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At $618K Eastbourne International, Eastbourne, Great Britain
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) l Julien Benneteau (FRA,77) 67(1) 76(6) 36
Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Pablo Andujar(ESP)/ Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 64
[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) l Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) 75 6-10
[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 57 36
Somdev take early break against Julien and was serving for the set at 5-3 ... He lost his serve in 9th game and then set went to tie-break where Julien dominated to win it comfortably ... In the second set Sommy had 2 break points but he failed to win it ... In next game Sommy saved a break point on his serve ... In 12th game Sommy saved a match point to take the set in tie-break ... He won closely fought tie-break to take the match in decider ... But in decider Julien started positively breaking Sommy on luv in 1st game ... Then again Julien had a break point in 5th game but Sommy managed to hold ... Julien take double break lead breaking Sommy in 7th game, 5-2 but Sommy immediately broke back when Julien was serving for the match ... But Sommy again failed to hold his serve in 9th game to lose the match ... Losing his serve while serving for the first set cost the match for Sommy ... Missed opportunity of winning another match on the grass before Wimbledon.
Rohan and Aisam started well breaking Pablo's serve in 2nd game but Spanish pair fought back breaking Rohan's serve in 5th game ... Rohan and Aisam take crucial break on Guillermo's serve in 8th game and then Rohan hold his serve to won the first set ... And with a single break they also won the second set to moved into quarters ... This was Rohan's 100th doubles win on the tour with 75 losses, Other hand Aisam having 96-70 record.
Sania and Elena had tricky doubles match against big servers and hard hitters Australian pair ... But our pair take early lead breaking Stosur in 5th game but immediately Aussie pair broke Elena's serve to make it 3-all ... After that Sania and Elena take crucial break in 11th game breaking Gajdosova's serve and then Sania hold her serve easily to won the first set ... In the second set Aussie pair take first break breaking Elena's serve in 2nd game ... Our pair broke back when Stosur was serving for the set in 9th game ... But again Aussie pair broke Elena's in 10th game to won the second set ... Aussie pair dominated super tie-break as Elena struggled with her serves.
In quarter final Rohan and Aisam had a bad start ... Aisam failed to hold his serve in 2nd game and our pair was 0-3 down ... They take break back in 7th game to bring set back on the serve ... But in 12th game Rohan struggled on his serve and made double faults to lose the first set ... The second set also started badly ... Rohan again double faulted in 4th game and due to his poor serving our pair lost the serve ... Rohan and Aisam wasted 2 break point chances in 7th game ... Then both pair hold their serves so with this loss early end for Indian challenge in Eastbourne.
At $618K Eastbourne International, Eastbourne, Great Britain
[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,68) l Julien Benneteau (FRA,77) 67(1) 76(6) 36
Doubles
[R1] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Pablo Andujar(ESP)/ Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 64
[R1] (3) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS) l Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/ Samantha Stosur (AUS) 75 6-10
[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)/ Andreas Seppi (ITA) 57 36
Somdev take early break against Julien and was serving for the set at 5-3 ... He lost his serve in 9th game and then set went to tie-break where Julien dominated to win it comfortably ... In the second set Sommy had 2 break points but he failed to win it ... In next game Sommy saved a break point on his serve ... In 12th game Sommy saved a match point to take the set in tie-break ... He won closely fought tie-break to take the match in decider ... But in decider Julien started positively breaking Sommy on luv in 1st game ... Then again Julien had a break point in 5th game but Sommy managed to hold ... Julien take double break lead breaking Sommy in 7th game, 5-2 but Sommy immediately broke back when Julien was serving for the match ... But Sommy again failed to hold his serve in 9th game to lose the match ... Losing his serve while serving for the first set cost the match for Sommy ... Missed opportunity of winning another match on the grass before Wimbledon.
Rohan and Aisam started well breaking Pablo's serve in 2nd game but Spanish pair fought back breaking Rohan's serve in 5th game ... Rohan and Aisam take crucial break on Guillermo's serve in 8th game and then Rohan hold his serve to won the first set ... And with a single break they also won the second set to moved into quarters ... This was Rohan's 100th doubles win on the tour with 75 losses, Other hand Aisam having 96-70 record.
Sania and Elena had tricky doubles match against big servers and hard hitters Australian pair ... But our pair take early lead breaking Stosur in 5th game but immediately Aussie pair broke Elena's serve to make it 3-all ... After that Sania and Elena take crucial break in 11th game breaking Gajdosova's serve and then Sania hold her serve easily to won the first set ... In the second set Aussie pair take first break breaking Elena's serve in 2nd game ... Our pair broke back when Stosur was serving for the set in 9th game ... But again Aussie pair broke Elena's in 10th game to won the second set ... Aussie pair dominated super tie-break as Elena struggled with her serves.
In quarter final Rohan and Aisam had a bad start ... Aisam failed to hold his serve in 2nd game and our pair was 0-3 down ... They take break back in 7th game to bring set back on the serve ... But in 12th game Rohan struggled on his serve and made double faults to lose the first set ... The second set also started badly ... Rohan again double faulted in 4th game and due to his poor serving our pair lost the serve ... Rohan and Aisam wasted 2 break point chances in 7th game ... Then both pair hold their serves so with this loss early end for Indian challenge in Eastbourne.
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