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At 2011 Davis Cup - World Group, Novi Sad, Serbia
India vs Serbia 1-1
Day 1
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,629) l Viktor Troicki (SRB,18) 36 36 75 63 36
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,93) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,45) 75 75 76(3)
Viktor Troicki started very well controlling the match ... It was difficult to win points on Troicki's serve for Rohan ... With in an hour Rohan was 2 sets down ... In third set Troicki was putting pressure on Rohan's serve but he managed to keep his nerves and holding his serve ... After saving break point in 9th game Rohan first time pushed Troicki in 12th game and take crucial break to won third set ... From here Rohan's body language changed and Troicki was looking under pressure ... Rohan was serving well and kept pressure on Troicki's service games ... Again Rohan take crucial break on 8th game to serve for the set ... 9th game turned nasty as Troicki was looking under pressure but crowd started making noise in between points and while Rohan serving ... Rohan committed couple of double faults and very upset ... He was vocal and complained it to chair umpire ... But then this is Davis cup and one should expect hostile crowd supporting their nation ... Rohan manged to win game and set but he lost cool ... In fifth set He lost his serve twice to found himself down 0-4 ... He manged to broke Troicki once but damage was already done ... He saved 2 match points in 8th game on his serve but Troicki hold it easily to gave first rubber to Serbia in 3 hrs 20 mins.
Tipsarevic started positively breaking Somi early to lead 0-2, Somi broke back in next game to 1-2 but again Tipsarevic broke him and take 1-4 lead ... After that Somi produced nice comeback breaking Tipsarevic's serve twice to take 5-4 lead ... But while serving for the set he wasted 3 set points before losing it ... He immediately corrected his mistake breaking Tipsarevic and then hold easily to won first set ... In second set poor call from the umpire in 4th game gave Tipsarevic break ... But Somi kept fighting and producing errors from Tipsarevic, while serving for the set at 3-5 Tipsarevic couldn't hold his serve and brought game on serve 4-5 ... After holding his serve in 10th game Somi again take crucial break in 11th game before serving to win second set and take 2-0 sets lead ... Third set also started like other two sets ... Tipsarevic take early break in 4th game to take 1-3 lead but Somi immediately broke back in next game with some superb cross-court backhand and down the line forhand to bring on serve, 2-3 ... But little loss of concentration and unforced errors from Somi gave another break to Tipsarevic, 2-4 ... Again couple of unforced errors from Tipsarevic and unbelievable returns from Somi gave him another break back, 3-4 ... Tipsarevic played excellenmt return game to broke back at love and take 3-5 lead ... And another poor game for server due to unforced errors, Somi broke Tipsarevic's serve to brought back on serve 4-5 ... This was 6th break of service game in a row ... At last Somi managed to hold to stay in the set in 10th game ... In 11th game Tipsarevic also hold game after saving 2 break points ... Somi hold comfortably to take third set in tie-break ... In tie-break Tipsarevic got first mini-break on 3rd point when Somi's forehand went out but Tipsarevic gave mini-break back hitting wild backhand on 5th point ... After long rally Somi hit awesome running cross-court forehand winner to win 6th point, 3-3 ... Somi take lead with mini-break when Tipsarevic forehand goes out, he double his mini-break with another mistake from Tipsarevic to gave Somi 3 match points ... Then on Somi's serve Tipsarevic made another unforced error to gave this rubber to India and Somi in 3 hrs.
Today Somi played super aggressive tennis ... This was THE best somi'd match I ever watched ... So after first day India tied with defending champion Serbia 1-1 ... Tomorrow crucial doubles match will be played.
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At $15K Australia Futures F2, Berri (grass)
[QF] (1) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,363) bt (6) Brendan Moore (AUS,779) 63 76(3)
[SF] (1) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,363) vs (4) Benjamin Mitchell (AUS,522)
Doubles Final
(1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (2) Chris Letcher (AUS)/ Brendan Moore (AUS) 46 63 10-8
Vishu scored good win over fellow seeded player ... In semis he is facing 18 yrs old talented Benjamin Mitchell, who was last year's junior Wimbledon runner-up .. So good match for Vishnu, who need to play his best tennis to beat Mitchell.
This week Vishnu and Divij lifted doubles title in comeback win.
At 2011 Davis Cup - World Group, Novi Sad, Serbia
India vs Serbia 1-1
Day 1
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND,629) l Viktor Troicki (SRB,18) 36 36 75 63 36
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,93) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,45) 75 75 76(3)
Viktor Troicki started very well controlling the match ... It was difficult to win points on Troicki's serve for Rohan ... With in an hour Rohan was 2 sets down ... In third set Troicki was putting pressure on Rohan's serve but he managed to keep his nerves and holding his serve ... After saving break point in 9th game Rohan first time pushed Troicki in 12th game and take crucial break to won third set ... From here Rohan's body language changed and Troicki was looking under pressure ... Rohan was serving well and kept pressure on Troicki's service games ... Again Rohan take crucial break on 8th game to serve for the set ... 9th game turned nasty as Troicki was looking under pressure but crowd started making noise in between points and while Rohan serving ... Rohan committed couple of double faults and very upset ... He was vocal and complained it to chair umpire ... But then this is Davis cup and one should expect hostile crowd supporting their nation ... Rohan manged to win game and set but he lost cool ... In fifth set He lost his serve twice to found himself down 0-4 ... He manged to broke Troicki once but damage was already done ... He saved 2 match points in 8th game on his serve but Troicki hold it easily to gave first rubber to Serbia in 3 hrs 20 mins.
Tipsarevic started positively breaking Somi early to lead 0-2, Somi broke back in next game to 1-2 but again Tipsarevic broke him and take 1-4 lead ... After that Somi produced nice comeback breaking Tipsarevic's serve twice to take 5-4 lead ... But while serving for the set he wasted 3 set points before losing it ... He immediately corrected his mistake breaking Tipsarevic and then hold easily to won first set ... In second set poor call from the umpire in 4th game gave Tipsarevic break ... But Somi kept fighting and producing errors from Tipsarevic, while serving for the set at 3-5 Tipsarevic couldn't hold his serve and brought game on serve 4-5 ... After holding his serve in 10th game Somi again take crucial break in 11th game before serving to win second set and take 2-0 sets lead ... Third set also started like other two sets ... Tipsarevic take early break in 4th game to take 1-3 lead but Somi immediately broke back in next game with some superb cross-court backhand and down the line forhand to bring on serve, 2-3 ... But little loss of concentration and unforced errors from Somi gave another break to Tipsarevic, 2-4 ... Again couple of unforced errors from Tipsarevic and unbelievable returns from Somi gave him another break back, 3-4 ... Tipsarevic played excellenmt return game to broke back at love and take 3-5 lead ... And another poor game for server due to unforced errors, Somi broke Tipsarevic's serve to brought back on serve 4-5 ... This was 6th break of service game in a row ... At last Somi managed to hold to stay in the set in 10th game ... In 11th game Tipsarevic also hold game after saving 2 break points ... Somi hold comfortably to take third set in tie-break ... In tie-break Tipsarevic got first mini-break on 3rd point when Somi's forehand went out but Tipsarevic gave mini-break back hitting wild backhand on 5th point ... After long rally Somi hit awesome running cross-court forehand winner to win 6th point, 3-3 ... Somi take lead with mini-break when Tipsarevic forehand goes out, he double his mini-break with another mistake from Tipsarevic to gave Somi 3 match points ... Then on Somi's serve Tipsarevic made another unforced error to gave this rubber to India and Somi in 3 hrs.
Today Somi played super aggressive tennis ... This was THE best somi'd match I ever watched ... So after first day India tied with defending champion Serbia 1-1 ... Tomorrow crucial doubles match will be played.
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At $15K Australia Futures F2, Berri (grass)
[QF] (1) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,363) bt (6) Brendan Moore (AUS,779) 63 76(3)
[SF] (1) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,363) vs (4) Benjamin Mitchell (AUS,522)
Doubles Final
(1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (2) Chris Letcher (AUS)/ Brendan Moore (AUS) 46 63 10-8
Vishu scored good win over fellow seeded player ... In semis he is facing 18 yrs old talented Benjamin Mitchell, who was last year's junior Wimbledon runner-up .. So good match for Vishnu, who need to play his best tennis to beat Mitchell.
This week Vishnu and Divij lifted doubles title in comeback win.
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