ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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PKBasu wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:40 amSo far, this round of Futures in India (for women and men) has seen the worst performance by Indians in a series of home tournaments for many years.
True, PKB. Horrible show. Horror show. I feel bad for our players. The Covid break did nobody any favors.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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Just counted the number of wins over foreign players in these 4 weeks of futures so far-

Lucknow- 5
Indore - 3
Pune- 5
Delhi - 2 so far

So, only 15 wins over foreign players. I did not count the match-ups but I think should be above 40 I think. And out of these only 3 have been against higher ranked players. Only 3 and that too in qualfying or early rounds. Never seen such a poor show in home futures.

Lets see if they can salvage something this week.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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One main draw win over a foreign player today, albeit a much lower-ranked one than the Indian winner:

[R1] 8-Arjun Kadhe (IND, 713) d. Dominik Palan (CZE, 927) 63 64
[R1] LL-Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND, 1153) d. Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND, 929) 62 60
[R1] Dalibor Svcena (CZE) d. WC-Rohan Mehra (IND) 63 62
[R1] 7-Luca Castelnuevo (SUI) d. SD Prajwal Dev (IND) 64 63
[R1] 2-Simon Carr (IRL) d. Aryan Goveas 60 61
[R1] Q-Alexander Kotzen (USA) d. WC-Chiragh Duhan 63 60

Shockingly woeful performance from Aryan Goveas.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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Another win over a young (19 yo) low-ranked foreign player, and loss to a more experienced one:

[R1] 6-Manish Sureshkumar (IND, 666) d. LL-Preston Brown (USA, 1675; ITF1268) 63 63
[R1] 5-Jonathan Mridha (SWE, 584) d. Q-Suraj R Prabodh (IND, 1448) 63 63
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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The top-ranked Indian player in the field, and the top seed for 3 of the 4 weeks, Sid Rawat, who was winning rounds in Challengers in 2019 and early-2020, failed to win a match in the four weeks. Today, he managed to win a set, but went down 64 46 16 to Filip Bergevi (SWE, 731), a player with a career-high ranking of 568 from late-2019 -- i.e., a player that Sid Rawat should always be expected to beat, especially in India. Dispiriting!
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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Yes, his game has totally fallen off as is of some other Indian players like Mukund.

These are the remaining Indian results of today-

[R1] (Q) Aadhitya Muthu Senthilkumar (IND,1355) l. Zsombor Velcz (HUN,1755) 46 16
[R1] Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND,1402) l. Marco Brugnerotto (ITA,887) 46 75 46

Siddharth Vishwakarma put up a very good fight but lost in the end.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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So, only 5 Indian in last 16. These are the match-ups-

[R2] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,856) vs. Filip Bergevi (SWE,731)
[R2] (LL) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,1153) vs. (3) Aidan Mchugh (GBR,544)
[R2] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,713) vs. (Q) Alexander Kotzen (USA,1003)
[R2] (WC) Fardeen Qamar (IND,NR) vs. (4) Oliver Crawford (USA,576)
[R2] (6) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,666) vs. Zsombor Velcz (HUN,1755)

Arjun and Manish are seeded to reach QF. Hope they at least manage that.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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It almost seems none of these guys take their tennis seriously. At least, post-covid and at least at this point.

We should look at the juniors for the hunger and drive to make some upsets and do what it takes.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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Finally we get a win over a higher ranked foreign player.

[R2] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,856) d. Filip Bergevi (SWE,731) 64 64
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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But, that joy was short lived as everyone else lost.

[R2] (LL) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,1153) l. (3) Aidan Mchugh (GBR,544) 75 67(5) 67(7)
[R2] (8) Arjun Kadhe (IND,713) l. (Q) Alexander Kotzen (USA,1003) 06 46
[R2] (WC) Fardeen Qamar (IND,NR) l. (4) Oliver Crawford (USA,576) 26 16
[R2] (6) Manish Sureshkumar (IND,666) l. Zsombor Velcz (HUN,1755) 36 26

Disappointine one sided losses for Arjun and Manish. Manish had beaten the same player in 3 close sets last week.

But, very good fight by Nitin Kumar Sinha in a match which last more than 4 hours. :roll: Sad that he could not close it out.

So, only 1 Indian in QF.

[QF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,856) vs. Lorenzo Bocchi (ITA,757)
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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Niki should win his QF match. Good luck.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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Niki started his match well winning the first set 6-3. Then, in the second set also had a few breakpoint opportunities and finally broke at 5-5 to go up 6-5. But, got broken back serving for the match at 6-5. And then the Italian player won the tie break 7-3 to take it third set.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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In the third set, Niki did come back from 0-2 down to win the set and the match.

[QF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,856) d. Lorenzo Bocchi (ITA,757) 63 67(4) 63

Next,

[SF] Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND,856) vs. Dalibor Svrcina (CZE,863)

18 year old Dalibor has been in top 10 in ITF junior rankings. He upset third seed Aidan Mchugh in QF.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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Good to see Niki in the semis.
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Re: ITF India Futures (4 weeks) March 2021

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ITF M15 DELHI : NIKI POONACHA INTO THE MEN'S SINGLES FINAL

Niki Poonacha enters his 1st final in nearly 3 years after a walkover from🇨🇿Dalibor Svrcina. He will take on last week's winner 🇺🇸 Oliver Crawford for his 2nd ITF title. (via ITD)

Good break for Niki.
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