MON)/ Quentin Halys (FRA) : 6-4, 6-7, 11-9
[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN)

[jaydeep]

Good results in the singles to see 4 players in the second round ... In the doubles, a disappointing loss for Jeevan and his German partner ... Bala and Vishnu started with straight sets win.

[R1] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (WC) Sumit Nagal (IND)/ Brayden Schnur (CAN) 64 63

[QF] (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS)
[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs (WC) S.D. Prajwal Dev (IND)/ Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND)
[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Antonio Sancic (CRO) vs Blaz Kavcic (SLO)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)

[sameerph]

Yes, good to see 4 Indians in the second round when only 2 were expected to make it based on draw and ranking. Sumit and Mukund did well to beat much higher ranked players.

[Rajiv]

Al the 4 Indians figure in today's singles line up , and predicting 3-1 for us , could well be 4-0 to us if Mukund can pull off a stunning upset.

[Rajiv]

Chennai Challenger in 2019 has been confirmed and is slated to be held on 4th Feb , just a week after the DC in Calcutta.

[suresh]

I hope we win at least 3/4 matches in singles and 3/3 in doubles (one match, of course, is an all-Indian affair).

[sameerph]

2 contrasting matches on. Mukund and Kavic had long opening service games where they won 3 breakpoints each and are at 1-1 .

On the other hand, Saki has breezed thru the first set 6-1 in 20 mins.

[sameerph]

Mukund was broken and Kavcic served for the set at 5-4 but Mukund broke back for 5-5. Held for 6-5. Then, he has 2 set points at 40-15 on Kavcic serve but could not convert and it goes into a tie break in first set.

In the meantime, Saki seems to have given up the momentum from first set and lost the second set 3-6. That goes into decider.