European Challengers season 2019

[Dinesh]

Mukund is playing in the German Challenger and facing a local wild-card player.

At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,275) vs (WC) Daniel Altmaier (GER,414)

D Altmaier is a very talented player, has great support, and is coming back from an injury. So, I wouldn't look too much into his current ranking and expect this to be an easy win for Sasikumar.

[jaydeep]

Bala and VSP faced each other for a place in the main draw ... He defeated VSP easily, next, he is facing a local wild-card ... VSP also playing as a lucky-loser and receives a bye in the first round.
In the doubles, Bala and Vishnu r the 2nd seeds and they r facing pairing of Metreveli and Vilella Martinez ... VSP is playing with an Aussie partner, Scott Puodziunas ... They r facing Draganja and Vervoort.

At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[FQ] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) bt N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,1028) 62 63

[R1] (LL) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,1028) bye
[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) vs (WC) Robert Strombachs (GER,535)

Doubles
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) vs Tomislav Draganja (CRO)/ Mark Vervoort (NED)
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Mario Vilella Martinez (ESP)

[RohitG]

Truly lucky

[jaydeep]

Bala started with a straight-sets win over Robert Strombachs ... Next, he is facing the 2nd seed Matthias Bachinger.
Mukund lost a close match against a local wildcard player, Daniel Altmaier ... VSP also lost in straight sets against Julian Lenz.

Vishnu and Bala received walkover against Aleksandre Metreveli and Mario Vilella Martinez.

At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) bt (WC) Robert Strombachs (GER,535) 61 61
[R1] Sasikumar Mukund (IND,275) l (WC) Daniel Altmaier (GER,414) 64 16 67(6)

[R2] (LL) N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND,1028) l Julian Lenz (GER,313) 57 16
[R2] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) vs (2) Matthias Bachinger (GER,117)

Doubles
[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Mario Vilella Martinez (ESP) w/o

[jaydeep]

In the singles, Bala lost in a straight-sets against Bachinger.
VSP and his Aussie partner scored a fighting win in the first round ... Next, they r facing the 2nd seed Vishnu and Bala.

At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[R2] (Q) N. Sriram Balaji (IND,1139) l (2) Matthias Bachinger (GER,117) 46 16

Doubles
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) bt Tomislav Draganja (CRO)/ Mark Vervoort (NED) 64 67(8) 10-7

[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS)

[jaydeep]

Bala and Vishnu scored a comeback win over VSP and his partner after losing the first set ... In the semis, they r facing the Sabanov twins.

At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) 36 64 10-4

[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO)

[jaydeep]

Vishnu and Bala lost in straight sets against Sabanov twins.

At €46K+H Augsburg Challenger 2019, Germany

[SF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Ivan Sabanov (CRO)/ Matej Sabanov (CRO) 46 67(3)

[jaydeep]

This week, Bala and Vishnu r unseeded and they r facing Clayton and Margaroli ... VSP is again playing with Scott Puodziunas and they r facing experienced players, Andre Begemann and Florin Mergea.

At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany (Clay)

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI)
[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) vs Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU)

[PKBasu]

Mukund is playing in the Portoroz Challenger in hard courts in Slovenia. He is seeded 16th, has a bye in R1 and drawn to play top seed Aljaz Bedene in R3.

Purav Raja/Rameez Junaid are second seeds in the doubles there.

[PKBasu]

At Portoroz, Sasikumar Mukund plays Evan King (USA, 330; career high 185) in R2.

[PKBasu]

Mukund beat Evan King 46 75 63.

He gets just 4 more points (7 total) for making the last 16. This is a crazy system!

[Dinesh]

LOL. How about PKB running the tennis governing bodies and managing our players' career? A win is a win - celebrate it!

[jaydeep]

Bala and Vishnu started with a straight-sets win over Clayton and Margaroli ... In the quarters, they r facing the 3rd seeds.

At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Scott Clayton (GBR)/ Luca Margaroli (SUI) 63 64

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (3) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)

[arjun2761]

LOL. How about PKB running the tennis governing bodies and managing our players' career? A win is a win - celebrate it!

Also, breaks a 8 game losing streak for Mukund. Hopefully, he can go at least one round further here...

[jaydeep]

VSP and Puodziunas lost in a close match against an experienced pairing of Mergea and Begemann.

At $46K+H Meerbusch Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND)/ Scott Puodziunas (AUS) l Andre Begemann (GER)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 67(2) 76(5) 8-10