Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Tennis News

Tennis News
At $2.36M Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, UAE

[R1] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,78) bt (2) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG,5) 76(3) retd.

[R2] (WC) Somdev Devvarman (IND,78) vs (WC) Malik Jaziri (TUN,137)

In the beginning Buji struggling with his serve and Del Potro broke him to take 2-0 lead ... But Buji fought back and broke Del Potro in 3rd game to made it 2-all ... Buji had another couple of break points in 5th game but Del Potro saved them with big serving ... When Buji serving staying in the set at 5-6 he made couple of unforced errors and were 3 set points down, 0-40 ... Buji won next 5 points to hold his serve with better serving ... Buji dominated tie-break with errors from Del Potro ... He take mini-breaks on 1st and 4th points to lead 4-0 ... After that both players won points on their respective serves so Buji take the first set ... At this point Del Potro retired from his match due to wrist injury though Buji played excellent tennis and kept keeping ball backhand side of Del Potro which troubled him ... On paper this is first win for Buji against top 5 opponent ... Next Buji is facing fellow wild-card player Tunisian Malik Jaziri, who defeated #53 Dutch player Igor Sijsling after losing first set 0-6.

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