$10K Great Britain Futures F8/ F9/ F10 - 28th Jun- 18th Jul

[sameerph]

Vishnu & Divij started thier campaign on grass with wins in R1.

At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester, ( Grass)



[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,878) d. Patrick Brydolf (SWE,874) 63 46 62
[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) d.(WC) Maniel Bains (GBR,1114) 67(6) 62 61

Next,

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,878) v. (8) Josh Milton (GBR, 536)
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) v. Ashwin Kumar (USA,728)

[PKBasu]

Good to see these two playing on grass in England, but sad that the Manchester Challenger (which at one time was a full tournament akin to Nottingham ATP or Queen's) is now a mere 10K Futures. Both Divij and Vishnu are natural grass-courters, so I hope they do very well this week. Of course, since two of them are playing the same tournament, we should have started a tournament thread for this event...

[jaydeep]

As PKB, mentioned in Vishnu's thread that as our 2 players playing at Great Britain futures for 3 weeks so starting tournament thread for these futures ... In the top added previous posts from Vishnu's thread.

[jaydeep]

Both moved into quarters with contrasting win ... Divij scored dominating upset win over British seeded player, other hand Ashwin Kumar stretched Vishnu to fullest before Vishnu produced comeback win.

At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,878) bt (8) Josh Milton (GBR,536) 63 62
[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt Ashwin Kumar (USA,728) 57 76(5) 64

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs (7) David Rice (GBR,489)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) vs (2) James Ward (GBR,304)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA) 62 63
[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) 76(5) 62

[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS)

[michael]

very good wins by these two. great . keep it up

[sameerph]

Both lost in the QF.

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l. (7) David Rice (GBR,489) 63 67(6) 67(7)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l. (2) James Ward (GBR,304) 36 16


Close loss for Vishnu.

[jaydeep]

Oh, very close.

[S_K_S]

The the rest of this futures circuit is Ilkley and Frinton; both grass tournaments.

Agree with you Pk about the fantastic challenger being downgraded. It's a travesty. Shows poor management by the LTA. First Surbiton and now Manchester - great challengers are dying and so is is the future of British tennis. The recession is really hiting the challenger circuit hard.

Mind you, 4 Brits have made the semis so not all doom and gloom.

[jaydeep]

Yes, already grass tournaments r 5/6 weeks affair and LTA failed to continue with challengers.

Anyway our pair in the final after very topsy-turvy match, they won in super tie-break ... In the final they r acing Ashwin Kumar and his Irish partner.


At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 75 67(5) 10-6

[F] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA)

[PKBasu]

Congrats to Divij and Vishnu for making the doubles final -- and also for making the singles QFs. They must persevere and will hopefully dominate the second and third Futures in singles too.

With the Brits abandoning grass Challengers, it is time for India to step up to the plate. Who will tell the AITA??

[sameerph]

Divij & Vishnu won the doubles title.

At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[F] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) d. (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) 62 75

[Saniapower]

Easy win for Divij and Vishnu.

[michael]

good win in doubles . But I would have loved to see VV doing better in singles. Unfortunately he lost a very close match. May be next week will be better. We are sort of masters in doubles - at all levels.

[jaydeep]

Congrats for winning doubles title ... This also give more match practice on the grass for them which will help them in singles for next 2 weeks.

[suresh]

Divij and Vishnu are a very good doubles pair and have been playing together for a while now. Congratulations to both of them on their title. I hope this result spurs them to do better (in singles) in the next two futures.