Monday, October 08, 2012

Tennis News
At $125K+H Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[Q3] (3) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,267) bt Martin Emmrich (GER,1277)
[Q3] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,355) bt (4) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,305) 62 60

[R1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,175) vs (8) Karol Beck (SVK,128)
[R1] (Q) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,276) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS,149) 26 61 76(5)
[R1] (Q) Sanam Singh (IND,373) vs (Q) Oleksandr Nedovyesov (UKR,228)

Sanam dismantled top-300 type Georgian Basilashvili in 54 minutes ... He won the match losing only 2 games against in-form Basilashvili ... Sanam broke Basilashvili in 3rd game to take 3-1 lead ... From 3-2 Sanam was on rampage and won next 9 games to complete the victory ... Next he is facing fellow qualifier Ukrainian Oleksandr Nedovyesov.

Vishnu had a roller-coaster ride in his 2 hours and 4 minutes match ... He started badly when Emmrich broke him in 3rd and 5th games to win the first set ... In the second set Vishnu played solid tennis and broke Emmrich in 2nd game to lead 3-0 and then take another break in 6th game to win this set .. In the decider Vishnu had 3 breakpoints at 0-40 in 3rd game which he failed to convert ... Vishnu missed another break point in 7th game and then saved a break point on his own serve in 8th game ... Vishnu broke Emmrich in 11th game but failed to hold while serving for the match in the next game ... In tie-break both players won points on their own serve till 4-4 ... Then Vishnu take mini-break on 9th point to lead 5-4 but again while serving for the match at 6-4 he failed to convert ... This time Vishnu again take mini-break on Emmrich serve to win this tight match ... Next in main-draw he is facing experienced Russian Igor Kunitsyn.

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