Isha Lakhani Thread....

[sameerph]

At $ 25k Balikpapan challenger, Indonesia

[R1] (2) LAKHANI, Isha (IND,338) v. LIU, Shaozhuo (CHN,732)

[R1] MALOO, Parija (IND,672) v. (Q) SHAO, Shi-Tong (CHN,NR)

Pretty weak field here for a 25k challenger. Surprised that more Indian girls did not go & play here.

[jaydeep]

At $25k Balikpapan Challenger, Indonesia

[R1] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) bt LIU Shaozhuo (CHN,732) 64 64

Doubles -
[R1] LAKHANI Isha (IND)/ LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) vs KURITA Natsuko (JPN)/ SEKINE Kei (JPN)
[R1] MALOO Parija (IND)/ POLUNINA Katerina (UKR) vs (2) CHEN Yan-Chong (CHN)/ LIANG Chen (CHN)

[jaydeep]

Putting Parija Maloo's result here though she lost in singles and doubles .. But Isha and her Chinese partner having easy winning start in doubles.

At $ 25k Balikpapan Challenger, Indonesia

[R1] MALOO Parija (IND,672) l (Q) SHAO Shi-Tong (CHN,NR) 36 67(2)

[R2] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) vs BARR Cassandra (AUS,777)

Doubles -
[R1] LAKHANI Isha (IND)/ LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) bt KURITA Natsuko (JPN)/ SEKINE Kei (JPN) 63 62
[R1] MALOO Parija (IND)/ POLUNINA Katerina (UKR) l (2) CHEN Yan-Chong (CHN)/ LIANG Chen (CHN) 16 26

[QF] LAKHANI Isha (IND)/ LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) vs (3) GUMULYA Sandy (INA)/ TANANTA Lavinia (INA)

[jaydeep]

Nice to see Isha performing as per her ranking in this Indonesian challenger ... Now local challenge in quarters.

At $ 25k Balikpapan Challenger, Indonesia

[R2] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) bt BARR Cassandra (AUS,777) 61 64

[QF] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) vs (WC) DAMAYANTI Ayu-Fani (INA,903)

Doubles -
[QF] LAKHANI Isha (IND)/ LIU Shaozhuo (CHN) l (3) GUMULYA Sandy (INA)/ TANANTA Lavinia (INA) 64 57 (9)11

[sameerph]

Isha wins her QF & then gets a walkover in the SF's. 

[QF] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) d. (WC) DAMAYANTI Ayu-Fani (INA,903) 64 46 63

[SF] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) d. CHERNYAKOVA Elena (RUS,NR)

Isha plays the winner of other semi final between top seed Sandy Gumulya & talented young Thai Noppawan Lertchewakarn in the final.

[gbelday]

Good for Isha.  Based on her results and rankings, Isha seems to be getting more comforatable playing overseas. Is top 250 possible by end of year?  Not really sure what she has lined up for the rest of the year.

[jaydeep]

If she play regularly on the circuit then may be she can achieve that ... But frankly what I see after meeting her, she is not much interested to get out of 'the' comfort she is having around her.

Good to see that she is performing as per ranking in abroad ... Hopefully this performance build urge in her to play more tournaments in abroad and succeed.

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

16 yrs old Thai Noppawan Lertchewakarn defeated top seed local girl Sandy Gumulya to book final with Isha.

At $ 25k Balikpapan Challenger, Indonesia

[F] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) vs LERTCHEEWAKARN Noppawan (THA,691)

[Michael Joseph]

At $ 25k Balikpapan Challenger, Indonesia

[F] (2) LAKHANI Isha (IND,338) lost to LERTCHEEWAKARN Noppawan (THA,691) 6-3 6-2

Keep it up Isha. At least you made the finals. Noppawan has been on a 21-match winning streak.

[gautam]

hey i ws a bit confused last week isha reached the finals of $25,000 event bt her ranking did not improve why is tat so and hw much points is she gng to gt for a final apperance..

[PKBasu]

Good work by Isha to live up to her seeding and make the final -- that too in a Challenger outside India! Very nice to see. Go Isha!!

[sameerph]

hey i ws a bit confused last week isha reached the finals of $25,000 event bt her ranking did not improve why is tat so and hw much points is she gng to gt for a final apperance..

The points earned from $25000 challanger events & below only get updated in the rankings a week later. So, 17 points which Isha earned from the last week's final will be updated in this monday's rankings. She has also earned 4 points this week by virtue of reaching final at Trivendrum 10K futures. ( can earn 6 of she wins the final tomorrow).
With those 21 / 23 points , Isha should move her inside top 300 for the first time in her career.

[sameerph]

Today, Isha won the $ 10K title at Trivendrum. This is her 4th title at this level. Apart from this, she has reached 3 $25K challanger finals including the first one abroad last week in Jakarta.

When these points ( alongwith last week's challenger points) are updated next week , she should move from 64 to 87 points & a ranking of around 290.

[PKBasu]

Terrific stuff! Congratulations to Isha! Very nice to see her finally start living up to the potential she demonstrated as a junior.

[usaindian]

isha is at her career best ranking of 295
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