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At 1.78M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, UAE
Doubles Final
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Michael Llodra (FRA) bt (3) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 76(6) 76(6)
Mahesh won his fifth Dubai Championship (interestingly) with fifth different partner ... In the final he and Llodra defeated 3rd seed Lindstedt and Zimo in two tight tie-breaks ... 52nd doubles title for Mahesh and 25th for Llodra.
Mahesh and Llodra had couple of break points in 1st game on Lindstedt's serve but failed to convert it ... Mahesh failed to hold his serve in 4th game but Mahesh and Llodra broke Lindstedt saving set point when he was serving for the set at 5-3 ... In tie-break Lindstedt and Zoma had 3 set points at 6-3 but Mahesh and Llodra won next 5 points for winning this set ... The second set went in tie-break without any service break ... In tie-break after 1-3 down Mahesh and Llodra won next 4 points but this time Lindstedt and Zimo fought back and had set point at 6-5 ... Mahesh and Llodra won next 3 points for completing well fought title win.
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At $50K Sydney 1 Challenger, Australia
[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Alex Bolt (AUS)/ Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 67(3) 46
Divij and Purav lost in the semis against Australian youngsters.
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At $10K India F1 Futures, Chennai
Singles Final
(3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) l (1) Victor CRIVOI (ROU) 67(3) 57
Jeevan gave fighting performance against former top-100 Romanian Crivoi ... In the first set both players hold their respective service games but Crivoi was played perfect tie-break ... In the second set Jeevan failed to hold his serve when he was serving for staying in the match at 5-6.
At 1.78M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, UAE
Doubles Final
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Michael Llodra (FRA) bt (3) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/ Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 76(6) 76(6)
Mahesh won his fifth Dubai Championship (interestingly) with fifth different partner ... In the final he and Llodra defeated 3rd seed Lindstedt and Zimo in two tight tie-breaks ... 52nd doubles title for Mahesh and 25th for Llodra.
Mahesh and Llodra had couple of break points in 1st game on Lindstedt's serve but failed to convert it ... Mahesh failed to hold his serve in 4th game but Mahesh and Llodra broke Lindstedt saving set point when he was serving for the set at 5-3 ... In tie-break Lindstedt and Zoma had 3 set points at 6-3 but Mahesh and Llodra won next 5 points for winning this set ... The second set went in tie-break without any service break ... In tie-break after 1-3 down Mahesh and Llodra won next 4 points but this time Lindstedt and Zimo fought back and had set point at 6-5 ... Mahesh and Llodra won next 3 points for completing well fought title win.
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At $50K Sydney 1 Challenger, Australia
[SF] (3) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) l Alex Bolt (AUS)/ Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 67(3) 46
Divij and Purav lost in the semis against Australian youngsters.
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At $10K India F1 Futures, Chennai
Singles Final
(3) Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) l (1) Victor CRIVOI (ROU) 67(3) 57
Jeevan gave fighting performance against former top-100 Romanian Crivoi ... In the first set both players hold their respective service games but Crivoi was played perfect tie-break ... In the second set Jeevan failed to hold his serve when he was serving for staying in the match at 5-6.
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