Tennis News
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England
Doubles - Semi Finals
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) 64 16 10-12
In emotional match Rohan and Mahesh scored win over Leander and Radek after saving 1 match point in 1 hour 25 minutes to book their place in the final ... In the final they will play sixth seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez ... Mahesh is a four-time runner-up in this tournament ... Three of his runner-up finishes came with Paes in 1997, 1999 and 2000 ... He also finished runner-up with Max Mirnyi in 2010 ... Other hand Lee need to wait for his first title in this year end tournament.
In the first set Lee and Radek take break in 7th game on Mahesh's serve converting 4th break point ... They kept this break advantage to win the first set ... In the second set Mahesh and Radek put pressure on Lee and Radek's serve ... They broke Lee's serve in 4th game and Radek's serve in 6th game to win this set ... In this set Lee and Radek managed to win only 12 points ... In match tie-break Lee and Radek take first mini-break on 6th point on Mahesh's serve ... Lee and Radek were leading 3-7 and 5-8 ... Suddenly Lee and Radek came under pressure and both missed easy volleys ans scored back on 8-all ... At 8-9 Maesh saved a match point with backhand volley on Rohan's serve ... At 9-10 Lee saved a match point with forehand volley but Radek gave Indians 2nd match point after putting backhand volley in the net ... Mahesh and Rohan converted this point with easy volley winner after good middle serve by Mahesh.
Mahesh Bhupathi - “We wouldn’t mind a few more weeks on tour. We have got one match to go and get back into focus, after celebrating for the next two hours. We’d like to finish with the title here.”
“It was enjoyable at the end. In this format, things change very quickly. We just had to keep our heads down and fight, because things can change at any second. From 3-7 and 5-8 down in the tie-break, made a few shots and the next thing you know we’re up match point.”
Rohan Bopanna - “We just wanted to make sure that we kept aggressive on the court. They came up with a couple of good volleys to be ahead in the tie-break. We didn’t play any bad points as such. We just kept the same strategy and it paid off.”
“After winning Paris, we took that momentum here. After that first match loss here against Marray and Nielsen, which we lost in the Match tie-break, I think it helped us to realise that it isn’t over until the last point. I think that got us through today.”
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Yokohama Challenger, Japan
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND,806) bt (WC) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,468) 62 76(3)
Doubles
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)
Prakash is playing with protected ranking in this Yokohama Challenger ... Prakash started with win over experienced Japanese Toshihide Matsui and take advantage of weak draw ... After winning the first set easily Prakash needed tie-break in the second for the victory.
Also happy to see Prakash is playing doubles with singles in Japanese challenger.
At 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England
(5) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Rohan Bopanna (IND) bt (3) Radek Stepanek (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) 64 16 10-12
In emotional match Rohan and Mahesh scored win over Leander and Radek after saving 1 match point in 1 hour 25 minutes to book their place in the final ... In the final they will play sixth seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez ... Mahesh is a four-time runner-up in this tournament ... Three of his runner-up finishes came with Paes in 1997, 1999 and 2000 ... He also finished runner-up with Max Mirnyi in 2010 ... Other hand Lee need to wait for his first title in this year end tournament.
In the first set Lee and Radek take break in 7th game on Mahesh's serve converting 4th break point ... They kept this break advantage to win the first set ... In the second set Mahesh and Radek put pressure on Lee and Radek's serve ... They broke Lee's serve in 4th game and Radek's serve in 6th game to win this set ... In this set Lee and Radek managed to win only 12 points ... In match tie-break Lee and Radek take first mini-break on 6th point on Mahesh's serve ... Lee and Radek were leading 3-7 and 5-8 ... Suddenly Lee and Radek came under pressure and both missed easy volleys ans scored back on 8-all ... At 8-9 Maesh saved a match point with backhand volley on Rohan's serve ... At 9-10 Lee saved a match point with forehand volley but Radek gave Indians 2nd match point after putting backhand volley in the net ... Mahesh and Rohan converted this point with easy volley winner after good middle serve by Mahesh.
Mahesh Bhupathi - “We wouldn’t mind a few more weeks on tour. We have got one match to go and get back into focus, after celebrating for the next two hours. We’d like to finish with the title here.”
“It was enjoyable at the end. In this format, things change very quickly. We just had to keep our heads down and fight, because things can change at any second. From 3-7 and 5-8 down in the tie-break, made a few shots and the next thing you know we’re up match point.”
Rohan Bopanna - “We just wanted to make sure that we kept aggressive on the court. They came up with a couple of good volleys to be ahead in the tie-break. We didn’t play any bad points as such. We just kept the same strategy and it paid off.”
“After winning Paris, we took that momentum here. After that first match loss here against Marray and Nielsen, which we lost in the Match tie-break, I think it helped us to realise that it isn’t over until the last point. I think that got us through today.”
-----------------------------------------------------------
At $50K Yokohama Challenger, Japan
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND,806) bt (WC) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,468) 62 76(3)
Doubles
[R1] (PR) Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) vs Ti Chen (TPE)/ Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)
[R1] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hiroki Kondo (JPN)/ Chu-Huan Yi (TPE)
Prakash is playing with protected ranking in this Yokohama Challenger ... Prakash started with win over experienced Japanese Toshihide Matsui and take advantage of weak draw ... After winning the first set easily Prakash needed tie-break in the second for the victory.
Also happy to see Prakash is playing doubles with singles in Japanese challenger.
No comments:
Post a Comment