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

[sameerph]

Mahak qualified thru to the main draw of $15K in Turkey,

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

[Q1] Mahak JAIN (IND,NR) d. Eva KOLAROVSKA (SVK,NR) 64 60
[Q2] Mahak JAIN (IND,NR) d. Jue WANG (CHN,NR) 61 62
[Q3] Mahak JAIN (IND,NR) d. Adna SOFRADZIJA (SWE,NR) 62 60

Although all 3 wins were against unranked players, the players whom Mahak beat in Q2 and Q3 had beaten seeded players in earlier rounds. So, those score lines against them is impressive.

Main draw-

[R1] Mahak JAIN (IND,NR) vs. Julia STAMATOVA (BUL,600)

[sameerph]

Mahak lost in a close 3 setter.

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

[R1] Mahak JAIN (IND,NR) l. Julia STAMATOVA (BUL,600) 57 75 57

Good fighting effort by Mahak against a top 600 player. These pro tournaments on clay will help Mahak prepare well for French open juniors.

[sameerph]

Mahak again qualified for main draw.

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

[Q1] Mahak JAIN (IND) BYE
[Q2] Mahak JAIN (IND) 6-2 6-3 Aleksandra KUZNETSOVA (RUS)
[Q3] Mahak JAIN (IND) 3-6 6-4 6-4 Anastasia ABRAMYAN (RUS)

Good wins against couple of Russians. But, she again gets a seed in the first round like last week.

[R1] Mahak JAIN (IND,NR) vs. (7) Barbara GATICA (CHI,612)

[sameerph]

Unfortunately, Mahak could not post a main draw win.

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

[R1] Mahak JAIN (IND,NR) l. (7) Barbara GATICA (CHI,612) 57 26

[sameerph]

Few Indians are playing in Zimbabwe this week.

At $15K Zimbabwe F2 Futures

[R1] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,891) d. Sylvester EMMANUEL (NGR,1138) 60 30 retd.
[R1] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND,1248) d. Dusty H. BOYER (USA,1628) 61 46 76(4)
[R1] Dhruv SUNISH (IND,1024) d. Clifford ENOSOREGBE (NGR,1138) 75 36 60

Next,

[R2] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,891) vs William BUSHAMUKA (USA,1920)
[R2] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND,1248) vs. (6) Jonathan KANAR (FRA,709)
[R2] Dhruv SUNISH (IND,1024) vs. (3) Matias Franco DESCOTTE (ARG,663)

[PKBasu]

Good to see all three Indians winning, albeit against similarly ranked foreigners.

[sameerph]

But, only Aryan went thru to the QF.

At $15K Zimbabwe F2 Futures

[R2] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,891) d. William BUSHAMUKA (USA,1920) 62 26 62
[R2] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND,1248) l. (6) Jonathan KANAR (FRA,709) 16 06
[R2] Dhruv SUNISH (IND,1024) l. (3) Matias Franco DESCOTTE (ARG,663) 36 16

Next,

[QF] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,891) vs. (1) Benjamin LOCK (ZIM,434)

[sameerph]

Aryan lost in straights sets against top seed.

At $15K Zimbabwe F2 Futures

[QF] (8) Aryan GOVEAS (IND,891) l. (1) Benjamin LOCK (ZIM,434) 36 46

[sameerph]

Lots of lower ranked Indian players playing in Spain this week.

At $25K Spain F23 Futures, Xativa

Q1
Joshua GOODGER (GBR) 6-2 6-1 Suyash GUPTA (IND)
Felipe STEPANOV ZYABTCHENKO (ESP) 2-6 6-2 6-1 Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) [4]
Anurag NENWANI (IND) [10] 6-4 6-1 Arnau BERENGUER TORTOSA (ESP)
Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND) [7] 6-2 6-4 Imanol LOPEZ MORILLO (ESP)
Ansu BHUYAN (IND) [13] 7-5 3-6 6-3 Joan Carles ALCALA LLINARES (ESP)

Q2
Carles SARRIO TAMARIT (ESP) 6-1 5-0 Retired Anurag NENWANI (IND) [10]
Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND) [7] 6-4 6-1 Jose Vicent MONSONIS USO (ESP)
Carles ANTON TALAYA (ESP) 6-4 6-1 Ansu BHUYAN (IND) [13]

[Q3] Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND) [7] 6-4 6-3 Carles ANTON TALAYA (ESP)

Main Draw-

[R1] (Q) Abhinav Sanjeev SHANMUGAM (IND,1428) vs. (Q) Axel VILA ANTUNA (ESP,NR)

[R1] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,876) d. (WC) Lluis DOLZ (ESP,NR) 76(3) 61

[sameerph]

Adil Kalyanpur qualified for main draw in Portugal.

At $15K Portugal F13 Futures

[Q1] Adil KALYANPUR (IND) [5] BYE
[Q2] Adil KALYANPUR (IND) [5] 1-6 6-1 6-4 Alvaro BLANCO DAMEA (ESP)
[Q3] Adil KALYANPUR (IND) [5] 6-7(3) 6-2 6-1 Loic RATSARATANY (FRA)

Main draw

[R1] (Q) Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1864) vs. (SE) Nicolas ALVAREZ VARONA (ESP,1992)

[sameerph]

Adil had a first round win but lost in the second round.

At $15K Portugal F13 Futures

[R1] (Q) Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1864) d. (LL) Russell HENDERSON (GBR,NR) 64 62

[R2] (Q) Adil KALYANPUR (IND,1864) l. Clement LARRIERE (FRA,1215) 46 36

[sameerph]

At $15K ITF Women, Lisbon, Portugal

[Q1] Nandini SHARMA (IND,NR) d. Lian TRAN (NED) 76(5) 64
[Q2] Nandini SHARMA (IND,NR) d. Catarina Castro CERQUEIRA (POR) 64 64

[R1] Nandini SHARMA (IND,NR) d. (8) Ainhoa ATUCHA GOMEZ (ESP,679) 64 61

That is a really nice win by 18 year old Nandini Sharma whom we have not heard of much before. Last week too in a futures in Spain, Nandini beat couple of ranked players to qualify for main draw and then lost in a close 3 setter against a top 650 player.

[R2] Nandini SHARMA (IND,NR) vs. Beatriz PACILETTI DUARTE DA COSTA (POR,NR)

[jayakris]

That was a really good upset of a seeded 24 year old player by Nandini Sharma. Ever since playing Gwalior early this year (where she qualified and had a tough 26 62 57 loss to Pranjala), it seems she has been in Spain and Portugal, doing it the hard way. What is noticeable is that she has played well in many of the qualies losses too. I think she is showing some good potential. We will need to keep an eye on her. Good that she has finally picked up some points to get ranked.

[bujilover]

Surprising results! All the more joy now that she has a chance to feature in the QF.

[sameerph]

Good that she has finally picked up some points to get ranked.

Not enough to get a ranking yet, Jay. As per WTA ranking rules, she has to get points from 3 tournaments to get ranked. Quite strange rule that. Don't know what is the idea behind putting such a criteria for players to get a ranking.