Sunday, April 06, 2014

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At Davis Cup 2014 - Asia/Oceania 2nd Round, Busan, Korea

India bt Korea 3-1


Day one
[M1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,88) bt Hyeon Chung (KOR,478) 76(4) 76(3) 64
[M2] Sanam Singh (IND,371) bt Young-Kyu Lim (KOR,300) 76(5) 64 64

Day Two
[M3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) bt Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR)/ Suk-Young Jeong (KOR) 76(4) 57 76(2) 63

Day Three
[M4] Somdev Devvarman (IND,88) bt Young-Kyu Lim (KOR,300) 64 57 63 61

Indians create history as they beat Koreans in their own den for the first time and qualify for World Group-Playoff! ... Congratulation to Indian team - Somdev Devvarman, Saketh Myneni, Rohan Bopanna, Sanam Singh and non-playing captain Anand Amritraj - for this excellent achievement.

In the first reverse singles Buji defeats Korean top singles player Young-Kyu Lim in four sets ... Buji take early 2-0 lead but lost next four games and in that lost his serve twice in 4th and 6th games to be down 2-4 ... After that Buji won next four games and in that he broke Lim in 7th and 9th games for winning the first set ... In the second set both players exchanged breaks in first 2 games and after that both players hold their respective service games till 6-5 ... While staying in the set Buji served in 12th game but he had poor serving game and Lim take advantage of breaking Buji for winning this set ... From the third set Lim was looking tired as this was his third match in three days ... Buji again broke Lim early to take 1-3 lead ... Buji again broke Lim in 9th game when he was serving for staying in the set for take 2-1 sets lead ... At this time Lim was struggling with leg cramps and Buji take full advantage of it ... He won the set losing a single game and gives India unbeatable lead ... The fifth match is cancelled under new 'Dead Rubber' rule.

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