[Tennis] Misc. Results for Indians abroad...

[bujilover]

Ramya Natarajan for the second consecutive week has reached the QFs (lost in the SF last week) of the $15K Korea ITF.

Today she had a lucky outing against the 8th seed when her opponent retired after leading 6-4 0-5 in the second round. In the QF, Ramya will play an unseeded Japanese (#1172) that upset the top seed. GO RAMYA!!

(I don’t have access to a computer, hence can’t post scores).

[bujilover]

Ramya wins a thriller 1-6 6-3 7-6 in the QF to move into the semis where she will face a 16 yo Korean wildcard (#75 junior). (Still don’t have a computer to post the results in actual format and it’s too much work via mobile phone ). GO RAMYA!!

[suresh]

Thanks Dinesh for the updates. It is nice to see Ramya make the SF for the second week in a row -- yes, she got a break in R2 but one needs such breaks every once in a while. Ramya has finally re-entered the WTA rankings. She should enter the top 1000 with this week's performance (she's at 962 in the live rankings as India's 12th ranked player).

[meyyis]

Ramya lost the SF match 5-7, 2-6.

[sameerph]

At $25K(+H) Portugal F18 Futures, Oliveira De Azemeis

[R1] Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1090) d. Alexis MUSIALEK (FRA,606) 63 76(6)

Decent win for Adil. He plays the top seed next.

[R2] Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1090) vs. (1) Gleb SAKHAROV (FRA,275)

[sameerph]

Adil lost in straight sets against the top seed.

At $25K(+H) Portugal F18 Futures, Oliveira De Azemeis

[R2] Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1090) l. (1) Gleb SAKHAROV (FRA,275) 46 46

[sameerph]

At $15K Kuwait F2 Futures

[R1] Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1034) d. Ali ALSHATI (KUW,NR) 60 61
[R1] Dhruv SUNISH (IND,1169) l. Alen ROGIC HADZALIC (CRO,1184) 36 26

Next,

[R2] Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1034) vs. (6) Aidan MCHUGH (GBR,706)

The British player had won the title here last week and is so on a winning streak. Tough for Adil.

[bujilover]

The British player is a product of Andy Murray’s management company. Aidan is a tough one to beat.

[sameerph]

But, Adil does beat the last week's winner.

At $15K Kuwait F2 Futures

[R2] Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1034) d. (6) Aidan MCHUGH (GBR,706) 26 61 64

Another tough match next up.

[QF] Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1034) vs. (3) Constantin BITTOUN KOUZMINE (FRA,637)

[bujilover]

That is a good win for Adil. It literally was a Rafa vs Murray protege match

[sameerph]

End of road for Adil this week.

At $15K Kuwait F2 Futures

[QF] Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1034) l. (3) Constantin BITTOUN KOUZMINE (FRA,637) 46 06

[sameerph]

2 Indians are thru to the QF at 25K futures in Cameron.

At $25K Cameroon F1 Futures,Yaounde

[R1] (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,1558) d. (WC) Cedric WOUOBONG NGOUMTSA (CMR,NR) 62 76(4)
[R1] (LL) Sai Saran Reddy BYREDDY (IND,NR) d. (Q) Arpit SHARMA (IND,NR) 64 57 63
[R1] Kunal ANAND (IND,1026) d. (3) Takanyi GARANGANGA (ZIM,452) 76(4) 63

[R2] (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,1558) d. (LL) Sai Saran Reddy BYREDDY (IND,NR) 63 46 62
[R2] Kunal ANAND (IND,1026) d. Diego MATOS (BRA,1271) 62 67(6) 76(5)

Kunal had a very good win in first round. This is a very weak 25K tournament. More Indians should have played here.

Next,

[QF] (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,1558) vs. (LL) Igor SAO THIAGO (BRA,1621)

[QF] Kunal ANAND (IND,1026) vs. (8) Skander MANSOURI (TUN,863)

[sameerph]

Both Indians lost in the QF.

At $25K Cameroon F1 Futures,Yaounde

[QF] (Q) Jatin DAHIYA (IND,1558) l. (LL) Igor SAO THIAGO (BRA,1621) 16 61 36

[QF] Kunal ANAND (IND,1026) l. (8) Skander MANSOURI (TUN,863) 46 16

Still they got some decent points which will help them in new ITF rankings to get into transition tour events next year.

[Dinesh]

At the $25,000 USD Shymkent ITF, KAZ (Clay-Outdoor):

R1 [6] Sidharth RAWAT (511) vs q TBD
R1 Manish SURESHKUMAR (580) vs [2] Alen AVIDZBA (RUS,386) - Manish is yet to win a singles match this year.

Manish and Sid are partnering together in the doubles MD, as well

[Dinesh]

At the $25,000 USD Shymkent ITF, KAZ (Clay-Outdoor):

5th straight loss of the year for Manish .

Round 1:
Sidharth RAWAT (IND,511) [6] 6-2 4-6 7-5 Aliaksandr LIAONENKA (BLR,1111 ITF)
Alen AVIDZBA (RUS,386) [2] 6-4 6-0 Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND,580)

Round 2:
Sidharth RAWAT (IND,511) [6] vs Grigoriy LOMAKIN (KAZ,777 ITF)