N Sriram Balaji thread

[Dinesh]

It appears Sriram might not have made it to Antalya as I don’t see him and his partner on the doubles draw. Bummer!

[sameerph]

Bala along with Margaroli are playing in an Italian challenger started with an easy win.

At Biella 3 Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Luca Margaroli (SUI) d. Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA) / Luca Vanni (ITA) 63 64

Next,

[QF] (2) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Luca Margaroli (SUI) vs. Dustin Brown (GER) / Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)

[Dinesh]

Balaji/Margaroli lost the match 6-3 7-6.

[sameerph]

At Biella 4 Challenger 80, Italy

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Luca Margaroli (SUI) d. (WC) Lorenzo Claverie (ITA) / Matteo Gigante (ITA) 61 63

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Luca Margaroli (SUI) l. (4) Matt Reid (AUS) / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) 46 26

[sameerph]

Bala and Jeevan lost against second seed at Tallahasse Challenger.

At Tallahassee Challenger 80, USA

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezuiyan (IND) l. (2) Treat Huey (USA) / Sam Verbeek (NED) 46 57

[sameerph]

This week Bala and Jeevan started with a good win.

At Ostrava Challenger 80, Czech Republic

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezuiyan (IND) d. Peter Polansky (CAN) / Brayden Schnur (CAN) 63 63

Next,

[R2] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezuiyan (IND) vs. (3) Evan King (USA) / Hunter Reese (USA)

[sameerph]

Bala and Jeevan lost in QF.

At Ostrava Challenger 80, Czech Republic

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezuiyan (IND) l. (3) Evan King (USA) / Hunter Reese (USA) 26 62 6-10

[sameerph]

This week Bala and Jeevan travelled to Italy as they could not get into Prague Challenger and started with a win.

At Biella 5 Challenger 80, Italy (Clay)

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezuiyan (IND) d. (WC) Pietro Buscaglione (ITA) / Pietro Rondoni (ITA) 64 62

Up against top seeds next,

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezuiyan (IND) vs. (1) Andre Goransson (SWE) / Nathaniel Lammons (USA)

[sameerph]

Bala and Jeevan lost in a close match against top seeds.

At Biella 5 Challenger 80, Italy (Clay)

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezuiyan (IND) l. (1) Andre Goransson (SWE) / Nathaniel Lammons (USA) 46 63 8-10

[sameerph]

Bala is back this week with his old partner Margaroli with whom he had some success and they started with a first round win.

At Bratislava Challenger 80, Slovakia (Clay)

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Luca Margaroli (SUI) d. Matthias Bachinger (GER) / Tobias Kamke (GER) 63 67(5) 10-3

Up against top seeds next,

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Luca Margaroli (SUI) vs. (1) Denyas Molchanov (UKR) / Alexander Nedoyvesov (KAZ)

[sameerph]

They lost in a close one in the QF against top seeds.

At Bratislava Challenger 80, Slovakia (Clay)

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Luca Margaroli (SUI) l. (1) Denyas Molchanov (UKR) / Alexander Nedoyvesov (KAZ) 62 57 8-10

[sameerph]

This is a nice article on Balaji from Kamesh in Hindu-

Sriram Balaji keen to build on latest title he won in France

With Ramkumar having joined the Davis Cup team for the tie against Finland in Helsinki, Balaji will be competing the next week in Istanbul with Hiroki Moriya of Japan.

“After that I am taking a week off and will play three Challengers with Ram,” said Balaji.

That is good plan for the duo.

[sameerph]

Bala started with a win in first round.

At Istanbul Challenger 80, Turkey

[R1] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Hiroki Moriya (JPN) d. Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE) / Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) 64 61

Next,

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Hiroki Moriya (JPN) vs. (2) James Cerretani (USA) / Fabian Fallert (GER)

[sameerph]

Bala and Moriya lost after a close fight.

At Istanbul Challenger 80, Turkey

[QF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND) / Hiroki Moriya (JPN) l. (2) James Cerretani (USA) / Fabian Fallert (GER) 63 67(5) 7-10

[Atithee]

Losing count of Indians losing matches after winning the first set. It’s just too frequent.