ATP Tournaments - September-October 2018

[PKBasu]

Both Ramkumar and Prajnesh lost in Q1 of the tough ATP500 tournaments for next week. In Tokyo, Prajnesh lost 46 26 to Martin Klizan (SVK, 49), while Ramkumar lost at the China Open in Beijing to Tennys Sandgren (USA, 55) 16 26. Very tough qualifiers both...

[Omkara]

At $1M Chengdu Open 2018, China

[F] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Austin Krajicek (USA) l. (1) Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Mate Pavic (CRO) 2-6, 4-6

~15k for Jeevan. Nice tournament for him.

[suresh]

Dodig-Pavic are too good. Jeevan must have learnt a thing or two playing such a good team. This was indeed a good week for him and his partner.

[PKBasu]

Excellent week for Jeevan/Austin, who are becoming an effective ATP pair.
But the final was the easiest match Dodig/Pavic played all week. They were taken to STBs by Paes/Reyes-Varela, Mochanov/Zelenay, and Gonzalez/Qureishi in the previous three rounds.

[S_K_S]

Divij-Artem having a tough match against the 2nd seeds Soares and Murray.

At $1.78M Japan Open Tennis Championships 2018, Tokyo

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs (2) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA)

3-6, 5-7

[jaydeep]

Rohan and Edouard started with straight sets win over Edmund and Fucsovics ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seeds Melo and Kubot.

At $3.4M China Open 2018, Beijing

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR)/ Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 62 76(5)

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (2) Lukasz Kubot (AUT)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA)

[jaydeep]

Rohan and Edouard lost very close match against the 2nd seeds Kubot and Melo ... They had a match point in the match tie-break.

At $3.4M China Open 2018, Beijing

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l (2) Lukasz Kubot (AUT)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 64 46 10-12

[jaydeep]

A tricky match for Rohan and Edouard against the Japan Open Tennis champions, McLachlan and Struff.

At $7.1M Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

[PKBasu]

Divij-Artem took advantage of a good draw to advance to the last-16 of the Shanghai Masters:

[R1] Divij Sharan/Artem Sitak (IND/NZL) d. WC-Mao-Xin Gong/Ze Zhang (CHN/CHN) 63 64

They play 3rd seeded Kubot/Melo next -- and the winner of that would meet Rohan/Roger (if the latter win their next 2 matches).

[jaydeep]

I think, this is Divij's first Masters tournament ... Good to see they took advantage of weaker opponents.

[jaydeep]

Rohan and Artem lost in the first round against last week's Tokyo open champions Struff and McLachlan.

At $7.1M Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Ben McLachlan (JPN)/ Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 67(4) 36

[jaydeep]

Divij and Artem lost in straight sets against the 3rd seeds Kubot and Melo.

At $7.1M Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) l (3) Lukasz Kubot (AUT)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 36 46

[suresh]

I was hopin'

[jaydeep]

As mentioned in Yuki's thread he is back and playing Roberto Carballes Baena.
In the doubles, Divij and Artem r the 4th seeds but facing Lee and Miguel in the first round.

At € 686K European Open 2018, Antwerp, Belgium

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,97) vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP,90)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) vs Leander Paes (IND)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)

[PKBasu]

Wonderful to see Yuki back in action. And a pretty good draw; his opponent was the last man accepted into the draw, although Yuki is now ranked lower. If Yuki is back in real playing shape, he should win this on a hard court, but of course we have found that he takes 2-3 matches to get back in full form after a break.