Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Tennis News

At $7M BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, USA

[Q1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,277) l (13) Andrey Rublev (RUS,150) 63 26 57

Another close loss for Buji after winning the first set against Rublev ... Buji faced in-form 18 yrs old Russian Andrey Rublev but Buji started well after winning the first set ... Rublev fought back for winning the second ... In the final set Buji was with him till 5-all but Rublev took important break for the win ... Now after this loss Buji needs to concentrate of futures and challengers for improving his ranking.

At $50K+H Zhuhai Challenger, China

[R1] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,111) bt Peter Gojowczyk (GER,186) 62 46 75
[R1] (5) Saketh Myneni (IND,156) bt Zhe Li (CHN,231) 61 64
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,220) l (3) Jordan Thompson (AUS,123) 67(5) 57

[R2] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND,111) vs Ti Chen (TPE,233)
[R2] (5) Saketh Myneni (IND,156) vs Luke Saville (AUS,186)

Doubles
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) bt (PR) Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Jan Satral (CZE) 62 62
[R1] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) l (4) Yan Bai (CHN)/ Ricaardo Ghedin (ITA) 46 67(3)

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Ti Chen (TPE) vs (4) Yan Bai (CHN)/ Ricaardo Ghedin (ITA)

Yuki scores a win after huffing and puffing against Gojowczyk ... Yuki started well and were in control in the first set ... Yuki broke Gojowczyk in 5th and 7th games for winning this set ... In the second set also Yuki broke Gojowczyk in 5th game and was leading 3-2 ... From here suddenly came drop in Yuki's performance ... Gojowczyk broke him in 6th game, 3-all, and then again broke Yuki in 10th game when he was serving for staying in the set ... In the final set Gojowczyk broke Yuki in 2nd game to lead 3-0 ... From 1-4 and 15-40 dowm Yuki made amazing comeback in the match ... He hold his serve and then broke Gojowczyk in 7th game, 4-all ... Yuki again broke Gojowczyk in 9th game to lead 5-4 but while serving for the match he got broken ... Yuki again broke Gojowczyk in 11th game and this time he hold after connverting 2nd match point ... Next he is facing experienced Ti Chen.

Excellent convincing win by Saki against top-230 Chinese opponent Zhe Li ... After winning the first set comfortably Saki was down with a break in the second set, 1-3 ... But Saki broke Li immediately and with another break won this match in straight sets ... Next he is facing Aussie top-200 player Luke Saville.

Big missed opportunity for RamK ... In both sets he had his chances which he failed to convert ... In the first set after exchanging breaks this sent went into tie-break ... RamK was leading 5-2 in tie-break before losing next five points to lose the set ... In the second set RamK was up with double break, 4-0 ... Again he failed to keep same intensity and lost next four games, 4-all ... And again after exchanging breaks failed to hold his serve in crucial 11th game ... After that Thompson hold his serve for straight sets win.


At $75K+H Abierto de Puebla, Mexico

[R1] Ruan Roelofse (RSA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vsDean O'brien (RSA)/ Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX)
[R1] Adil Shamasdin (CAN)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)

Purav and Divij r playing in Mexican challenger with their respective partners ... Divij and Adil having tough match against 3rd seed New Zealand pair.

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