Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus make strong start in Australian Open wild card play-off

The second-seeded Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus of New Zealand were
in roaring form as they brushed aside Tianjia Guo and Shenghao Zhou of
China 6-0, 6-1 in the doubles first round of the Asia-Oceania
Australian Open wild card play-off at the Luohu Tennis Centre,
Shenzhen, China, on Thursday.

In the quarterfinals, the Indo-Kiwi combination will face the
third-seeded Chieh-Fu Wang and Jimmy Wang of Chinese Taipei.

In the singles quarterfinals, the second-seeded Yuki will be
challenged by local qualifier Zhicheng Zhu.

Sriram Balaji prevails over Vishnu Vardhan yet again in ITF men’s event in Bhopal

BHOPAL, NOV. 21:

Sriram Balaji scored his second successive victory over Vishnu Vardhan
as he recorded a 7-5, 7-6(6) win in the quarterfinals of the $15,000
ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament at the Arera Club here on
Thursday.

The second-seeded Balaji will be challenged by wild card Vijay Sundar
Prashanth who ousted the sixth-seeded Karunuday Singh in straight
sets.

The other semifinal will feature the top-seeded Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
against the third-seeded Na Jung-Woong of Korea.

There was some consolation for Karunuday Singh, as he in partnership
with Daniiar Duldaev of Kyrgyzstan knocked out the second seeds and
the champion of the Delhi event last week, Sriram Balaji and V. M.
Ranjeet in straight sets, in the doubles semifinals.

The top-seeded Jeevan and Purav Raja had to fight their way past R.
Ramkumar and Ashwin Vijayragavan 12-10 in the super tiebreak.

The results:

Singles (quarterfinals): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt R. Ramkumar 6-3,
6-3; Na Jung-Woong (Kor) bt David Pel (Ned) 6-4, 7-6(3); Vijay Sundar
Prashanth bt Karunuday Singh 6-4, 6-4; Sriram Balaji bt Vishnu Vardhan
7-5, 7-6(6).

Doubles (semifinals): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja bt R.
Ramkumar and Ashwin Vijayragavan 6-4, 5-7, 12-10; Daniiar Duldaev
(Kgz) and Karunuday Singh bt Sriram Balaji and V. M. Ranjeet 6-4, 6-4.

Ashmitha Easwaramurthi loses doubles quarterfinals in $10,000 ITF women’s event in Egypt

Ashmitha in partnership with Ekaterina Lavrikova of Russia was beaten 6-4 6-3 in the doubles quarterfinals by thefourth-seeded Katie Boulter of Britain and Justine De Sutter of Belgium in the $10,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Jennifer Luikham in both finals in ITF juniors in Assam

GUWAHATI, NOV. 21:

Jennifer Luikham was at her fluent best as she made the girls singles and
doubles final of the ITF grade-5 junior tennis tournament here on
Thursday.

The 14-year-old Jennifer came from behind to topple the second seed
Snehal Mane 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. The trainee of coach Aditya Sachdeva will
challenge the fourth-seeded Yinglak Jittakoat of Thailand in the
final.

In doubles, Jennifer and Mansi Reddy will face the top-seeded Snehal
Mane and Vanshika Sawhney in the final.

In the boys section, it was all foreign affair, except for Delhi lad
Deepak Vishavkarma making the doubles final in partnership with Lev
Kazakov of Russia. The Indo-Russian duo ousted the top-seeded
Nishangan Nadaraja of Sri Lanka and Alexey Prokopchuk of Ukraine.

The results (semifinals):

Boys: Alexey Prokopchuk (Ukr) bt Chak Pong Marco Lam (Hkg) 6-4, 6-4;
Lev Kazakov (Rus) bt Parikshit Somani 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles: Lev Kazakov (Rus) and Deepak Vishavkarma bt Nishangan
Nadaraja (Sri) and Alexey Prokopchuk (Ukr) 7-6(6), 6-3; Chak Pong
Marco Lam and Robin Hao Nguy (Hkg) bt Anurag Nenwani and Tanishq
Mahendru 7-6(3), 7-6(4).

Girls: Yinglak Jittakoat (Tha) bt Nandini Sharma 2-6, 6-1, 6-2;
Jennifer Luikham bt Snehal Mane 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles: Snehal Mane and Vanshika Sawhney bt Xeniya Prokopchuk (Ukr)
and Nida Shahid Kamal 6-2, 6-0; Jennifer Luikham and Mansi Reddy
Siddareddy bt Yinglak Jittakoat (Tha) and Mihika Yadav 7-6(6), 7-6(3).