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At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, Great Britain (grass)
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,140) bt Donald Young (USA,157) 36 76(4) 64
[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,140) vs Steve Johnson (USA,120)
Slow start for Buji in the first set, he was 5-2 down before losing the first set ... In the second set both players hold their respective serves till 4-all ... Donald broke Buji in 9th game to lead 5-4 but again Buji showed his fighting spirit ... He broke Donald when he was serving for the match at 15 ... In tie-break both players exchanged early mini-breaks but at 5-4 Buji won next 2 points on Donald's serve to won this set ... In the final set only break came in 5th game when Buji broke Donald to lead 3-2 ... In 6th game Buji saved 3 break points before holding his serve but after that both players hold their respective serve without any problem ... So Buji completed his another comeback win ... Next he is facing another American, Steve Johnson, who was also NCAA champion in 2011 and 2012 ... So interesting match between 2 former NCAA two-time champions.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Martos
[R2] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,980) bt (7) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP,660) 67(3) 62 64
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) bt Emilien Firmin (FRA,787) 76(2) 64
[QF] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,980) vs (1) Steven Diez (CAN,267)
[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) vs Matthieu Roy (FRA,861)
Doubles
[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Eduard Esteve Lobato (ESP)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 75 62
[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) vs Alejandro Augusto Bueno (ESP)/ Marcos Giraldi Requena (ESP)
Very good comeback win by Ashwin over top-700 Spanish player ... Next he is facing top-seed Canadian ... Ramkumar also continued with his good form and scored straight sets win over similar ranked Frenchman ... Next he is facing another unseeded Frenchman.
Ashwin-Ramkumar r also in the doubles semi with straight sets win over Spanish pair.
At $75K Nottingham-2 Challenger, Great Britain (grass)
[QF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,140) bt Donald Young (USA,157) 36 76(4) 64
[SF] Somdev Devvarman (IND,140) vs Steve Johnson (USA,120)
Slow start for Buji in the first set, he was 5-2 down before losing the first set ... In the second set both players hold their respective serves till 4-all ... Donald broke Buji in 9th game to lead 5-4 but again Buji showed his fighting spirit ... He broke Donald when he was serving for the match at 15 ... In tie-break both players exchanged early mini-breaks but at 5-4 Buji won next 2 points on Donald's serve to won this set ... In the final set only break came in 5th game when Buji broke Donald to lead 3-2 ... In 6th game Buji saved 3 break points before holding his serve but after that both players hold their respective serve without any problem ... So Buji completed his another comeback win ... Next he is facing another American, Steve Johnson, who was also NCAA champion in 2011 and 2012 ... So interesting match between 2 former NCAA two-time champions.
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At $10K Spain F17 Futures, Martos
[R2] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,980) bt (7) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP,660) 67(3) 62 64
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) bt Emilien Firmin (FRA,787) 76(2) 64
[QF] Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND,980) vs (1) Steven Diez (CAN,267)
[QF] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,800) vs Matthieu Roy (FRA,861)
Doubles
[QF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Eduard Esteve Lobato (ESP)/ David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 75 62
[SF] (2) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) vs Alejandro Augusto Bueno (ESP)/ Marcos Giraldi Requena (ESP)
Very good comeback win by Ashwin over top-700 Spanish player ... Next he is facing top-seed Canadian ... Ramkumar also continued with his good form and scored straight sets win over similar ranked Frenchman ... Next he is facing another unseeded Frenchman.
Ashwin-Ramkumar r also in the doubles semi with straight sets win over Spanish pair.
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