Vijay Sundar Prasanth

[sameerph]

Huta Galung went on to win the title here. So, VSP was unlucky to draw a hot player in QF itself.

VSP plays $15K futures on grass in Frinton, Great Britain next week and the week after he surprisingly gets back on clay to play $15K+H futures in Kassel, Germany.

So, from clay to grass to back to clay for these 3 weeks for VSP.

[Omkara]

[prashanthm]

Crazy Schedule... May be it is part of their training regime to see how he fares on different surfaces?

[IndianTennisFan]

Looks like NVSP is the only Indian in Futures action this week. He's seeded 7th at Frinton and faces Brit Robbie Ridout(#1107) in R1.

[Ravishankar Krishnan]

N VIjay Sundar Prashant (Ind) d. Robbie Ridout (Gbr) 7-5 6-2.

[sameerph]

Good win to start with.

Up against another Brit next.

At $15K Great Britain F6 Futures, Frinton (Grass)

[R2] (7) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,398) vs. Neil PAUFFLEY (GBR,823)

[fabshab]

Loses in straight sets

At $15K Great Britain F6 Futures, Frinton (Grass)

[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth(IND,398) vs. Neil PAUFFLEY (GBR,823) 46 16

[sameerph]

It seems the switch from clay to grass for just 1 week does not work for VSP. There was a futures in Netherlands too this week (where he played last week). He should have continued there and then to Germany next week.

He is not playing doubles this week.

[bujilover]

VSP was in SW19 for Wimbledon last week and has thus entered this week's ITF. So its kind of just a dummy schedule.

[sameerph]

VSP starts his campaign in singles and doubles today in Germany.

At $15K(+H) Germany F7 Futures, Kassel (Clay)

[R1] (8) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,382) vs. Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY,534)

[R1] (2) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) / Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) vs. Linus KROHN (GER) / Julian ONKEN (GER)

[sameerph]

He started with a good comeback win.

At $15K(+H) Germany F7 Futures, Kassel (Clay)

[R1] (8) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,382) d. Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY,534) 26 61 63

Next,

[R2] (8) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,382) vs. Duje KEKEZ (CRO,466)

This will be tougher one for VSP as Kekez has been in good form in futures circuit having won a title and reached 2 finals ( including last week) within last couple of months.

[sameerph]

VSP lost a close one in 3 sets.

At $15K(+H) Germany F7 Futures, Kassel (Clay)

[R2] (8) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,382) l. Duje KEKEZ (CRO,466) 46 63 36

VSP and Jeevan are in doubles SF.

[R1] Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) / N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) [2] 7-6(5) 6-0 Linus KROHN (GER) / Julian ONKEN (GER)

[QF] Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) / N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) [2] 6-3 6-1 Lukas RUEPKE (GER) / Tim RUEPKE (GER)

[sameerph]

At $15K(+H) Germany F7 Futures, Kassel (Clay)

[SF] Aleksandar LAZOV (BUL) / Karim-Mohamed MAAMOUN (EGY) 4-6 7-6(3) [10-8] Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) / N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) [2]

That looks like the end of this European tour for VSP as he does not seem to have entered anywhere in the next 2-3 weeks. Not sure what his plans are next ? But, I hope he comes back and plays some easier tournaments in Asia which can propel his ranking towards top 300.

[bujilover]

VSP plays Gstaad ATP qualies next week. After that he will be back to India. Expecting him to play the ITF events at home. Guess there are 2-3 in Chennai

[sameerph]

VSP is now only 3 out from next week's $75K Astana challenger in Kazakhstan with 2 special exempt spots to clear. Does he plan to play there especially if he gets into main draw ?