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At $4.5M Indian Wells Open,
[R3] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,84) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL,52) 61 36 76(5)
[PQF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,84) vs (1) Rafel Nadal (ESP,1)
Doubles
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt (7) Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 62 63
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Klaudia Jans (POL)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL)
What a important win for Somi .. As after his first 2 rounds win we had big expectation about him beating Malisse and he delivered in 2 hours ... This is the first time that Indian tennis player has made to the fourth round of a Masters tournament.
Somi started well breaking Malisse serve twice to won first set easily ... In second set Somi lost his serve in second game and Malisse kept that lead to won second set ... In decider set also Somi was holding his serve easily, this is really good sign, but Malisse didn't giving much chance on his own serve ... Match went into tie-break ... Somi started well taking mini-break on second point to lead 2-0 but Malisse take advantage of some erratic play from Somi to won next 5 points in that winning both points on Somi's serve ... But from 2-5 down Somi raised his game and became aggressive that helped him to win next 5 points ... On match point he hit service winner to book his match against Rafa ... Simply showed his steel nerves after getting down 2-5 in tie-break to win next 5 points to won this match.
Good to see he is getting another opportunity of playing against top 5 players, whatever score that would be good experience and learning opportunity to Somi.
Sania and Elena Vesnina scored very comfortable win over 7th seed Czech pair to moved into quarters ... Next they r facing unseeded Polish pair who upset 2nd seed in the first round.
Somdev Devvaran - “It's one of those things when you're playing with confidence, playing well, you want to keep playing, and it doesn't happen too often. I mean, for Rafa and Fed it does, but for the majority of the players it's one of those things you want to kind of ride the momentum and keep playing, keep playing with adrenaline, and hope for the best in your next matches.”
“Rafa is obviously No. 1 in the world, won a lot of Grand Slams. I have a lot of respect for the guy. He's one of my favorite tennis players, one of my idols, so when I'm out there I'm gonna do everything I can to win the match. I'm gonna compete as hard as I can and leave everything on the table.”
From ATP site
At $4.5M Indian Wells Open,
[R3] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,84) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL,52) 61 36 76(5)
[PQF] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,84) vs (1) Rafel Nadal (ESP,1)
Doubles
[R2] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt (7) Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 62 63
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Klaudia Jans (POL)/ Alicja Rosolska (POL)
What a important win for Somi .. As after his first 2 rounds win we had big expectation about him beating Malisse and he delivered in 2 hours ... This is the first time that Indian tennis player has made to the fourth round of a Masters tournament.
Somi started well breaking Malisse serve twice to won first set easily ... In second set Somi lost his serve in second game and Malisse kept that lead to won second set ... In decider set also Somi was holding his serve easily, this is really good sign, but Malisse didn't giving much chance on his own serve ... Match went into tie-break ... Somi started well taking mini-break on second point to lead 2-0 but Malisse take advantage of some erratic play from Somi to won next 5 points in that winning both points on Somi's serve ... But from 2-5 down Somi raised his game and became aggressive that helped him to win next 5 points ... On match point he hit service winner to book his match against Rafa ... Simply showed his steel nerves after getting down 2-5 in tie-break to win next 5 points to won this match.
Good to see he is getting another opportunity of playing against top 5 players, whatever score that would be good experience and learning opportunity to Somi.
Sania and Elena Vesnina scored very comfortable win over 7th seed Czech pair to moved into quarters ... Next they r facing unseeded Polish pair who upset 2nd seed in the first round.
Somdev Devvaran - “It's one of those things when you're playing with confidence, playing well, you want to keep playing, and it doesn't happen too often. I mean, for Rafa and Fed it does, but for the majority of the players it's one of those things you want to kind of ride the momentum and keep playing, keep playing with adrenaline, and hope for the best in your next matches.”
“Rafa is obviously No. 1 in the world, won a lot of Grand Slams. I have a lot of respect for the guy. He's one of my favorite tennis players, one of my idols, so when I'm out there I'm gonna do everything I can to win the match. I'm gonna compete as hard as I can and leave everything on the table.”
From ATP site
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