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At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,663) bt Jan Hajek (CZE,106) 63 63
[R1] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA,90) 67(4) 62 63
[R1] (Q) Rajeev Ram (USA,132) l Dudi Sela (ISR,109) 46 16
[R2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,663) vs (1) Tomas Berdych (CZE,6)
[R2] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) vs (8) Go Soeda (JPN,58)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(7) 16
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sergei Stakhovsky (UKR) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ Igor Sijsling (NED)
Turned terrific day for us in the singles as Prakash and Somdev pulled excellent wins against their respective opponents ... Next Somi having tough match against top-seed Tomas Berdych and Prakash is facing 8th seed Go Soeda ... Prakash must be tired after playing four matches in three days and tomorrow he will be facing Soeda.
Prkash started with breaking Rufin's serve but Rufin broke back in 6th game to make it 3-all ... In tie-break Kash take 3-0 lead but Rufin came back strongly to win this set after winning 7 points from next 8 points ... In the second set from 2-all Kash won next 7 games ... In that he won the second set breaking Rufin's serve in 6th and 8th games ... He also broke Rufin 2nd game of the final set to take 3-0 lead ... And that break was enough for Kash to win this match.
From beginning Somi was playing comfortably ... Really happy to see him match-fit again ... He was winning long rallies and hitting some wonderful winners from back of the court ... Somi also hit 7 aces in the match ... In the first set Somi broke Hajek twice to win it ... In the second set also Somi broke Hajek twice but this time Hajek also broke him once but one break advantage was enough for winning the match.
After excellent two wins in the singles I was expecting win for 2nd seed Lee and Roger-Vasselin ... But Ratiwatana brothers had a different idea and in end they spoiled Indian party after upset straights sets win ... In the first set both pairs had break point opportunities but both managed to hold ... In tie-break lead were exchanging but Ratiwatanas got lucky net break on their second set point ... After winning the first set Ratiwatana brothers were on the fire in the second set ... They played excellent tennis, their returns were good, matched in net exchange with Lee and some excellent lobs ... They broke Lee and Roger-Vasselin serve two times and comfortably wwon the second set.
Find surprising entry of Somdev in the doubles ... He is partnering big serving Ukrainian Sergei Stakhovsky and facing Dutch pair in the first round.
At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,663) bt Jan Hajek (CZE,106) 63 63
[R1] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA,90) 67(4) 62 63
[R1] (Q) Rajeev Ram (USA,132) l Dudi Sela (ISR,109) 46 16
[R2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,663) vs (1) Tomas Berdych (CZE,6)
[R2] (Q) Prakash Amritraj (IND,549) vs (8) Go Soeda (JPN,58)
Doubles
[R1] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 67(7) 16
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND)/ Sergei Stakhovsky (UKR) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ Igor Sijsling (NED)
Turned terrific day for us in the singles as Prakash and Somdev pulled excellent wins against their respective opponents ... Next Somi having tough match against top-seed Tomas Berdych and Prakash is facing 8th seed Go Soeda ... Prakash must be tired after playing four matches in three days and tomorrow he will be facing Soeda.
Prkash started with breaking Rufin's serve but Rufin broke back in 6th game to make it 3-all ... In tie-break Kash take 3-0 lead but Rufin came back strongly to win this set after winning 7 points from next 8 points ... In the second set from 2-all Kash won next 7 games ... In that he won the second set breaking Rufin's serve in 6th and 8th games ... He also broke Rufin 2nd game of the final set to take 3-0 lead ... And that break was enough for Kash to win this match.
From beginning Somi was playing comfortably ... Really happy to see him match-fit again ... He was winning long rallies and hitting some wonderful winners from back of the court ... Somi also hit 7 aces in the match ... In the first set Somi broke Hajek twice to win it ... In the second set also Somi broke Hajek twice but this time Hajek also broke him once but one break advantage was enough for winning the match.
After excellent two wins in the singles I was expecting win for 2nd seed Lee and Roger-Vasselin ... But Ratiwatana brothers had a different idea and in end they spoiled Indian party after upset straights sets win ... In the first set both pairs had break point opportunities but both managed to hold ... In tie-break lead were exchanging but Ratiwatanas got lucky net break on their second set point ... After winning the first set Ratiwatana brothers were on the fire in the second set ... They played excellent tennis, their returns were good, matched in net exchange with Lee and some excellent lobs ... They broke Lee and Roger-Vasselin serve two times and comfortably wwon the second set.
Find surprising entry of Somdev in the doubles ... He is partnering big serving Ukrainian Sergei Stakhovsky and facing Dutch pair in the first round.
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