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Another interview by Sufyan / Vatsal: https://indiantennisdaily.com/2018/02/1 ... am-balaji/

Some insights into the impact of Waske Academy on his career, playing in the German clubs, role of TNTA/Karti Chidambaram and how Mahesh is involved with the team members during / outside the Davis Cup ties.

Balaji is in the US playing the Oracle 125K Challenger Doubles with American Jason Jung in Newport Beach.

They r facing the American wild-card pair.

At $162K+H Newport Beach Challenger 2019, United States

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jason Jung (TPE) vs (WC) Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA)/ Noah Rubin (USA)

At $162K+H Newport Beach Challenger 2019, United States

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jason Jung (TPE) d. (WC) Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA)/ Noah Rubin (USA) 6-3, 6-2

Pretty routine win for Bala & Jung! In R2 they face the French/Belarusian 3rd seeds, Arneodo/Vasilevski

[R2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jason Jung (TPE) d. (3) Romain Arneodo (FRA)/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)

- Varma

Bala and Jung lost in the QF.

At $162K+H Newport Beach Challenger 2019, United States

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jason Jung (TPE) l. (3) Romain Arneodo (FRA)/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 67(4) 36

I guess Bala will continue at Cleveland challenger next week.

At the Cleveland challenger Bala is parterning Hans Hach Verdugo of Mexico. The pair is seeded 4th and face Gonzalo Escobar(ECU)/Roberto Maytin (VEN) in R1.

At Cleveland Challenger 2019, United States

[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) vs Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/Roberto Maytin (VEN)

- Varma

They start with a win

At Cleveland Challenger 2019, United States

[R1] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) 7-5 6-1 Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/Roberto Maytin (VEN)

Another QF loss for Bala ...

At Cleveland Challenger 2019, United States

[QF] (4) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) l. Evan King (USA)/Hunter Reese (USA) 3-6, 4-6

- Varma

Bala and Hach Verdugo started with straight sets win over the pairing of Escobar and Pasha ... Next, they r facing the American wildcard pair, who scored an upset win over the 4th seeds in the first round.

At $135.4K+H Dallas Challenger Open 2019, Texas, USA

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) bt Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)/ Nathan Pasha (USA) 61 75

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) vs (WC) Marcos Giron (USA)/ Dennis Novikov (USA)

At $135.4K+H Dallas Challenger Open 2019, Texas, USA

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) l. (WC) Marcos Giron (USA)/ Dennis Novikov (USA) : 4-6, 6-7

Bala and Jamie r the 2nd seed in the German challenger and facing a wild-card pair.

At €69K+H Braunschweig Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) vs (WC) Nicola Kuhn (ESP)/ Daniel Masur (GER)

The 2nd seed, Bala and Cerretani lost in the first round against Masur and Kuhn.

At €69K+H Braunschweig Challenger 2019, Germany

[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jamie Cerretani (USA) l (WC) Nicola Kuhn (ESP)/ Daniel Masur (GER) 67(1) 46

Sriram Balaji with partner David Vega Hernandez have made it to the Doubles MD list at the Antalya ATP. They were originally #5 on the alternates list but there have been many withdrawals in the last couple of days. Prajnesh (129) was also there in the singles alternates list but he, too, withdrew and now the singles MD cutoff is 259

Dinesh wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:10 pm Prajnesh (129) was also there in the singles alternates list but he, too, withdrew and now the singles MD cutoff is 259

Those playing AO qualies cannot play Antalya ATP. The dates clash. And the prize money you get in grand slam qualies is much higher compared to ATP tour events. So, nobody getting into AO qualies is going to play Antalya ATP. That is why the cut is dropping so low there.

Good luck to Mr.Ram Balaji!