Saturday, July 18, 2015

Tennis News

At Davis Cup - Group I Asia/ Oceania 2nd Round 2015, Christchurch, New Zealand

India vs New Zealand 1-2
Day One
[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,148) l Michael Venus (NZL,548) 64 64 36 36 16
[R2] Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) bt Jose Statham (NZL,345) 62 61 63

Day Two
[R3] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l Artem Sitak (NZL)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL) 36 67(1) 36

Surprisingly tame loss in the doubles for our players ... Rohan-Saketh pairing fail to challenge regular doubles pairing of Sitak and Daniell ... This loss put us on back-foot as now we r having uphill task of winning both singles on the final day ... Now key match for us between Somdev and Jose Statham.

At $549K Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA (Grass)

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Marting (FRA) l Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Mate Pavic (CRO) 64 67(6) 6-10

Very tough loss for Purav-Fabrice after winning first set ... After winning first set Purav-Fabrice failed to win second in long tie-breaks ... Monroe-Pavic didn't give chance in match tie-break to Purav-Fabrice.

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