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Here is a comprehensive look at this week’s tennis stories:
French Open: Somdev qualifies for main draw
It was an eventful week at the French Open. The qualifying rounds completed. India’s Somdev Devvarman qualified for the main draw where he will meet fellow qualifier Daniel Munoz of Spain. If he proceeds, he could meet Roger Federer in the second round. Former top 10 player and French Open quarterfinalist Andrea Petkovic, who is on a comeback trail, failed to qualify as she lost in the second round of qualifying.
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ATP Tour: Monfils loses in first final post comeback
At the Power Horse Cup taking place at Dusseldorf, Juan Monaco of Argentina won the singles trophy with a 6-4 6-3 win over Finn Jarkko Nieminen. Germans Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich won the doubles event with a 7-5 6-2 win over Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot. They had defeated Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja in the first round 6-4 6-2.
At Nice, France, Albert Montanes won the singles event with a 6-0 7-6 (3) win over Gael Monfils. The doubles champions were Raven Klaasen and Johan Brunstrom.
WTA Tour: Kanepi triumphs at Brussels
At the Brussels Premier event, Estonian Kaia Kanepi, who is also returning from injuries, won the singles title defeating Peng Shuai of China 6-2 7-5.
In the doubles category, Sania Mirza and Zheng Jie of China, seeded one, lost in the semifinals. Second seeds Kveta Peschke and Anna-Lena Groenefeld won the title.
At Strasbourg, France, Alize Cornet won the title defeating Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (4) 6-0.
Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm and South African Chanelle Scheepers won the doubles title.
ITF Circuit: Karunuday stuns Saketh
At the Bangkok $10,000 Futures event, India’s Saketh Myneni, seeded third, was ousted in the second round by another Indian, 22-years old Karunuday Singh. Singh proceeded to the finals displaying some solid tennis but eventually fell to fourth seed Benjamin Mitchell 3-6 6-1 6-7 (2).
At the Tarakan $25,000 event in Indonesia, India’s Ankita Raina qualified for the main draw and fell in the second round to China’s X. Dong 4-6 3-6.
