At Davis Cup - Group I Asia/ Oceania 2nd Round 2015, Christchurch, New Zealand
India bt New Zealand 3-2
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
Day Three
[R4] Somdev Devvarman (IND,148) bt Marcus Daniell (NZL,643) 64 64 64
[R5] Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) bt Michael Venus (NZL,548) 62 62 63
Indians complete remarkable comeback to beat New Zealand for reaching World Group play-off ... On the third day things started favoring Indians as New Zealand needed to replace Jose Statham as he was down with flu ... Buji faced doubles specialist Marcus Daniell in fourth rubber ... Buji started with breaking Marcus in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... He kept that advantage for winning it ... In the second set Buji broke Marcus in crucial 9th game before holding his serve for winning this set ... In the third Buji broke Marcus in 5th game to lead 3-2 but Marcus immediately broke Buji in 6th game, 3-all ... From 3-4 down Buji won three games in row breaking Marcus again in 9th game ... Buji hold his serve for straight sets win but match was lot closer as it was going on for 2 hours and 20 minutes ... With this win India and New Zealand were tied 2-all.
For final rubber two in-form players for each country faces each other ... Yuki started in emphatic fashion as he broke Michael in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... He again broke Michael in 7th game for winning first set comfortably ... In the second set also Yuki started with a break and again took control for winning it convincingly ... In the third set Michael raised his game and troubled Yuki on his serve ... Till 3-all both players hold their respective service games ... Yuki broke Michael in 7th game to lead 4-3 ... In 8th game Yuki hold his serve after saving couple of break points to lead 5-3 ... In 9th game Michel was serving for staying in the tie but Yuki attacked his serve ... Michael tried hard to hold but failed to stop Yuki from converting third match point ... With this win Yuki helps India to give a chance of playing in World Group play-off match.
At $769K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Marting (FRA) vs (1) Rajeev Ram (USA) / Treat Huey (PHI)
Tough match awaits for Purav-Fabrice against top-see Rajeev-Treat at Bogota.
At $50 Binghamton Challenger, Italy
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,198) vs Mitchell Krueger (USA,338)
This week Saki is playing at Binghamton Challenger ... Winnable first round match for him but only problem is recovery from jet lag after travelling from New Zealand.
India bt New Zealand 3-2
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
Day Three
[R4] Somdev Devvarman (IND,148) bt Marcus Daniell (NZL,643) 64 64 64
[R5] Yuki Bhambri (IND,151) bt Michael Venus (NZL,548) 62 62 63
Indians complete remarkable comeback to beat New Zealand for reaching World Group play-off ... On the third day things started favoring Indians as New Zealand needed to replace Jose Statham as he was down with flu ... Buji faced doubles specialist Marcus Daniell in fourth rubber ... Buji started with breaking Marcus in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... He kept that advantage for winning it ... In the second set Buji broke Marcus in crucial 9th game before holding his serve for winning this set ... In the third Buji broke Marcus in 5th game to lead 3-2 but Marcus immediately broke Buji in 6th game, 3-all ... From 3-4 down Buji won three games in row breaking Marcus again in 9th game ... Buji hold his serve for straight sets win but match was lot closer as it was going on for 2 hours and 20 minutes ... With this win India and New Zealand were tied 2-all.
For final rubber two in-form players for each country faces each other ... Yuki started in emphatic fashion as he broke Michael in 1st game to lead 2-0 ... He again broke Michael in 7th game for winning first set comfortably ... In the second set also Yuki started with a break and again took control for winning it convincingly ... In the third set Michael raised his game and troubled Yuki on his serve ... Till 3-all both players hold their respective service games ... Yuki broke Michael in 7th game to lead 4-3 ... In 8th game Yuki hold his serve after saving couple of break points to lead 5-3 ... In 9th game Michel was serving for staying in the tie but Yuki attacked his serve ... Michael tried hard to hold but failed to stop Yuki from converting third match point ... With this win Yuki helps India to give a chance of playing in World Group play-off match.
At $769K Claro Open Colombia, Bogota
[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Fabrice Marting (FRA) vs (1) Rajeev Ram (USA) / Treat Huey (PHI)
Tough match awaits for Purav-Fabrice against top-see Rajeev-Treat at Bogota.
At $50 Binghamton Challenger, Italy
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND,198) vs Mitchell Krueger (USA,338)
This week Saki is playing at Binghamton Challenger ... Winnable first round match for him but only problem is recovery from jet lag after travelling from New Zealand.
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