Saturday, April 05, 2014

Tennis News

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

India vs Korea 2-1

Day one
[M1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,88) bt Hyeon Chung (KOR,478) 76(4) 76(3) 64
[M2] Sanam Singh (IND,371) l Young-Kyu Lim (KOR,300) 67(5) 46 46

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

Rohan and Saketh wins crucial doubles tie and give one match buffer for Indian team before the reverse singles ... This match was very tight in the first 3 sets ... Indians won two sets in tie-break on their big serves and better return game ... Koreans won the second set but in the fourth set Indians take early 4-1 lead and kept that advantage for winning this match ... So tomorrow Buji is having good opportunity of winning this tie for India when he face Korean top player, Young-Kyu Lim.

Before this yesterday both teams top singles player won their respective matches to share point ... Buji stretched by 17 yrs old Hyeon Chung as first 2 sets went tie-break and then Buji won the third set with a single break ... This match was lasted for three and half hours though only three sets played ... In the second match Korean top player Young-Kyu Lim take time to adjust Sanam's game ... After winning the first set tie-break Lim won next two sets comfortably.

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At $15K Malaysia F1 Futures,

[QF] (6) Karunuday Singh (IND,488) l (4) Ivo KLEC (SVK,393) 46 46

KU lose against his experienced doubles partner in straight sets.
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At $10K ITF Women's Tournament, Manama, Bahrain2014

[QF] (6) Prerna Bhambri (IND,654) l (3) Katharina Lehnert (PHI,542) 06 76(10) 26

After losing the first set without winning a single game, Prerna tried fightback ... She win the second set long tie-break after saving match points but in the third set Lehnert prove too strong.

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