Tennis News
At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, Great Britain
[Q1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,218) l Colin Ebelthite (AUS,569) 36 63 36
Not a great preparation for Wimbledon qualifying ... Yuki lost in his first match on UK grass against lower ranked Australian ... It would be good if Yuki had couple of wins on UK grass before Wimby qualifying which can boost his confidence.
In the first set he lost his serve early to trailed 0-3 and that break was enough for Colin to win this set ... In the second set Yuki take crucial break in 4th game to lead 4-1 and with that single break he won this set ... In the decider Colin take crucial break in 8th game ... In 9th game on Colin's serve Yuki saved 2 match points but Colin converted 3rd to complete victory.
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At $10K India F8 Futures, Mysore
Singles Final
(2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,362) bt (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,548) 76(7) 63
Vishnu lifted another Indian futures title beating Balaji ... Balaji gave fighting performance in the final, he is showing improvement week after week ... The first set went to tie-break when both players hold their respective service games but Blaji needed to save couple of break points ... The tie-break was also long one as both players were serving well and Vishnu take crucial mini-break to won it ... In the second set Vishnu take crucial break in 8th game to won this match.
At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, Great Britain
[Q1] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND,218) l Colin Ebelthite (AUS,569) 36 63 36
Not a great preparation for Wimbledon qualifying ... Yuki lost in his first match on UK grass against lower ranked Australian ... It would be good if Yuki had couple of wins on UK grass before Wimby qualifying which can boost his confidence.
In the first set he lost his serve early to trailed 0-3 and that break was enough for Colin to win this set ... In the second set Yuki take crucial break in 4th game to lead 4-1 and with that single break he won this set ... In the decider Colin take crucial break in 8th game ... In 9th game on Colin's serve Yuki saved 2 match points but Colin converted 3rd to complete victory.
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At $10K India F8 Futures, Mysore
Singles Final
(2) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,362) bt (7) N.Sriram BALAJI (IND,548) 76(7) 63
Vishnu lifted another Indian futures title beating Balaji ... Balaji gave fighting performance in the final, he is showing improvement week after week ... The first set went to tie-break when both players hold their respective service games but Blaji needed to save couple of break points ... The tie-break was also long one as both players were serving well and Vishnu take crucial mini-break to won it ... In the second set Vishnu take crucial break in 8th game to won this match.
