$15K South East Asia Mens Futures, Oct-Dec. 2017

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Both Arjun and Sid lost their matches.

[R2] Arjun KADHE (IND,796) l. (3) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,431) 26 67(4)

[R2] (5) Sidharth RAWAT (IND,530) l. Borna GOJO (CRO,829) 46 75 26

Suraj will play his second round match tomorrow.

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Another nice win by Suraj over a much higher ranked player to move to the QF.

At $15K Malaysia F3 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

[R2] (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,1404) d. Raphael BALTENSPERGER (SUI,677) 75 76(5)

Next,

[QF] (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,1618) vs. (4) Scott GRIEKSPOOR (NED,505)

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Suraj had a tame loss against last week's champion.

At $15K Malaysia F3 Futures, Kuala Lumpur

[QF] (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND,1618) l. (4) Scott GRIEKSPOOR (NED,505) 16 16

So, overall not so good 3 weeks series here in Malaysia for our players. Only Arjun last week and Suraj this week made the QF's to salvage something for us.

Next week the series moves to Vietnam. No Indian in the main draw but a few Indians in qualifying notably Nitin Kumar Sinha. Hope Nitin has better success in Vietnam than Malaysia.

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This week it was a washout for us in Vietnam F1. None of the 7 Indian players who played qualies could qualify for main draw ( including Nitin Kumar Sinha). Vasisht Cheruku made it to the main draw as a lucky loser but got swamped in first round 26 26. Sad that the young talents such as Nitin and Vasisht are still struggling to make it thru qualies at lowest level futures. We are still waiting for good young talents to come thru in boys after Sumit.

Next week Sasi will be among top 4 seeds in Vietnam F2. Strange to see him choosing this over playing qualies at Pune/Bengaluru challengers.

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Again this week in Vietnam none of the 5 Indians qualified for the main draw.Prajwal Dev and Nitin Kumar Sinha lost in final qualifying round.

Sasi is playing in the main draw and started with an easy win.

At $15K Vietnam F2 Futures , Thu Dau Mot City

[R1] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) d. (WC) Phongsapak KERDLAPHEE (THA,1944) 63 62

Next,

[R2] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) vs. Nathan PASHA (USA,632)

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Nathan Pasha won't be easy.

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But, Sasi got a thumping win against him.

At $15K Vietnam F2 Futures , Thu Dau Mot City

[R2] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) d. Nathan PASHA (USA,632) 60 61

Next,

[QF] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) vs. (Q) Jakub PAUL (SUI,1184)

[PKBasu]

Nathan Pasha won't be easy.

Not quite sure why you thought so. Pasha is ranked in the 600s, with a career-high of 592. The only sign of any unusual talent for this 25-year-old who is increasingly focusing on doubles is that he beat Andrew Whittington (AUS, 309; career-high 160) in a Futures in Australia last month.

Good to see Sasi despatching him without breaking a sweat.

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Sasi is thru to the SF.

At $15K Vietnam F2 Futures , Thu Dau Mot City

[QF] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) d. (Q) Jakub PAUL (SUI,1184) 63 64

Next,

[SF] (4) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) vs. Jonathan GRAY (GBR,650)

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Sasi lost in the SF 16 16. That is bad loss for Sasi.

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This week Manish Surehkumar qualified for the main draw in Indonesia. Sasi and Aryan are direct acceptances in the main draw.

But, Aryan lost in the first round.

At $25K Indonesia F7 Futures,Jakarata

[R1] Aryan GOVEAS (IND,698) l. Cheng-Yu YU (TPE,657) 76(5) 16 26

[R1] (6) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) vs. (WC) Iswandaru KUSUMO PUTRO (INA,NR)

[R1] (Q) Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND,1194) vs. Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE,875)

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At $25K Indonesia F7 Futures,Jakarata

[R1] (6) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) d. (WC) Iswandaru KUSUMO PUTRO (INA,NR) 61 61

[R1] (Q) Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND,1194) d. Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE,875) 36 62 63

Nice win by young Manish Sureshkumar against a higher ranked player.

They meet each other in second round.

[R2] (6) Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND,426) vs. (Q) Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND,1194)

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In Vietnam only Arjun made it thru to the second round.

At $15K Vietnam F3 Futures , Thu Dau Mot City

[R1] (Q) Vasisht CHERUKU (IND,1990) l. Yuichi ITO (JPN,897) 26 46

[R1] Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND,1002) l. Kelsey STEVENSON (CAN,1113) 16 16

[R1] (8) Arjun KADHE (IND,758) d. (WC) Artem VU (VIE,NR) 61 64

Next,

[R2] (8) Arjun KADHE (IND,758) vs. (Q) Arata ONOZAWA (JPN,1983)

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That's a great win for Manish - bummer that he has to face Sasikumar. Arjun should be winning few many matches this year to reach top-600 by the end of the year (which was one of his goals).

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Manish beat Sasi 6-1 2-0 Retd.