Asian Challengers July-October 2017

[Omkara]

What's your long term goal? If it is to be of a high calibre tennis player, these should not matter.

[Sin Hombre]

There is only a 25% probability of drawing a seed in first round in any draw of 32. . Here in Vietnam and China, of the 6 non seeded Indians (barring Yuki who himself is a seed), 5 got seeded opponents in first round. That is as bad draw that one can get.

Wouldn't that be if all 6 non-seeded Indians drew the top 6 seeds? (I know you meant a pretty bad draw. And, I agree. Just nitpicking as is my habit )

Surprised that you didn't correct the probabilities; the chances are 33% for a non-seeded player and not 25.

[prasen9]

Guess, I glossed over that For those who need an explanation: https://www.freemathhelp.com/forum/thre ... y-question! Scale it down from the example there.

[arjun2761]

Really tough matches for VSP, Saki and Sumit in the first round.

At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R1] Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,548) vs (1) Taylor Fritz (USA,99)
[R1] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,146) vs Jose Statham (NZL,308)
[R1] (PR) Saketh Myneni (IND,722) vs (6) Akira Santillan (AUS,162)
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran(IND,228) vs Marc Polmans (AUS,294)
[R1] Sumit Nagal (IND,312) vs (2) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS,126)

Yes, this is a tough draw for all the unseeded Indians as many of their opponents are in good form. Give Prajnesh a 50% shot while the others are decided underdogs. Yuki would be favored if he is focused and ready for this tournament.

[sameerph]

What's your long term goal? If it is to be of a high calibre tennis player, these should not matter.

Agree with you in terms of long term. Finally playing better players is likely to improve your game. But, in the short terms it hurts someone like Sumit who is eyeing to get a spot in the Australian open qualies. Also even in long run I don't know if getting beaten by over-matched opponents like Youzhny ( who is the final this week in Ningbo too) will help him much. Similar for Saketh who is coming after a long injury break and draws a seeded player.

In the Ningbo final, Jeevan and Rungkat lost in the final.

At $125K Ningbo Challenger 2017, China

[F] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) l. Radu Albot (MDA) / Jose Statham (NZ) 57 36

[Omkara]

Given the financial condition of Indian players, I guess a slightly better draw helps. Law of averages catches up if you play a lot of tournaments and that too at your will. That's not the case.

[jaydeep]

Sumit is playing in the doubles with Ly, his junior Wimbledon doubles finalist partner ... Saki is partnering VSP and they r facing 4th seed pair.

At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R1] Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Max Purcell (AUS)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (4) Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Akira Santillan (AUS)

[jaydeep]

Sid qualified for the main draw ... He is facing local player Zhizhen Zhang in the first round.

In the doubles, Jeevan and Chris r top-seed, Vishnu and Bala r 2nd seed.

At $75K Suzhou Challenger 2017, China

[Q1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) bye
[Q2] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) bt (7) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,1764) 63 64

[R1] (Q) Sidharth Rawat (IND,527) vs Zhizhen Zhang (CHN,351)
[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND,494) vs (3) Radu Albot (MDA,109)
[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND,356) vs (2) Blax Kavcic (SLO,105)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Duckhee Lee (KOR)/ Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ N. Sriram Balaji (IND) vs Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA)/ Miliaan Niesten (NED)

[PKBasu]

Good job by Sid to qualify into the main draw with a good win over the wily fox Matsui. His reward is a reasonably low ranked R1 opponent.

[Abish arul]

Vietnam open is one of the most organised challenger events in the atp calendar they are live telecasting the centre court match on YouTube too (vtf media) too bad it's only 50k

[PKBasu]

Saketh's match against Akira Santillan is the second match this evening on Centre Court -- should be around 8:30pm there (6pm IST).

[PKBasu]

Sumit is playing in the doubles with Ly, his junior Wimbledon doubles finalist partner ... Saki is partnering VSP and they r facing 4th seed pair.

At $50K+H Ho Chi Minh City Challenger 2017, Vietnam

[R1] Nam Hoang Ly (VIE)/ Sumit Nagal (IND) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Max Purcell (AUS)
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) vs (4) Peter Polansky (CAN)/ Akira Santillan (AUS)

This pair (Nagal/Ly) didn't just make the Wimbledon junior doubles final in 2015, they won the title!
Saketh plays Santillan in R1 of both singles and doubles...

[arjun2761]

Vietnam open is one of the most organised challenger events in the atp calendar they are live telecasting the centre court match on YouTube too (vtf media) too bad it's only 50k

Most challengers have one or two courts live streamed on atp site. Are you referring to live broadcast on tv?

[Abish arul]

Vietnam open is one of the most organised challenger events in the atp calendar they are live telecasting the centre court match on YouTube too (vtf media) too bad it's only 50k

Most challengers have one or two courts live streamed on atp site. Are you referring to live broadcast on tv?

yep and also i haven't seen a challenger tournament being telecasted in YouTube and also heard they have a roof for centre court

[PKBasu]

Zhizhen Zhang d. Siddhart Rawat 63 63