N Sriram Balaji thread

[Tolamu]

Balaji in trouble in set1 trailing 0-4*
Now 2-6 0*-1

Bala won the 2nd set 6-4.

In the decider o. serve 3*-4.

[Tolamu]

At $10K Egypt F7 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[R2] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,506) d. Dominik KELLOVSKY (CZE,891) 2-6 6-4 6-4

[sameerph]

Another hard fought win by Bala who seems to be struggling a bit to pull out these wins against lower ranked players. Now up against top seed.

At $10K Egypt F7 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[QF] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,506) vs. (1) Marko TEPAVAC (SRB,289)

Tepavac won the title last week and is now on 7 match winning streak.

[sameerph]

Bala lost in straight sets against the top seed.

At $10K Egypt F7 Futures, Sharm El Sheikh

[QF] (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,506) l. (1) Marko TEPAVAC (SRB,289) 26 46

He will play his doubles SF later today.

[sameerph]

Balaji is playing in Spain futures this week but lost in doubles first round.

At $25K Spain F18 Futures, Cordoba (Hard)

[R1] Nicolas BARRIENTOS (COL) / Jaume PLA MALFEITO (ESP) 6-4 6-7(4) [10-8] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Yasutaka UCHIYAMA (JPN) [3]

He will play singles today.

[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,486) vs. (7) Akira SANTILLAN (JPN,367)

[PKBasu]

Disappointing loss in doubles for Balaji, albeit an extremely close match.

[Tolamu]

Balaji bit the dust in singles too.

[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,486) l. (7) Akira SANTILLAN (JPN,367) 4-6 3-6

[sameerph]

This week Balaji is playing in France and started with wins in singles and doubles.

At $25K France F13 Futures, BOURG-EN-BRESSE (Clay)

[R1] (8) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,488) d. Florent DIEP (FRA,905) 64 46 62

[R1] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Marat DEVIATIAROV (UKR) d. Benjamin PIETRI (FRA) / Johan Sebastien TATLOT (FRA) 64 64

Next,

[R2] (8) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,488) vs. Laurent LOKOLI (FRA,523)

[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Marat DEVIATIAROV (UKR) vs. Maxime HAMOU (FRA) / Calvin HEMERY (FRA)

[sameerph]

Balaji was lucky and got a walkover in singles but lost in doubles.

At $25K France F13 Futures, BOURG-EN-BRESSE (Clay)

[R2] (8) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,488) d. Laurent LOKOLI (FRA,523) Walkover

[QF] (1) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Marat DEVIATIAROV (UKR) l. Maxime HAMOU (FRA) / Calvin HEMERY (FRA) 61 67(5) 8-10

Next,

[QF] (8) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,488) vs. (4) Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA,347)

[sameerph]

Bala lost in QF.

[QF] (8) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,488) l. (4) Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA,347) 46 36

[sameerph]

Bala is playing in Germany futures but has a tough match-up in first round.

At $25K Germany F8 Futures, Wilhelmshöhe (Clay)

[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,518) vs. (4) Giovanni LAPENTTI (ECU,318)

[sameerph]

Bala lost in straight sets.

At $25K Germany F8 Futures, Wilhelmshöhe (Clay)

[R1] N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,518) l. (4) Giovanni LAPENTTI (ECU,318) 46 46

[jaydeep]

This week Bala with Vijay Sunder r playing doubles in Dutch challenger at Scheveningen ... They r facing local wild-card pair in the first round.

At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, Netherlands (Clay)

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (WC) Tallon Griekspoor (NED)/ Tim Van Ruthoven (NED)

[sameerph]

Playing only doubles ? Why did they not play singles qualifying ?

[jaydeep]

And moreover first round loss ... Surprising loss of our pair against local wild-card pair after winning the first set.

At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger,, Netherlands (Clay)

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l (WC) Tallon Griekspoor (NED)/ Tim Van Ruthoven (NED) 63 26 8-10