Tennis News
At $3.8M Rome Masters, Spain
[QF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (1) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 64 75
[SF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
Mahesh and Rohan played perfect match against WR #1 pair ... They didn't face a single break point on their serves but in both sets converted one break point which they received ... In the semis they r facing local unranked pair Granollers and Lopez.
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At $35K+H Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) bt (Q) Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,340) 63 16 76(5)
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) vs (8) Denys Molchanov (UKR,249)
Doubles
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 46
In the first set Yuki didn't face a single break point on his serve ... He had early chances to break Ledovskikh's serve but managed to break him in 8th game and won the first set ... In the second set Ledovskikh broke Yuki's serve in 2nd and 4th games to lead 5-0 and easily won this set .. In the third set both players didn't face a single break point and set went to tie-break ... In tie-break Yuki take early mini-break on 3rd point to lead 2-1 then 4-1 but Ledovskikh take mini-break back on 8th point to make it 4-all ... Yuki take crucial mini-break on 11th point to lead 6-5 and won this match converting this first match point.
This is Yuki's first semi-final at challenger level ... In the semis he is facing 8th seed Ukrainian Denys Molchanov.
In doubles Yuki and Vishnu failed to continue their good run and lost against top-seed Ratiwatanas in straight sets ... Ratiwatanas broke them once in both sets.
At $3.8M Rome Masters, Spain
[QF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (1) Max Mirnyi (BLR)/ Daniel Nestor (CAN) 64 75
[SF] (7) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Marc Lopez (ESP)
Mahesh and Rohan played perfect match against WR #1 pair ... They didn't face a single break point on their serves but in both sets converted one break point which they received ... In the semis they r facing local unranked pair Granollers and Lopez.
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At $35K+H Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan
[QF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) bt (Q) Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS,340) 63 16 76(5)
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND,297) vs (8) Denys Molchanov (UKR,249)
Doubles
[SF] Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 46
In the first set Yuki didn't face a single break point on his serve ... He had early chances to break Ledovskikh's serve but managed to break him in 8th game and won the first set ... In the second set Ledovskikh broke Yuki's serve in 2nd and 4th games to lead 5-0 and easily won this set .. In the third set both players didn't face a single break point and set went to tie-break ... In tie-break Yuki take early mini-break on 3rd point to lead 2-1 then 4-1 but Ledovskikh take mini-break back on 8th point to make it 4-all ... Yuki take crucial mini-break on 11th point to lead 6-5 and won this match converting this first match point.
This is Yuki's first semi-final at challenger level ... In the semis he is facing 8th seed Ukrainian Denys Molchanov.
In doubles Yuki and Vishnu failed to continue their good run and lost against top-seed Ratiwatanas in straight sets ... Ratiwatanas broke them once in both sets.
