Prarthana Thombare thread

[jaydeep]

Disappointing result for Prarthana as she with her Japanese partner lost against wild-card pair after winning the first set ... Big missed opportunity.

At $250K WTA Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan

[R1] Nao HIBINO (JPN)/ Prarthana THOMBARE (IND) l (WC) Polina MERENKOVA (UZB)/ Dayana YASTREMSKA (UKR) 64 36 8-10

[sameerph]

Prarthana is playing doubles at a challenger in Australia.

At $25K ITF Women, Perth, Australia

[R1] Irina Maria BARA (ROU) / Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) [1] 6-3 6-1 Masa JOVANOVIC (AUS) / Alexandra WALTERS (AUS)

[QF] Irina Maria BARA (ROU) / Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) [1] 4-6 6-2 [10-7] Naiktha BAINS (AUS) / Abigail TERE-APISAH (PNG)

Next,

[SF] (1) Irina Maria BARA (ROU) / Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs. Jennifer ELIE (USA) / Sherazad REIX (FRA)

[sameerph]

Prarthana and her partner has made the final.

At $25K ITF Women, Perth, Australia

[SF] (1) Irina Maria BARA (ROU) / Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) d. Jennifer ELIE (USA) / Sherazad REIX (FRA) 64 64

Next,

[F] (1) Irina Maria BARA (ROU) / Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) vs. (2) Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) / Riko SAWAYANAGI (JPN)

[Varma]

A long and hard path for Prarthana to become a regular doubles specialist at WTA level. Looks like she has the patience to endure the pain. Wish to see her there soon. Good luck, Prarthana!

- Varma

[sameerph]

Yes, she lost in a close final this week though.

At $25K ITF Women, Perth, Australia

[F] (1) Irina Maria BARA (ROU) / Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) l. (2) Junri NAMIGATA (JPN) / Riko SAWAYANAGI (JPN) 67(5) 64 9-11

There are a couple more challengers in Australia for next couple of weeks. I don't know why Ankita did not go there.

[bujilover]

PGT continues the Aussie CHs and this week she along with partner Abbie Myers scored an excellent upset win over 2nd seeds Alize Lim/Sherazad Reix.

At $25,000 Clare, AUS

[R1] Abbie MYERS / Prarthana G. THOMBARE 3-6 6-3 10-6 Alize LIM / Sherazad REIX [2]

[Varma]

That's a very good win. For a place in the semi-final, they will either play a pair of wildcards, or a pair of qualifiers.

- Varma

[sameerph]

Prarthana and her partner lost in QF to the eventual champions.

At $25K ITF Women, Clare, Australia

[QF] Beatriz HADDAD MAIA (BRA) / Genevieve LORBERGS (AUS) 6-2 5-7 [10-7] Abbie MYERS (AUS) / Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND)

[sameerph]

Prarthana and her partner have reached a challenger final in Italy.

At $25K ITF Women, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy

[R1] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) / Eva WACANNO (NED) [3] 6-2 6-3 Valeria SOLOVYEVA (RUS) / Melanie STOKKE (NOR)
[QF] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) / Eva WACANNO (NED) [3] 3-6 6-4 [10-7] Ekaterine GORGODZE (GEO) / Kamila KERIMBAYEVA (KAZ)
[SF] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) / Eva WACANNO (NED) [3] 6-3 6-1 Irina Maria BARA (ROU) / Basak ERAYDIN (TUR) [2]

Next,

[F] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) / Eva WACANNO (NED) vs. Lina GJORCHESKA (MKD) / Bernarda PERA (USA)

The American pair has upset the top seeds and the fourth seeds while Prarthana and her partner have upset the second seeds. So, it should be a well contested final.

[sameerph]

They lost tamely in the final.

[F] (3) Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) / Eva WACANNO (NED) l.. Lina GJORCHESKA (MKD) / Bernarda PERA (USA) 26 36

There are 25k tournaments in Italy in next 3 weeks. So, I think Prarthana will continue playing there.

[sameerph]

Prarthana and her partner had big upset win in $100K in China.

At $100K(+H) ITF Women, Anning, China (Clay)

[R1] Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND,192) / Fang Ying XUN (CHN,255) d. Eri HOZUMI (JPN,34) / Miyu KATO (JPN,38) 26 63 14-12

Hozumi and Kato were semi finalist at Australian open and beat Sania and Strykova on the way. So, this is a big scalp for Prarthna.

[Varma]

wow...wow...wow!!!

For her perseverance, Prarthana badly needed this kind of a break. She truly deserves one! It will be nice if she and Xun can use this huge upset as a pedestal to go deeper in this Challenger.

- Varma

[jaydeep]

Huge win for Prarthana.

[jaydeep]

Prarthana is in the semis with her Chinese partner Fang Ying Xun after beating their Chinese opponents in the match tie-break ... Some weird total time for this match; 3 hours 21 minutes and in that the first set was 2 hours 26 minutes long ... In the semis, they r facing another Chinese pairing of Xu Liu Sun and Yan Wang.

At $100K+H ITF Women Tournament 2017, Anning, China

[QF] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) bt Xinyu Gao (CHN)/ Yihong Li (CHN) 67(5) 62 10-7

[SF] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs Xu Liu Sun (CHN)/ Yan Wang (CHN)

[jaydeep]

Prarthana is in the final of this big Chinese tournament with her partner Fang Ying Xun ... They scored a comfortable win over their Chinese opponents and in the final, they r facing another Chinese pairing of Xinyun Han and Qiu Yu Ye.

At $100K+H ITF Women Tournament 2017, Anning, China

[SF] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) bt Xu Liu Sun (CHN)/ Yan Wang (CHN0 64 63

[F] Prarthana G. Thombare (IND)/ Fang Ying Xun (CHN) vs Xinyun Han (CHN)/ Qiu Yu Ye (CHN)