At $2.36M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, UAE
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs (2) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG,5)
Doubles
[Q1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Benjamin Becker (GER)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 57 57
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Qualifiers
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) vs Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Florin Mergea (ROM)
From this year ATP 500 tournaments will have doubles qualifying tournament ... Purav-Divij were top-seed at Dubai qualifying but they failed to take advantage and lost their first round match after taking 5-3 lead in first set ... In the doubles main-draw Aisam-Rohan r 2nd seed and Mahesh is partnering Istomin.
Buji receive wild-card for the singles but having tough match against Del Potro ... So another match against top-5 player for Buji.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- At $100K Delhi Challenger, India
[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) bt (4) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,114) 64 62
[F] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs (1) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,92)
Doubles Final
(WC) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 76(5) 64
Somdev is in the final breaking his challenger semi-final jinx beating in-form Russian Evgeny Donskoy in straight sets ... In the final he is facing top-seed Kazakh Aleksandr Nedovyesov.
In the semis Buji lost his serve in 2nd game to down 0-3 but after that he won next four games in that he broke Donskoy in 5th and 7th games to lead 4-3 ... Donskoy again broke Buji in 8th game for 4-all but Buji immediately broke him 9th game to take 5-4 lead ... Buji hold his serve after saving 2 break points for winning first set ... In second set both players traded early break at 2-all ... From here Buji take control and won next four games for comfortable win ... Buji broke Donskoy in 5th and 7th games, and while serving for thematch at 5-2 he saved 2 break points before holding his serve.
Saki-Sanam lifted their second challenger title in two weeks and that also big $100K challenger title ... This title will push Saki's ranking inside top-200 doubles rankings and Sanam's doubles rankings will be inside top-250.
After winning first set in tie-break Saki-Sanam were up 5-1 in second set ... Ratiwatanas tried fight back with winning next three games but Saki-Sanam won 10th game for memorable victory.
[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs (2) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG,5)
Doubles
[Q1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Benjamin Becker (GER)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 57 57
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Qualifiers
[R1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) vs Oliver Marach (AUT)/ Florin Mergea (ROM)
From this year ATP 500 tournaments will have doubles qualifying tournament ... Purav-Divij were top-seed at Dubai qualifying but they failed to take advantage and lost their first round match after taking 5-3 lead in first set ... In the doubles main-draw Aisam-Rohan r 2nd seed and Mahesh is partnering Istomin.
Buji receive wild-card for the singles but having tough match against Del Potro ... So another match against top-5 player for Buji.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- At $100K Delhi Challenger, India
[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) bt (4) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,114) 64 62
[F] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs (1) Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ,92)
Doubles Final
(WC) Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 76(5) 64
Somdev is in the final breaking his challenger semi-final jinx beating in-form Russian Evgeny Donskoy in straight sets ... In the final he is facing top-seed Kazakh Aleksandr Nedovyesov.
In the semis Buji lost his serve in 2nd game to down 0-3 but after that he won next four games in that he broke Donskoy in 5th and 7th games to lead 4-3 ... Donskoy again broke Buji in 8th game for 4-all but Buji immediately broke him 9th game to take 5-4 lead ... Buji hold his serve after saving 2 break points for winning first set ... In second set both players traded early break at 2-all ... From here Buji take control and won next four games for comfortable win ... Buji broke Donskoy in 5th and 7th games, and while serving for thematch at 5-2 he saved 2 break points before holding his serve.
Saki-Sanam lifted their second challenger title in two weeks and that also big $100K challenger title ... This title will push Saki's ranking inside top-200 doubles rankings and Sanam's doubles rankings will be inside top-250.
After winning first set in tie-break Saki-Sanam were up 5-1 in second set ... Ratiwatanas tried fight back with winning next three games but Saki-Sanam won 10th game for memorable victory.
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