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At €416,650 Serbia Open 2011, Belgrade
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,71) bt (3) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP,26) 76(6) 26 76(8)
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,71) vs (7) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,36)
In first set Sommy faced 9 break points and saved 8 ... In 5th game Sommy saved 4 break points ... In 11th game Sommy saved 2 break points but Garcia-Lopez converted 3rd ... But while serving for the set Garcia-Lopez failed to hold his serve, Sommy converted 2nd break point ... In tie-break Sommy take early mini-break on 6th point but Garcia-Lopez take mini-break back in 12th point ... In end Sommy take crucial mini-break on 14th point to won first set after 1 hour 22 mins ... After losing first set Garcia-Lopez broke Sommy in 2nd and 4th games to lead 0-5 ... Sommy broke him in 7th game but again lost his serve in 8th game to lose second set ... In decider Sommy take early break in 3rd game but Garcia-Lopez immediately broke back in next game to make it 2-all ... After that they again exchanged a break before taking set into tie-break ... In tie-break Sommy was down with mini-break at 1-4 but after that he made strong comeback in tie-break ... He was leading till the end ... Wasted 3 match points before converting 4th to won match in 3 hours and 14 mins ... Very long match and this is the best win by Sommy on the clay ... Beating #26 ranked Spanish player against whom he lost 3 weeks back ... Next Sommy is facing local player Janko Tipsarevic, with whom Sommy having 1-1 record.
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At $10K India F5, Chennai
Singles Quarter Finals
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,611) bt (1) Karan RASTOGI (IND,318) 64 63
(Q) Patrik ROSENHOLM (SWE,1768) bt (5) Marc FORNELL-MESTRES (ESP,452) W/O
(4) Julien DUBAIL (BEL,451) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1168) 61 61
(2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,340) bt (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,554) 75 62
Doubles Semi Finals
SIE (INA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt KEPLER (GER)/ NARASIMHAN (USA) 64 61
PRASHANTH (IND)/ RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (2) MITSUHASHI (JPN)/ RUNGKAT (INA) 75 64
Excellent win by Vijay Sundar over Karan, though disappointed for Karan but happy for Vijay Sundar ... Now he has good chance to move into the final ... Vishnu continued with his excellent form to moved into another semi-final.
At €416,650 Serbia Open 2011, Belgrade
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,71) bt (3) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP,26) 76(6) 26 76(8)
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,71) vs (7) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,36)
In first set Sommy faced 9 break points and saved 8 ... In 5th game Sommy saved 4 break points ... In 11th game Sommy saved 2 break points but Garcia-Lopez converted 3rd ... But while serving for the set Garcia-Lopez failed to hold his serve, Sommy converted 2nd break point ... In tie-break Sommy take early mini-break on 6th point but Garcia-Lopez take mini-break back in 12th point ... In end Sommy take crucial mini-break on 14th point to won first set after 1 hour 22 mins ... After losing first set Garcia-Lopez broke Sommy in 2nd and 4th games to lead 0-5 ... Sommy broke him in 7th game but again lost his serve in 8th game to lose second set ... In decider Sommy take early break in 3rd game but Garcia-Lopez immediately broke back in next game to make it 2-all ... After that they again exchanged a break before taking set into tie-break ... In tie-break Sommy was down with mini-break at 1-4 but after that he made strong comeback in tie-break ... He was leading till the end ... Wasted 3 match points before converting 4th to won match in 3 hours and 14 mins ... Very long match and this is the best win by Sommy on the clay ... Beating #26 ranked Spanish player against whom he lost 3 weeks back ... Next Sommy is facing local player Janko Tipsarevic, with whom Sommy having 1-1 record.
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At $10K India F5, Chennai
Singles Quarter Finals
N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,611) bt (1) Karan RASTOGI (IND,318) 64 63
(Q) Patrik ROSENHOLM (SWE,1768) bt (5) Marc FORNELL-MESTRES (ESP,452) W/O
(4) Julien DUBAIL (BEL,451) bt Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,1168) 61 61
(2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,340) bt (7) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,554) 75 62
Doubles Semi Finals
SIE (INA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) bt KEPLER (GER)/ NARASIMHAN (USA) 64 61
PRASHANTH (IND)/ RAJAGOPALAN (IND) bt (2) MITSUHASHI (JPN)/ RUNGKAT (INA) 75 64
Excellent win by Vijay Sundar over Karan, though disappointed for Karan but happy for Vijay Sundar ... Now he has good chance to move into the final ... Vishnu continued with his excellent form to moved into another semi-final.
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