Pre-US Open ATP/WTA tournaments

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Pre-US Open ATP/WTA tournaments

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Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan are playing in the singles qualifiers of the Citi Open in Washington, DC.

[Q1] (6) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND, 155) d. Luke Saville (AUS, 422) 62 62
[Q1] (Alt) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND, 207) d. (Alt) Christopher Eubanks (USA, 217) 64 36 63
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Man, RamK is a tennis playing robot... He keeps on playing matches day after day after day. :notworthy: ... This was a good win again, and again in a three-setter after so many days of tennis.
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RamK owns Eubanks! I remember watching his match against Eubanks in Cincinnati a few years back. I believe the match was televised live by ESPN here in the U.S.

Anyway, Ram made more money winning today than he did all week playing singles and doubles at the Lexington challenger.
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Point is not about owning Eubanks (or even about prize money) , the crux of the matter here is Ram's ceaselessly continously scorching of courts which Jay mentioned earlier and one which I broached about it yesterday, and that's what it is very rare for to maintain this kind of physical level nearly even after 2 weeks of playing , and each match a barnburner and on top of that still having a 80% winning ratio.

And he is not your Somdev type gym fitness freak, but the usual cycling here and there in the Gym, and yes those mobility exercises, who's various videos he keeps sending me and insists me to follow them and keeps checking my progress. :D :D

Next up is Ofner and these 2 have met 5 times with Ram leading 3-2,their battles stretch back to 5 years from the Doha Futures time, both of their careers have run quite similar, and Ofner with a fresh set of legs , and less of grinding schedule compared to Ram, would have his nose in the front, but then with Ram anything can be possible.
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Ankita is in the main draw of the WTA 125 event at Concord whixh starts from Monday. Hope she gets an easier draw to begin with and finds a good partner for doubles.
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Rajiv wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:15 pm
And he is not your Somdev type gym fitness freak, but the usual cycling here and there in the Gym, and yes those mobility exercises, who's various videos he keeps sending me and insists me to follow them and keeps checking my progress. :D :D
You know RR personally? woohoo
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Prajnesh cruising against Soeda 6-3, 3-0

RamK leading Ofner 7-5, 1-0.

Hope both can close out these matches!

UPDATE: Prajnesh wins 6-3, 6-1
RamK cruising 7-5, 4-1
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Dominating wins by both boys in Washington!

RR may have had some issues but I think he is playing really well lately. Beat Ofner ranked 162 convincingly.
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That's a great news to wake up too.
Both of them notching convincing straight sets win. 10 valuable points for making the MD, and hope they get a good draw.
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Marcos Giron, Russovuori,Pospisil,Richard Bernakis,Steve Johnson, Jordan Thompson , await the qualifiers, not impossible opponents for this 500, and they all look winnable.
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At the $1,895,290 Citi Open ATP, Washington DC, USA (Hard)
[Q2] (6) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,155) d. Go Soeda (JPN,178), 63 61
[Q2] (Alt) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,207) d. (9) Sebastian Ofner (AUT,162), 75 61

In the main draw,
[R1] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,155) vs TBD
[R1] (Q) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,207) vs TBD
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS)/ Frances Tiafoe (USA)
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Excellent wins for both the Indians. What a fabulous Sunday it was for Indian sport!

How nice it is to have 2 Indians playing in the main draw of an ATP tournament. The Citi Open has always been a happy hunting ground for Indian players.
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[R1} Q-Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND, 155) vs. Emil Ruusuvori (FIN, 78) - winner to play Jannik Sinner in R2

[R1] Q-Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND, 207) vs. Steve Johnson (USA, 80) - winner to play Alex de Minaur in R2.
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Great to see both qualifying. Expected Prajnesh to qualify as Soeda is in a downward curve now. But, RamK has really been playing at a real good level now.
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Ankita plays Su-Wei Hsieh in the opening round of the Concord WTA 125. She’s seeded #2 in the doubles alongside Brit Eden Silva, and the pair faces Aussies Cabrera, Inglis in the first round. :goodluck:
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