Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Tennis News

At $100K Delhi Challenger, India

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) bt Di Wu (CHN,212) 62 62

[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs Zhe Zhang (CHN,229)

Doubles
[QF] (WC) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (3) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 63 57 11-9

Buji scored really dominating win over Chinese top singles player Di Wu in 61 minutes ... Buji broke Wu in 3rd game to take 3-1 lead ... Buji again broke Wu in 7th game and then hold his serve for winning first set ... In this set Buji didn't face a single break point on his serve ... In second set Buji started with a break of serve and he again broke Wu in 3rd game to lead 4-0 ... After holding his serve in next game Wu broke Buji in 6th game to 2-4 score ... But Buji again broke Wu in 7th game and then hold his serve for comfortable win ... In the quarter final Buji is facing another Chinese opponent, this time Chinese #2 Zhe Zhang.

This home challenger turned disappointing for Yuki as he with Venus lost in the doubles quarter-finals ... Vishnu showed his doubles talent this time with Jeevan to upset Yuki-Venus in match tie-break ... After winning first set Vishnu-Jeevan lost second set when they failed to hold at 5-6 ... In match tie-break both pairs were neck to neck till 5-all then Yuki-Venus opened 8-5 lead ... Yuki-Venus had 2 match points at 9-7 but they failed to win next point on their serve ... Vishnu-Jeevan won next 4 points and completed really good win ... So Yuki again missed 2 match points in the doubles like he missed in the singles against Pouille.

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At $25K ITF Women's Tournament, New Delhi, India

[R2] (Q) Sharrmadaa Balu (IND,718) l Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA,436) 67(20) 67(4)

Tough match for Balu against former top-225 Thai player Wongteanchai but Balu played really well against Thai girl ... She lost match in two tie-breaks in that first tie-break was 42 points long, only if she won that.

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