Grass tournaments (Challengers & ATP/WTA tour) 2019

[PKBasu]

Shocking result from Ramkumar. What ails our grass star? (Perhaps these were played indoors rather than on grass, but that shouldn't have made this big a difference).

[PKBasu]

Ankita got in as a late Lucky Loser in the Nottingham WTA, but sadly lost to another LL:

[R1] LL-Ankita Raina (IND, 173) l. LL-Chloe Pacquet (FRA, 168) 75 46 26

[PKBasu]

Another good win for Bopanna/Shapovalov:

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) d. (WC) Lucas Pouille (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 64 63

[knarayen]

Both lost in the second round.

At €137K+H Nottingham Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,229) l. (10) Sabestian Oftner (GER,145) 46 57

[R2] (11) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,147) l. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,185) 16 06

Tame loss for RamK. Saki at least put up a fight.

Not good for RamK. Confidence takes time and hard work to build and retain. It will go down very fast with losses like these. Don’t know if he is having an injury problem, but if he is not 100% physically and mentally, he should take an extended break, fix the problems, and return only when ready.

Prof

[S_K_S]

Shocking result from Ramkumar. What ails our grass star? (Perhaps these were played indoors rather than on grass, but that shouldn't have made this big a difference).

Yes was indoors. Has been raining cats and dogs all week. There can be a long list of reasons/excuses for this result but no denying that the overall trend for the past 6 months has been a nosedive. Time to find a few weeks in the calendar to get off the treadmill and have a re-think?

[jaydeep]

Bala and Cerretani required the match tie-break for a win over the British pair ... Next, they r facing Purav and Jeevan, who received a walkover from Evans and Glasspool.

At €137K+H Nottingham Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (WC) Daniel Evans (GBR)/ Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) w/o
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) bt (WC) Evan Hoyt (GBR)/ Luke Johnson (GBR) 64 46 10-8

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA)

[vparam]

Both lost in the second round.

At €137K+H Nottingham Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[R2] Saketh Myneni (IND,229) l. (10) Sabestian Oftner (GER,145) 46 57

[R2] (11) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,147) l. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL,185) 16 06

Tame loss for RamK. Saki at least put up a fight.

Not good for RamK. Confidence takes time and hard work to build and retain. It will go down very fast with losses like these. Don’t know if he is having an injury problem, but if he is not 100% physically and mentally, he should take an extended break, fix the problems, and return only when ready.

Prof

Unfortunately RamK has a lot of points to defend from being a finalist last year at Newport, so the thought of an extended break will kill his ranking. Come to think of it, not sure if his ranking at this point will even get him in the main draw this year. He may have to qualify.

[rajitghosh]

In the doubles, tough matches for our pairs ... Jeevan and Purav are getting a big grass court match practice against the in-form British pair ... Bala and Cerretani r facing another British wild-card pair ... Lee is playing with Junaid and they r facing the 3rd seed, Ken Skupski and John-Patrick Smith.

At €137K+H Nottingham Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Daniel Evans (GBR)/ Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs (WC) Evan Hoyt (GBR)/ Luke Johnson (GBR)
[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) vs (3) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

What happened to Lee?

[jaydeep]

What happened to Lee?

Lee lost in the first round with Junaid against the 3rd seeds.

[R1] Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Leander Paes (IND) l (3) Ken Skupski (GBR)/ John-Patrick Smith (AUS) 46 67(4)

[PKBasu]

Prajnesh has a tough Q1 match at Queen’s Club on grass, against James Ward, the Brit who made the third round at Wimbledon in 2015, and has had some great results on grass. Prajnesh should still beat him if our Gunner is fit.

[RohitG]

Praj is playing but he has lost the first tamely, 1-6

[Tolamu]

Lost 1-6 4-6.

At € 2.2M Queen's Club Open 2019, London, Great Britain

[Q1] (7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,91) l (WC) James Ward (GBR,204) 16 46

[jaydeep]

Divij and Marcelo r playing in the qualifying of the Halle Open ... They started with a win over Paire and Djere in the match tie-break.

At € 2.2M Halle Open 2019, Germany

[Q1] (1) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Laslo Djere (SRB)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) 62 67(1) 10-8

[jaydeep]

Rohan and Shapo r in the final with an easy win over an Aussie pair ... In the final, they r facing the top-seed pairing of Soares and Peers

At € 754K Mercedes Cup 2019, Stuttgart, Germany (Grass)

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ Matt Reid (AUS) 63 64

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs (1) John Peers (AUS)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

[sameerph]

Bala and Cerretani thru to the SF with an upset win over Jeevan and Purav.

At €137K+H Nottingham Challenger 2019, Great Britain

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) d. (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) 63 36 10-7

Next,

[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs. Aisam-ul-haq Quereshi (PAK) / Santiago Gonzales (CHI)

Another Indo-Pak match-up today.