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At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India
[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) bt (7) James Ward (GBR,250) 57 64 64
[Q3] (5) Rajeev Ram (USA,132) bt (4) Kenny De Schepper (FRA,119) 76(9) 46 61
[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND,217) l (6) Robin Haase (NED,56) 57 36
[R1] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) vs Guillaume Rufin (FRA,90)
[R1] (Q) Rajeev Ram (USA,132) vs Dudi Sela (ISR,109)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 26 75 7-10
In the first set Prakash missed break point in 9th game ... Prakash had 2 more break points at 15-40 in 11th game but he missed those ... Ward broke him in 11th game to win the set ... In the second set Prakash broke Ward in 1st game after that Ward created couple of break point chances On Kash's serve ... Kash hold his serves and kept single break advantage for winning this set ... In the final set again Prakash broke Ward in 1st game but Ward immediately broke Kash to make it 1-all ... Prakash again broke Ward in 3rd game to lead 2-1 ... After that both players hold their respective service games ... Prakash converted 3rd match point in 10th game after saving a break point for a win in 2 hours and 23 minutes ... Happy to see at least one Indian qualify for main-draw through qualifying ... Next he is facing Frenchman Guillaume Rufin in the first round ... Go Kash.
Rajeev won the first set in very long and tight tie-break but De Schepper broke him in 7h game of the second set ... That break helped De Schepper to make it one set all ... Rajeev dominated the final set and won it with double break ... Rajeev is facing Israeli Dudi Sela in the first round.
Yuki was matching his game with seeded Robin from the first game ... Both players had few break point opportunities which they failed to convert ... But Robin take crucial break in 12th game to win the first set when Yuki was serving for the remaining in the set ... After winning the first set Robin started to look better player on the court ... Yuki's body language wasn't encouraging ... Until 7th game both players hold their respective services but Robin take crucial break of serve on Yuki's serve in 8th game ... After this Robin hold comfortably with big four services to won this match ... In the second set Yuki failed to raise his game.
In doubles match in the start Sanam was struggling with his service returns, Paire and Wawrinka take full advantage to win the first set ... In the second set our pair was early break down but they came back strongly in the match breaking opponent's serve twice ... In that crucial break came in 12th break ... In match tie-break one time Paire and Wawrinka were leading 2-5 but Vishnu and Sanam fought back to lead 7-6 ... After that Paire and Wawrinka showed their experience to win next 4 points to clinch the match in their favor.
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At $1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia (WTA Premier)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR) 64 62
Winning start of new 2013 season for Sania with Bethanie ... They defeated their Russian-Belarus pair in straight sets in Premier event.
At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India
[Q3] Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) bt (7) James Ward (GBR,250) 57 64 64
[Q3] (5) Rajeev Ram (USA,132) bt (4) Kenny De Schepper (FRA,119) 76(9) 46 61
[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND,217) l (6) Robin Haase (NED,56) 57 36
[R1] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) vs Guillaume Rufin (FRA,90)
[R1] (Q) Rajeev Ram (USA,132) vs Dudi Sela (ISR,109)
Doubles
[R1] (WC) Sanam Singh (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 26 75 7-10
In the first set Prakash missed break point in 9th game ... Prakash had 2 more break points at 15-40 in 11th game but he missed those ... Ward broke him in 11th game to win the set ... In the second set Prakash broke Ward in 1st game after that Ward created couple of break point chances On Kash's serve ... Kash hold his serves and kept single break advantage for winning this set ... In the final set again Prakash broke Ward in 1st game but Ward immediately broke Kash to make it 1-all ... Prakash again broke Ward in 3rd game to lead 2-1 ... After that both players hold their respective service games ... Prakash converted 3rd match point in 10th game after saving a break point for a win in 2 hours and 23 minutes ... Happy to see at least one Indian qualify for main-draw through qualifying ... Next he is facing Frenchman Guillaume Rufin in the first round ... Go Kash.
Rajeev won the first set in very long and tight tie-break but De Schepper broke him in 7h game of the second set ... That break helped De Schepper to make it one set all ... Rajeev dominated the final set and won it with double break ... Rajeev is facing Israeli Dudi Sela in the first round.
Yuki was matching his game with seeded Robin from the first game ... Both players had few break point opportunities which they failed to convert ... But Robin take crucial break in 12th game to win the first set when Yuki was serving for the remaining in the set ... After winning the first set Robin started to look better player on the court ... Yuki's body language wasn't encouraging ... Until 7th game both players hold their respective services but Robin take crucial break of serve on Yuki's serve in 8th game ... After this Robin hold comfortably with big four services to won this match ... In the second set Yuki failed to raise his game.
In doubles match in the start Sanam was struggling with his service returns, Paire and Wawrinka take full advantage to win the first set ... In the second set our pair was early break down but they came back strongly in the match breaking opponent's serve twice ... In that crucial break came in 12th break ... In match tie-break one time Paire and Wawrinka were leading 2-5 but Vishnu and Sanam fought back to lead 7-6 ... After that Paire and Wawrinka showed their experience to win next 4 points to clinch the match in their favor.
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At $1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia (WTA Premier)
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS)/ Olga Govortsova (BLR) 64 62
Winning start of new 2013 season for Sania with Bethanie ... They defeated their Russian-Belarus pair in straight sets in Premier event.
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