ITF W15/M15 Singapore (Sep 2024)

[jayakris]

Rutuja is the the top seed and Riya the 7th seed. A few more Indians are there. Smriti Bhasin was the 4th seed in the qualies but lost in the Q2 to a Chinese 16th seed. A few Indians are at the M15 in the same week too. No seeds in the main draw. Shivang Bhatnagar made it in as a lucky loser to join Nitin Kumar Sinha.

At the W15 in Singapore (Hard)

[R1] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,469) d. Akanksha Dileep Nitture (IND,1162), 63 62
[R1] (7) Riya Bhatia (IND,868) vs (Q) Yuno Kitahara (JPN,ITF-70)
[R1] Soha Sadiq (IND,1079) vs (Q) Yuka Hosoki (JPN,1316)
[R1] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND,1275) vs (3) Punnin Kovapitukted (THA,595)
and in doubles,
[R1] (3) Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Ying Zhang (CHN) l. Na Hyun Kang (KOR)/ Jiho Shin (KOR), 67(6) 26
[R1] Akanksha Dileep Nitture (IND)/ Soha Sadiq (IND) l. Viera Deeperm (THA)/ Elina Nepliy (RUS), 67(6) 75 [4-10]
[R1] Shria Atturu (USA)/ Smriti Bhasin (IND) vs Yui Chikaraishi (JPN)/ Mei Hasegawa (JPN), 06 76(5) [6-10]
[R1] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND)/ Kanna Soeda (JPN) d. Sophie Ashley Chua (SGP)/ Madeleine Jessup (TPE), 61 75


At the M15 in Singapore (Hard)

[R1] Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,1348) vs (7) Tomohiro Masabayashi (JPN,929)
[R1] (LL) Shivang Bhatnagar (IN,2121) vs (Q) Ren Nakamura (JPN,1661)
and in doubles,
[R1] Shivank Bhatnagar (JPN)/ Taiyo Yamanaka (JPN) l. Yuttana Charoenphon (THA)/ Natthayut Nithithananont (THA), 64 36 [5-10]
[R1] (4) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND)/ Seungmin Park (KOR) vs Thanapet Chanta (THA)/ Sungbeen Sim (KOR)

Indian-Americans Samir Banerjee (6th seed) and Adhithya Ganesan are also there at the event, and play each other in singles, after winning their doubles R1 together.

[Dinesh]

[R1] (7) Riya Bhatia (IND,868) vs (Q) Yuno Kitahara (JPN,ITF-70)

I’m not too sure this is a winnable match for Riya. Yuno has beaten higher ranked players this year and her UTR (10) is very close to the Indian (10.19).

[jayakris]

I’m not too sure this is a winnable match for Riya. Yuno has beaten higher ranked players this year and her UTR (10) is very close to the Indian (10.19).

Well, it doesn't matter who the opponent is, as long as it is anybody decent (like of a top-1000 wta rank or top-100 ITF rank) - she is going to continue to lose until she fixes her double fault problem. You cannot push your head in the sand and pray for the problem to go away all by itself magically. Just stop playing tennis till you fix this, Riya. This is just lunacy. She had ELEVEN more today.

[R1] (7) Riya Bhatia (IND,868) l. (Q) Yuno Kitahara (JPN,ITF-70), 06 64 36
[R1] Soha Sadiq (IND,1079) l. (Q) Yuka Hosoki (JPN,1316), 57 26
[R1] Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND,1275) l. (3) Punnin Kovapitukted (THA,595), 16 06

[jayakris]

M15 results from yesterday...

[R1] Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,1348) l. (7) Tomohiro Masabayashi (JPN,929), 26 26
[R1] (LL) Shivang Bhatnagar (IN,2121) d. (Q) Ren Nakamura (JPN,1661), 64 63

[R1] (4) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND)/ Seungmin Park (KOR) d. Thanapet Chanta (THA)/ Sungbeen Sim (KOR), 64 36 [10-7]

Nice win by Shivang, who faces the 4th seed Woobin Shin (KOR,674) today, Thursday.

[jayakris]

At the W15 in Singapore (Hard)

[R2] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,469) d. Anri Nagata (JPN,1134), 63 62

Rutuja's QF will be against (Q) Yuka Hosoki of Japan or (Q) Carol Young Suh Lee (USA, or Northern Marinara/USA or Papua New Guinea). Carol had upset the 5th seed Rinko Matsuda in the R1.

[jayakris]

At the M15 in Singapore (Hard)

[R2] (LL) Shivang Bhatnagar (IND,2121) l. (4) Woobin Shin (KOR,674), 26 14 RET.

[jayakris]

[R1] (4) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND)/ Seungmin Park (KOR) d. Thanapet Chanta (THA)/ Sungbeen Sim (KOR), 64 36 [10-7]
[QF] (4) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND)/ Seungmin Park (KOR) d. Credit Chaiyarin (THA)/ Loic Namigandet Tenguere (FRA), 63 64
[SF] (4) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND)/ Seungmin Park (KOR) vs Samir Banerjee (USA)/ Adhithya Ganesan (USA)

Indian-Americans Samir and Adhithya upset the 2nd seeds to make the SF against Nitin and Seungmin.

[jayakris]

At the ITF W15 in Singapore (Hard)

[QF] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,469) d. (Q) Carol Young Suh Lee (USA,840), 64 63
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[SF] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,469) vs (6) Ying Zhang (CHN,796)

Ying Zhang was a top-400 player a while ago, but has been below top-500/600 for some 7 years. Can occasionally beat some top players, but hopefully Rutuja won't get troubled too much by here.

[jayakris]

At the ITF M15 in Singapore (Hard):

[SF] (4) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND)/ Seungmin Park (KOR) d. Samir Banerjee (USA)/ Adhithya Ganesan (USA), 63 76(8)
so
[F] (4) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND)/ Seungmin Park (KOR) vs (1) Sanhui Shin (KOR)/ Woobin Shin (KOR)

[Ind-Am Samir Banerjee upset the 6th seed Samrej, who beat Mukund in multiple matches recently, and made the SF]

[Dinesh]

Rutuja is coached by Christopher Marquis. Hope this new(ish) partnership brings her ranking back to her true potential

[jayakris]

Rutuja is coached by Christopher Marquis. Hope this new(ish) partnership brings her ranking back to her true potential

Hope so! She has always had top-250 potential but has only briefly got near top-300. Hope Mr. Marquis will advise her properly on when to play doubles and keep her away from the physical ailments that has plagued her all her career.

[sameerph]

[R2] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,469) d. (Q) Carol Young Suh Lee (USA,840), 64 63
[QF] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,469) vs (6) Ying Zhang (CHN,796)

That is a QF win by Rutuja and match against Zhang is SF.

[jayakris]

^^^ Yes... Cut/paste error ... Fixed my post above.

[jayakris]

Rutuja was down two breaks at 0-3, but won 4 games on the trot to get even... At 5-5, she got broken. She forced a 30-40 BP in the next game, but then Zhang took 3 points in a row and closed out the set. 57 00

In the second set, Rutuja had Zhang down 15-40 and an AD out, with the same point pattern in games 2 and 4... but she couldn't convert either time... 9 break points wasted in a row in 4 separate Zhang service games since 4-3 in the first set (Rutu has gone 2 of 14 at break chances so far. Yikes). Closing things out is often such a struggle for our ladies ... 57 33...

Rutuja saved an AD out BP and held to 4-3... Now 4-4... She runs into trouble. She saved one BP but fell at the next AD out BP. 4-5, and broken just at the worst time once again. And she lost as Zhang made no mistake

[SF] (1) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,469) l. (6) Ying Zhang (CHN,796), 57 46

[PKBasu]

At the Singapore M15

[SF] 6-Samir Banerjee (USA, 820) d. 4-Shin Woobin (KOR, 349) 57 64 61

First pro singles final of Samir Banerjee's career, I think.