Thursday, April 10, 2014

Tennis News

At $540K U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, Houston, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,88) l (6) Juan Monaco (ARG,42) 67(4) 26

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Scott Lipsky (USA) 75 62

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/ Chris Guccione (AUS)

After losing the first set in tie-break Buji was outplayed by Monaco ... In the first set both players were on serve till 6th game but Monaco broke Buji in 7th game to lead 4-3 ... While serving for the set at 5-4 Monaco got broken but he controlled tie-break from beginning for winning it without much hiccup ... Monaco started the second set more aggressive manner and broke Buji in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... He again broke Buji 6th game to lead 5-1 but this time also he failed to hold his serve while serving for the match, 2-5 ... Monaco again broke Buji in 8th game and completed victory.

Divij-Purav started confidently and take 4-1 early lead ... They missed couple of break points in 6th game and lost their serve in 7th game, 4-all ... Divij-Purav take crucial break in 12th game for winning the first set ... After winning the first set they dominated the second set ... They won it with double break ... So with that really good upset win by Divij-Purav against 3rd seed Santiago Gonzalez-Scott Lipsky ... In the quarters they r facing Aussie Davis cup pair of Hewitt-Guccione..

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