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At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India
[R2] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) vs (8) Go Soeda (JPN,58) 67(2)63 46
Doubles
[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) bt (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Neduchezhiyan (IND) 63 60
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (IND) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 64 63
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sergei Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Igor Sijsling (NED) 75 63
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) vs Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA)
[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (IND) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
[QF] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sergei Stakhovsky (UKR) vs Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
He was tired as he played 14 sets in 4 days ... This was his 4th three setter ... Terrific performance showing improved physical fitness ... He had a chance of going deep here but frankly organizers screwed up with his scheduling of the matches.
Soeda started with breaking Prakash's serve in 1st game but after 0-2 Kash started fightback ... He won next five games in that he broke Soeda twice in 4th and 6th games to lead 5-2 ... But Soeda kept fighting and he broke Kash in 9th game when he was serving for the set to make it 4-5 ... Kash had couple of set points which he failed to convert and that proved crucial in the end ... In tie-break Soeda take mini-break on 1st point to lead 0-1 ... Kash failed to fight back as Soeda broke him another couple of times to win the first set tie-break comfortably ... Kash again showed his fighting performance and tried another comeback after losing the first set ... He won the second breaking Soeda twice but he was visibly tired in the third ... Soeda take crucial break in 9th game and hold his serve for fighting victory.
Winning start for Somdev and his Ukrainian partner Stakhovsky ... They started with straight sets victory over Dutch pair ... In the quarters they r facing Ratiwatana brothers who upset 2nd seed Lee and Roger-Vasselin in the first round.
Rohan and Rajeev won the first set but were down early with a break in the second ... Rohan and Rajeev broke back in 4th game to make it 2-all ... They again broke Yen-Hsun and Go Soeda in 6th game and take control of this set ... After that both pair won their respective service games and our pair completed win in 57 minutes ... Next they r facing Wawrinka and Paire.
Mahesh and Daniel gave lesson to Jeevan and Bala of playing on ATP tour ... They scored dominating win losing only 3 games ... Next they r facing Klaasen and Monroe.
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At $1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt (2) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 62 63
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) vs Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
Sania and Bethabie scored solid win over 2nd seeds Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez ... In the first set they won four games in a row from 2-all ... In the second set Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez broke Sania's serve in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but after that Sania and Bethanie won five games from next six games ... In that they broke Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez's serve twice for win in 62 minutes ... In the semis they r facing experienced pair of Hantuchova and Srebotnik.
At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India
[R2] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) vs (8) Go Soeda (JPN,58) 67(2)63 46
Doubles
[R1] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) bt (WC) N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Neduchezhiyan (IND) 63 60
[R1] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (IND) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)/ Go Soeda (JPN) 64 63
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sergei Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Igor Sijsling (NED) 75 63
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) vs Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA)
[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (IND) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
[QF] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sergei Stakhovsky (UKR) vs Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
He was tired as he played 14 sets in 4 days ... This was his 4th three setter ... Terrific performance showing improved physical fitness ... He had a chance of going deep here but frankly organizers screwed up with his scheduling of the matches.
Soeda started with breaking Prakash's serve in 1st game but after 0-2 Kash started fightback ... He won next five games in that he broke Soeda twice in 4th and 6th games to lead 5-2 ... But Soeda kept fighting and he broke Kash in 9th game when he was serving for the set to make it 4-5 ... Kash had couple of set points which he failed to convert and that proved crucial in the end ... In tie-break Soeda take mini-break on 1st point to lead 0-1 ... Kash failed to fight back as Soeda broke him another couple of times to win the first set tie-break comfortably ... Kash again showed his fighting performance and tried another comeback after losing the first set ... He won the second breaking Soeda twice but he was visibly tired in the third ... Soeda take crucial break in 9th game and hold his serve for fighting victory.
Winning start for Somdev and his Ukrainian partner Stakhovsky ... They started with straight sets victory over Dutch pair ... In the quarters they r facing Ratiwatana brothers who upset 2nd seed Lee and Roger-Vasselin in the first round.
Rohan and Rajeev won the first set but were down early with a break in the second ... Rohan and Rajeev broke back in 4th game to make it 2-all ... They again broke Yen-Hsun and Go Soeda in 6th game and take control of this set ... After that both pair won their respective service games and our pair completed win in 57 minutes ... Next they r facing Wawrinka and Paire.
Mahesh and Daniel gave lesson to Jeevan and Bala of playing on ATP tour ... They scored dominating win losing only 3 games ... Next they r facing Klaasen and Monroe.
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At $1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt (2) Liezel Huber (USA)/ Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 62 63
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) vs Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
Sania and Bethabie scored solid win over 2nd seeds Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez ... In the first set they won four games in a row from 2-all ... In the second set Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez broke Sania's serve in 3rd game to lead 2-1 but after that Sania and Bethanie won five games from next six games ... In that they broke Huber and Jose Martinez Sanchez's serve twice for win in 62 minutes ... In the semis they r facing experienced pair of Hantuchova and Srebotnik.
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