$ 15 K Iran F1/ F2 ( clay ) - July 2010

[sameerph]

Good Indian contigent playing in these 2 weeks of futures in Tehran , Iran on clay.

At $15k Iran F1, Tehran


[Q1] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,1263) d. Ehsan NOURZADE (IRI) 6-1 6-2
[Q2] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) d. Anvar RAKHMATOV (TJK) 4-6 6-4 6-2

[Q3] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) v. Akbar RAHMAN (TJK)

Main draw -

[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1263) v. Amir-Soheil MOHSENI (IRI,1614)
[R1] (3) Rupesh ROY (IND,463) v. Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146)
[R1] (6)N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,765) v. Ashkan SHOKOOFI (IRI,NR)
[R1] (4)Rohan GAJJAR (IND,465) v. Manolis GLEZOS (GRE,1081)
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,942) v. (WC)Omid SOURI (IRI,NR)
[R1] (2)Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,437) v. Qualifier

[PKBasu]

Nice to see Indians ranked 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th in a $15K Futures abroad. All the best to the contingent: I hope they all live up to their seedings (and at least one exceeds it).

[PKBasu]

Poor start in doubles for the Indian contingent, as the 3rd and 4th seeded pairs fell to Chinese opponents, although an unseeded pair is through to the QF:

GAO (CHN) / GAO (CHN) defeated PERANAMALLUR (IND) / ROY (IND) (4) 7-6(3) 7-6(7)
BAI (CHN) / XU (CHN) defeated GAJJAR (IND) / PRASHANTH (IND) (3) 6-3 6-7(2) [10-4]
TIWARI (IND) / VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) defeated AKHAVAN ROUFIGAR (IRI) / HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI) 6-3 6-0

Only one of the Indian singles players got through his R1 match, and the result wasn't good either:

Omid SOURI (IRI, 1149) defeated Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND, 986) 3-6 7-6(1) 6-2

But there was a nice double-bagel result in Q3:
Q3] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) d. Akbar RAHMAN (TJK) 60 60, and so in R1:

[R1] Gyorgy BALAZS (HUN) (5) Vs Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND)

[sameerph]

Bad day for us in singles with 3 of the seends losing in the first round.

[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1263) d. Amir-Soheil MOHSENI (IRI,1614) 64 46 64
[R1] (3) Rupesh ROY (IND,463) l. Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 75 46 46
[R1] (6)N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,765) d. Ashkan SHOKOOFI (IRI,NR) 75 76(5)
[R1] (4)Rohan GAJJAR (IND,465) l. Manolis GLEZOS (GRE,1081) 57 57
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,942) l. (WC)Omid SOURI (IRI,NR) 63 67(1) 26
[R1] (2)Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,437) v. (Q) Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311) 67(3) 16
[R1] (Q) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,NR) l. (5)Gyorgy BALAZS (HUN,507) 46 26

So, only 2 Indians are in R2.

[R2] (6)N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) v. Wan GAO (CHN,1044)
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) v. (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)

[jaydeep]

Terrible day for our boys other than Vijay Sundar ...

[PKBasu]

Terrible start in Iran for our contingent. Hopefully they will do better next week, as they often do in the second or third week in a specific country. Such prolonged acclimation is unacceptable, as it theoretically applies to others too (but our guys just seem to be "softer").

[sameerph]

This being on clay would have also played it's part in these losses. But, these futures in Iran are having one the weaker future fields & our players should have taken advantage of that.

[Saniapower]

What was Rupesh Roy doing on clay

[michael]

unacceptable results from such a big group. Rupesh, Ranjit and Gajjar are supposed to be leaders of the pack as far as second string of Indian Male tennis is concerned. But their performance against ordinary field is disappointing, to say the least.

[jaydeep]

Vijay Sundar continued with his good work with win over Chinese, next he is facing Russian who defeated Rupesh in the first round.

At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 64 63
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) l (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 36 46

[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146)

Doubles
[QF] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) l (1) BALAZS (HUN)/ BALAZS (HUN) 06 36

[sameerph]

Another nice & easy win for Vijay Sunder.

At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) d. Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 76(3) 61

He has somewhat redeemed the situation for us here by dong better then his seeding.

Next,

[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) v. (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)

[jaydeep]

Yes, Vijay Sundar reached another semi-final in abroad futures, so another player who is showing consistency in his performance.

[bujilover]

Wow . Amazing to see Vsp doing gud accordingly with his ranking.

[PKBasu]

Excellent work by Vijay Sundar Prashanth. Nice to see atleast one of the Indians live up to his seeding.

[sameerph]

Expected loss for Vijay Sunder in the SF against top 250 player.

At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) l. (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 16 46