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sameerph wrote:Yes, SF. I am making too many mistakes these days. :D
Unimportant mistakes that (irritating) nitpickers like me find. Keep up the good work!
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sameerph wrote:Balaji and his partner won the doubles title.

[F] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Zhe LI (CHN) d. (1) Yan BAI (CHN) / Ti CHEN (TPE) 46 76(2) (13-11)

Balaji has huge number of doubles titles at futures level (about 25 or thereabouts.). I think eventually he can become a very good doubles player if singles does not work out.
Indeed ! This was title #29 at the Futures level inn doubles. I guess with him being active in singles also, he can't make the step up to Challengers just yet
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Bad loss for him in first round this week.

At $15K China F11 Futures,Xi'an

[R1] (6) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,377) l. Yuya KIBI (JPN,627) 57 63 46
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Yet another player (like Sanam) who is inconsistent.
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He has reached another doubles final with his partner though.

At $15K China F11 Futures,Xi'an

[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Zhe LI (CHN) [2] 6-3 6-3 Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE) / Wei-De LIN (TPE)
[QF] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Zhe LI (CHN) [2] Walkover Wishaya TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL (THA) / Zhicheng ZHU (CHN)
[SF] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Zhe LI (CHN) [2] 6-1 6-2 Hiroki KONDO (JPN) / Kento TAKEUCHI (JPN)

Next,

[F] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Zhe LI (CHN) vs. (3) Yan BAI (CHN) / Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE)
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[F] (2) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Zhe LI (CHN) 7-6(4) 3-6 7-10 (3) Yan BAI (CHN) / Cheng-Peng HSIEH (TPE)

So a close loss for Bala and his parter Li in the finals
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This is an article on Balaji in Indian express-

Greener Pastures Target for Sriram

It does appear that now he is going to give it a go in doubles and therefore, will play challenges in next 3 weeks instead of Indian futures series -
“For the last few years, I’ve been focussing on singles, but this season I’m giving doubles as much love. I’ll play in Challengers in Bangkok, Shanghai and Nanchang so that I can amass enough points to boost my ranking — two weeks with Divij (Sharan) and one with Saketh (Myneni). Their rankings are within the top 200, so it’ll be easier to get into the tournaments,”
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Along expected lines. He has accumulated a large number of ITF doubles titles (close to 30, I believe). Maybe he can be a stable partner for Divij.
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Interesting ... Hopefully his partnership with Divij give us chance to discuss more.
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Congrats to Sriram Balaji for his national title.

From that article that Rabb posted in nationals thread -
“I was supposed to play in a Challenger and two Futures in Egypt, but wasn’t able to get a visa on time as the embassy was on leave due to Bakrid. There are no ranking points for playing here and I took part just to get enough match practice. Winning eight matches made it even more worth it.”
So, that explains the reason of hum preferring to play in nationals instead of pro tour events.
The World No 305 next plays at the October 26-31 Pune Challenger. He’ll give the earlier one in Bengaluru a miss due to some personal commitments — namely his sister’s nuptials.
So, he will miss the first of the Indian challenger but will play the second week.
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Balaji is back playing in Egypt for couple of weeks at least.

At $10K Egypt F7 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,506) vs. Florent DIEP (FRA,813)
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Balaji wasted 3 bps in 6th game *3-3.
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Balaji won set1 6-4 but lost set2 5-7.

Serving 4-2 in the decider.

Holds easily 5-2*
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At $10K Egypt F7 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[R1] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,506) bt Florent DIEP (FRA,813) 6-4 5-7 6-4
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At $10K Egypt F7 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[R2] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,506) vs. Dominik KELLOVSKY (CZE,891)
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