Monday, June 17, 2013

Tennis News
At Wimbledon 2013, London, Great Britain

[Q1] (22) Somdev Devvarman (IND,135) l Matt Reid (AUS,213) 67(4) 64 16-18

Doubles
[Q1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/ Wayne Odesnik (USA) 62 64

[Q2] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)/ Jiri Vesely (CZE)

Buji was break up early after breaking Matt in 2nd game ... In 4th game Buji missed couple of break points and Matt broke him in 6th game after converting 2nd break point ... In tie-break Matt take early lead with double mini-break, 4-1 ... Buji take one mini-break on 7th point, 2-5, but Matt hold his single mini-break advantage for winning tie-break ... Missed opportunity of winning the first set.

In the second set Buji take crucial break in 9th game and won the second set

In the final set Buji broke Matt in 2nd game to lead 2-0 ... Both players hold their serves till 8th game without much fuss, 5-3 ... Buji had a match point on Matt's serve in 9th game which Matt saved, 5-4 ... While serving for the match Buji failed to hold his serve and lost his serve after saving 1st break point, 5-all ... In 20th game Buji saved a match point on his serve at 30-40 before holding his serve ... Matt hold his serve after couple of deuce in 21st game ... In 29th game Buji had a break point chance at 30-40 but Matt saved it before holding his serve ... In 30th game Buji was 0-30 on his serve before winning 4 points in a row ... Matt saved another break point at 30-40 before holding in 31st game ... Comfortable hold for Matt in 33rd game as previously he faced a break point in his last two service games ... Matt take 0-40 lead in 34th game before Buji saving 1 match point but failed to save another ... So match ended after more than 3 and half hours.

Disappointed by Buji's loss after his good performance in last two weeks ... Buji had a chance of finishing match in straight sets, which he failed ... Then again he had chance to won this match when he was serving for the match at 5-4 but this time also he failed to hold his serve ... In this match Matt played bigger points better than Buji and that played huge part in final outcome of the match.

Other hand excellent start for Divij-Purav, who scored straight sets victory in the first qualifying ... In the first set our pair broke opponents in 3rd and 5th games to won it comfortably ... In the second set our pair broke Cipolla-Odesnik in 5th game and that break was enough for completing the victory ... In the final qualifying round they r facing unseeded European pair, who upset 6th seeds in the first qualifying.

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At €526K Eastbourne Open, Great Britain

[R1] (3) Leander Paes (IND)/ Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO)/ Marcelo Melo (BRA) 57 76(5) 10-6

After losing the first set Lee and Radek were facing defeat when they lost their serve (like first set) in 11th game of the second set ... But then they produced excellent comeback as they broke Crot-Brazilian pair in 12th game and take the set in tie-break ... And our pair won tie-break and then match tie-break for excellent win against good pair on the grass ... Last year at Wimbledon this same pair defeated Lee-Radek.

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