East Asian Challengers, 2019

[jaydeep]

Yes, only Prajnesh is in the singles draw.
The top-seed Divij and Matthew Ebden started with a hard-fought win over Diez and Lopez Perez in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing Pedja Krstin and Akira Santillan.

At $162.5K+H Jinan Challenger 2019, China

[R1] (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Steven Diez (CAN)/ Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) 62 67(6) 11-9

[QF] (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Pedja Krstin (SRB)/ Akira Santillan (AUS)

[Sin Hombre]

Prajnesh with an easy 6-2, 6-2 win

[Prem]

Prajnesh gets an easier opponent in next round as T Wu took out 15th seed Ortega-Olmedo...

(PQF) Prajnesh G vs. WU, Tung-Lin (TPE)

[PKBasu]

Saketh/Jeevan won their R1 doubles match. I wonder whether this was before or after Saketh’s back spasms.

[prasen9]

Here's hoping Gu beats Wu!

[jaydeep]

Saketh/Jeevan won their R1 doubles match. I wonder whether this was before or after Saketh’s back spasms.

This win was after Saki's back spasms ... Next, they r facing Oliveira and Moriya, who scored an upset win over Bala and Vishnu in their previous match.

At $162.5K+H Jinan Challenger 2019, China

[R2] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) bt (Q) Renta Tokuda (JPN,471) 62 62

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,269)

Doubles
[R1] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Shintaro Imai (JPN)/ Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 64 63
[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) 63 67(2) 7-10

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) vs Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)

[Tolamu]

[R3] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) bt Tung-Lin Wu (TPE,269) 6-4 7-6(7-3)

[QF] (1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,89) vs Go Soeda (JPN,155)

[suresh]

@Tolamu Green for a win. You scared me!

[Edited the color and changed from Red to Green to avoid others getting scared. Mod, Jay]

[prasen9]

Now Gu needs to go beat Go So so he can get a bushel of points. Points in the later rounds are much more.

[suresh]

Now Gu needs to go beat Go So so he can get a bushel of points. Points in the later rounds are much more.

[Tolamu]

@Tolamu Green for a win. You scared me!

[Edited the color and changed from Red to Green to avoid others getting scared. Mod, Jay]

OOPS, Sorry.

[jaydeep]

In the doubles, Saki and Jeevan scored a straight-sets win over Oliveira and Moriya ... Next, they r facing the top-seed pairing of Divij and Ebden in the semis ... Divij and Ebden scored a comfortable win over Krstin and Santillan.

At $162.5K+H Jinan Challenger 2019, China

[QF] (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Pedja Krstin (SRB)/ Akira Santillan (AUS) 61 64
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) 75 62

[SF] (1) Matthew Ebden (AUS)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND)

[PKBasu]

Nice to see Prajnesh scything through the draw -- and Divij/Matt and Saketh/Jeevan doing the same in doubles. Saketh's withdrawal from singles was perhaps strategic, given that he would have had to play Prajnesh in the second round anyway.

[RohitG]

Soeda takes the first set 7-6 (2)

[Sin Hombre]

Prajnesh loses in 3.