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

[jayakris]

What happened to Nandini Sharma? She hasn't played anywhere since December, it seems? .... I guess there weren't too many places to go to, either.

[sameerph]

True, not too many tournaments to go to in first quarter of the year.

I checked on Felner academy, Portugal FB page and they mentioned that Nandini returned for training there in late January. I think good time to try to add something to the game at this time and return in 1-2 months when there are more tournaments around to play. I see these days most Indian players taking their off season break in Jan-Feb instead of Nov-Dec where they cannot do so due to challenger level events in India at that time.

[VReddy]

Nandini is exploring possibility of playing in Italy or China. She wouldn't face issue from April onwards given that there are 18-20 events lined up near her academy stretching upto fag end of the season.

[sameerph]

Nandini is starting her 2018 schedule this week in Italy and started with a first round win.

At $15K ITF Women, Solarino , Italy

[R1] Nandini SHARMA (IND,999) d. Olga HELMI (DEN,NR) 46 63 64

Next,

[R2] Nandini SHARMA (IND,999 vs. (4) Tayisiya MORDERGER (GER,511)

[sameerph]

Nandini lost in second round.

At $15K ITF Women, Solarino , Italy

[R2] Nandini SHARMA (IND,999) l. (4) Tayisiya MORDERGER (GER,511) 26 36

[bujilover]

Nandini is not playing in the $25K Italy CH this week. She is on the entry list for a couple of $15K events in China starting next week.

[bujilover]

Nandini is not playing in the $25K Italy CH this week. She is on the entry list for a couple of $15K events in China starting next week.

Not sure why, but Nandini has withdrawn from both the $15K China tournaments.

[bujilover]

Update:

1. Nandini evidently hasn't played both of the $25K challengers in her second home - Portugal. Injury issues?
2. Mihika Yadav, 18, who is currently unranked, is seen in the qualifying entry list for a couple of $15K ITF tournaments in Israel starting this weekend. Her notable results in the Pro circuit include a $10K finals in 2016 and her best win so far is against the then 448 ranked Russian, Yana Sizikova in $25K Pune.

[sameerph]

At $15K ITF Women, Antalya, Turkey (Clay)

[Q1] (4) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1098) bye
[Q2] (4) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1098) d. Kristina VASINA (BLR,NR) 62 62
[Q3] (4) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1098) l. Ekaterina OVCHARENKO (RUS,NR) 46 36

But, Jeniffer got in a lucky loser and won against a much higher ranked player in first round.

[R1] (LL) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1098) d.Gabriela HORACKOVA (CZE,715) 57 63 75

Next,

[R2] (LL) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1098) vs. (3) Elizabeth HALBAUER (USA,559)

[sameerph]

Jeniffer lost in straight sets.

At $15K ITF Women, Antalya, Turkey (Clay)

[R2] (LL) Jennifer LUIKHAM (IND,1098) l. (3) Elizabeth HALBAUER (USA,559) 26 36

[bujilover]

Update:

1. Nandini evidently hasn't played both of the $25K challengers in her second home - Portugal. Injury issues?
2. Mihika Yadav, 18, who is currently unranked, is seen in the qualifying entry list for a couple of $15K ITF tournaments in Israel starting this weekend. Her notable results in the Pro circuit include a $10K finals in 2016 and her best win so far is against the then 448 ranked Russian, Yana Sizikova in $25K Pune.

$15,000 Akko, Israel

Yuval KEREN (ISR) 6-4 6-3 Mihika YADAV (IND)

Not a good start for Mihika losing to an unranked opponent who was only ranked in her 500s at the junior level. Better luck, next week!

[bujilover]

Few of our lower rung players are in Vietnam for a couple of $15k Futures.

At $15K Vietnam F1 Futures (Outdoor Hard)

Singles Qualifying Draw
ROUND 1
Paramveer Singh BAJWA (IND) [14] 6-4 3-6 6-0 Mariano Alberto HASENKOPF (GER)
Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) [11] 6-0 6-1 Ha Minh Duc VU (VIE)

FINAL ROUND
Kazuki NISHIWAKI (JPN) [1] 6-4 6-3 Paramveer Singh BAJWA (IND) [14]
Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND) [11] 6-1 6-1 Tonkla MULADA (THA)

Singles Main Draw
ROUND 1

Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND,1114) vs. [Q] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1532)
Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND,924) vs. [2] Alexios HALEBIAN (USA,694)

[bujilover]

At $15K Vietnam F1 Futures (Outdoor Hard)

ROUND 1

Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND,1114) 4-6 5-7 [Q] Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1532)
Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND,924) 3-6 7-5 2-6 [2] Alexios HALEBIAN (USA,694)

Great fight from Abhinav against a seeded player. Need to check if this kid is being backed up financially, might be one of our top future prospects.

[suresh]

Great fight from Abhinav against a seeded player. Need to check if this kid is being backed up financially, might be one of our top future prospects.

I hope so too. What bad luck to get the second seed in the first round.

[sameerph]

Niki lost in second round too.

At $15K Vietnam F1 Futures

[R2] (Q) Niki KALIYANDA POONACHA (IND,1532) l. (4) Jumpei YAMASAKI (JPN,766) 46 63 16

Niki and Abhinav have reached the doubles SF though.