At Asia-Oceania Zone Group II - Fed Cup 2014, Astana, Kazakhstan (4th - 8th February)
India l Hong Kong, China 1-2
Prarthana G. THOMBARE l Eudice CHONG 26 16
Ankita RAINA l Ling ZHANG 46 36
Rishika SUNKARA/ Ankita RAINA bt Kwan Yau NG/ Ho Ching WU 62 61
Shocking loss of Indian girls against lowly ranked Hong Kong after their excellent win yesterday against New Zealand girls ... Ankita's poor loss is continued and she lost against lower ranked Ling Zhang ... Prarthans's loss against junior player, who ranked 200 odd in junior ranking was more shocking ... Big missed opportunity of moving to Group I.
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At $50K Chennai Challenger, India
[SF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,174) bt (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) 62 64
[SF] Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,238) bt (2) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,130) 76(4) 63
[F] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,174) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,238)
Doubles
[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Blaz Rola (SLO) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Marek Semjan (SVK) 63 76(5)
[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt (3) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 62 61
[F] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Blaz Rola (SLO)
Impressive win by Yuki against uninspired Buji in this match between India's #1 and #2 ... In this match Buji didn't look in his usual self ... He was struggling with his serve, made lots of unforced errors and failed to hitting balls deep ... Other hand Yuki also struggled with his serve but he attacked Buji's weak returns and kept control despite losing service games ... In the final Yuki is facing in-form Russian Alexander Kudryavtsev, who also scored upset win over 2nd seed Russian Evgeny Donskoy.
In first set Yuki had break point chances in first 2 service games of Buji but failed to break ... From 2-all Yuki shifted gear and broke Buji in 5th and 7th games ... And hold his serve for winning this set comfortably ... In the second set we saw astoundingly seven break of serves ... Most crucial break came in 9th game on Buji's serve but before that Buji lost his serve on 1st, 3rd and 7th games and Yuki lost his serve on 2nd, 6th and 8th games ... After breaking Buji in 9th game Yuki hold his serve for win ... But he really need to work had on his serve ... Otherwise Yuki is having top-110 game.
Bala is in his first challenger final as he defeated Ti Chen and Marek Semjan in straights sets with his partner Slovenian Blaz Rola ... After winning the first set easily they dig deep to finished match in two sets and won tie-break ... In the final they r facing in-form pair of Yuki-Venus, who trounced their 3rd seed opponents Ruben Gonzales-Artem Sitak in 53 minutes losing mere 3 games.
India l Hong Kong, China 1-2
Prarthana G. THOMBARE l Eudice CHONG 26 16
Ankita RAINA l Ling ZHANG 46 36
Rishika SUNKARA/ Ankita RAINA bt Kwan Yau NG/ Ho Ching WU 62 61
Shocking loss of Indian girls against lowly ranked Hong Kong after their excellent win yesterday against New Zealand girls ... Ankita's poor loss is continued and she lost against lower ranked Ling Zhang ... Prarthans's loss against junior player, who ranked 200 odd in junior ranking was more shocking ... Big missed opportunity of moving to Group I.
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At $50K Chennai Challenger, India
[SF] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,174) bt (1) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) 62 64
[SF] Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,238) bt (2) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS,130) 76(4) 63
[F] (7) Yuki Bhambri (IND,174) vs Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS,238)
Doubles
[SF] N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Blaz Rola (SLO) bt Ti Chen (TPE)/ Marek Semjan (SVK) 63 76(5)
[SF] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) bt (3) Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Artem Sitak (NZL) 62 61
[F] (2) Yuki Bhambri (IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) vs N. Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Blaz Rola (SLO)
Impressive win by Yuki against uninspired Buji in this match between India's #1 and #2 ... In this match Buji didn't look in his usual self ... He was struggling with his serve, made lots of unforced errors and failed to hitting balls deep ... Other hand Yuki also struggled with his serve but he attacked Buji's weak returns and kept control despite losing service games ... In the final Yuki is facing in-form Russian Alexander Kudryavtsev, who also scored upset win over 2nd seed Russian Evgeny Donskoy.
In first set Yuki had break point chances in first 2 service games of Buji but failed to break ... From 2-all Yuki shifted gear and broke Buji in 5th and 7th games ... And hold his serve for winning this set comfortably ... In the second set we saw astoundingly seven break of serves ... Most crucial break came in 9th game on Buji's serve but before that Buji lost his serve on 1st, 3rd and 7th games and Yuki lost his serve on 2nd, 6th and 8th games ... After breaking Buji in 9th game Yuki hold his serve for win ... But he really need to work had on his serve ... Otherwise Yuki is having top-110 game.
Bala is in his first challenger final as he defeated Ti Chen and Marek Semjan in straights sets with his partner Slovenian Blaz Rola ... After winning the first set easily they dig deep to finished match in two sets and won tie-break ... In the final they r facing in-form pair of Yuki-Venus, who trounced their 3rd seed opponents Ruben Gonzales-Artem Sitak in 53 minutes losing mere 3 games.
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