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At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India
[R2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,663) l (1) Tomas Berdych (CZE,6) 36 16
Doubles
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) l Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 46 57
[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (IND) l Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 60 46 1-10
Somi overpowered by Berdych in one-sided match which lasted 65 minutes ... From start Berdych toyed with Somi and didn't give a little chance to him ... In the first set he broke Somi in 4th game ... Then he had few chances but failed to convert those but that single break was enough to win the set ... Berdych produced more dominant performance in the second set ... Somi hold his serve in 1st game but after that Berdych won next 6 games breaking Somi thrice for completing the win.
Rohan and Rajeev started with very dominating style ... They won the first set in 16 minutes without losing a single game against Wawrinka and Paire... In the second set Wawrinka and Paire take early breaking after breaking Rajeev's serve in 1st game ... After that both pairs traded another break but in end Wawrinka and Paire managed to keep one break advantage to win this set ... Rohan and Rajeev failed to lift their game in match tie-break and lost it poorly.
Klaasen and Moroe broke Mahesh's serve in 3rd game to take 1-2 lead ... In 8th game on Monroe's serve our pair had 4 break points at 0-40 but failed to convert it ... In 10th game Klaasen saved another couple of break points before holding to win the set ... Mahesh and Daniel were up 3-1 in the second set before losing the plot ... Klaasen and Moroe made it 3-all and then take crucial break in 11th game ... Klaasen hold for upset win.
So turned to be very bad day for Indians ... Only Somi is remaining in the doubles.
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At $1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 5-1 Retd.
After got broken in the 1st game Sania and Bethanie responded strongly winning next 5 games ... In that they broke opponent's service games thrice but at 1-5 Hantuchova and Srebotnik conceded match due to Hantuchova injury.
At $450K Aircel Chennai Open 2013, India
[R2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,663) l (1) Tomas Berdych (CZE,6) 36 16
Doubles
[QF] (1) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Daniel Nestor (IND) l Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Nicholas Monroe (USA) 46 57
[QF] (3) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Rajeev Ram (IND) l Benoit Paire (FRA)/ Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 60 46 1-10
Somi overpowered by Berdych in one-sided match which lasted 65 minutes ... From start Berdych toyed with Somi and didn't give a little chance to him ... In the first set he broke Somi in 4th game ... Then he had few chances but failed to convert those but that single break was enough to win the set ... Berdych produced more dominant performance in the second set ... Somi hold his serve in 1st game but after that Berdych won next 6 games breaking Somi thrice for completing the win.
Rohan and Rajeev started with very dominating style ... They won the first set in 16 minutes without losing a single game against Wawrinka and Paire... In the second set Wawrinka and Paire take early breaking after breaking Rajeev's serve in 1st game ... After that both pairs traded another break but in end Wawrinka and Paire managed to keep one break advantage to win this set ... Rohan and Rajeev failed to lift their game in match tie-break and lost it poorly.
Klaasen and Moroe broke Mahesh's serve in 3rd game to take 1-2 lead ... In 8th game on Monroe's serve our pair had 4 break points at 0-40 but failed to convert it ... In 10th game Klaasen saved another couple of break points before holding to win the set ... Mahesh and Daniel were up 3-1 in the second set before losing the plot ... Klaasen and Moroe made it 3-all and then take crucial break in 11th game ... Klaasen hold for upset win.
So turned to be very bad day for Indians ... Only Somi is remaining in the doubles.
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At $1M Brisbane International 2013, Australia
[SF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/ Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 5-1 Retd.
After got broken in the 1st game Sania and Bethanie responded strongly winning next 5 games ... In that they broke opponent's service games thrice but at 1-5 Hantuchova and Srebotnik conceded match due to Hantuchova injury.
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