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At Davis Cup Play-off 2011, Japan
Japan vs India 2-0
Day One
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,65) l Yuichi Sugita (JPN,175) 36 46 57
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,559) l Kei Nishikori (JPN,55) 36 26 26
Sommy played disappointing game to lose this first rubber in the straight sets against #175 ranked Yuichi Sugita ... In this match Sommy managed to create 1 break point opportunities, which was in the second set ... Other hand Yuichi Sugita created 7 break point opportunities and converted 1 in each set ... In this match Sommy managed to win only 16 pts on Sugita's serve, that was disastrous considering Sommy is having good returning game ... Sugita had 53 winners and 40 unforced errors, Sommy had 19 winners and 29 unforced errors.
In the first set Sugita broke Sommy in 4th game, 1-3 ... In the second set, Sugita broke Sommy in 3rd game to take early lead and saved a break point on his serve to lead 1-3 ... Sugita take crucial break in 11th game to seal the match.
Rohan gave much worst performance than Sommy to lose in 1 hr 38 mins ... Rohan had a couple of break points in the first set ... Other hand Nishikori broke Rohan once in the first set and then twice in remaining 2 sets to scored very comfortable win.
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At $35K+H Ningbo Challenger, China
[SF] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Mao-xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 62 63
[F] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Jan Hernych (CZE)/ Jurgen Zopp (EST)
Karan and Divij scored very comfortable win over local pair to moved into the final ... They won their match in an hour ... Next they r facing another unseeded pair for the title, who upset top-seed pair in straight sets.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures 2011, Claremont
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,1154) l (1) Steve Johnson (USA,527) 46 36
Doubles
[SF] (4) Alexandre Lacroix (FRA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Dennis Mkrtchian (USA)/ Dennis Novikov (USA) 60 61
[SF] Vladimir Obradovic (SRB)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt Joshua Graves (USA)/ Rudolph Siwy (CZE) 64 76(6)
[F] (4) Alexandre Lacroix (FRA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Vladimir Obradovic (SRB)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND)
Well played match against in-form top-seed player by Sanam ... Sanam and Vighnesh reached in the final of doubles with their respective partners ... But now both having big task of playing doubles final here and also playing qualifying for the next week futures.
At Davis Cup Play-off 2011, Japan
Japan vs India 2-0
Day One
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,65) l Yuichi Sugita (JPN,175) 36 46 57
[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND,559) l Kei Nishikori (JPN,55) 36 26 26
Sommy played disappointing game to lose this first rubber in the straight sets against #175 ranked Yuichi Sugita ... In this match Sommy managed to create 1 break point opportunities, which was in the second set ... Other hand Yuichi Sugita created 7 break point opportunities and converted 1 in each set ... In this match Sommy managed to win only 16 pts on Sugita's serve, that was disastrous considering Sommy is having good returning game ... Sugita had 53 winners and 40 unforced errors, Sommy had 19 winners and 29 unforced errors.
In the first set Sugita broke Sommy in 4th game, 1-3 ... In the second set, Sugita broke Sommy in 3rd game to take early lead and saved a break point on his serve to lead 1-3 ... Sugita take crucial break in 11th game to seal the match.
Rohan gave much worst performance than Sommy to lose in 1 hr 38 mins ... Rohan had a couple of break points in the first set ... Other hand Nishikori broke Rohan once in the first set and then twice in remaining 2 sets to scored very comfortable win.
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At $35K+H Ningbo Challenger, China
[SF] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Mao-xin Gong (CHN)/ Ze Zhang (CHN) 62 63
[F] Karan Rastogi (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Jan Hernych (CZE)/ Jurgen Zopp (EST)
Karan and Divij scored very comfortable win over local pair to moved into the final ... They won their match in an hour ... Next they r facing another unseeded pair for the title, who upset top-seed pair in straight sets.
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At $10K USA F23 Futures 2011, Claremont
[R2] Sanam Singh (IND,1154) l (1) Steve Johnson (USA,527) 46 36
Doubles
[SF] (4) Alexandre Lacroix (FRA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Dennis Mkrtchian (USA)/ Dennis Novikov (USA) 60 61
[SF] Vladimir Obradovic (SRB)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt Joshua Graves (USA)/ Rudolph Siwy (CZE) 64 76(6)
[F] (4) Alexandre Lacroix (FRA)/ Sanam Singh (IND) vs Vladimir Obradovic (SRB)/ Vignesh Peranamallur (IND)
Well played match against in-form top-seed player by Sanam ... Sanam and Vighnesh reached in the final of doubles with their respective partners ... But now both having big task of playing doubles final here and also playing qualifying for the next week futures.
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