Thursday, January 05, 2017

Tennis News

At $447K Chennai open 2017, India

[R2] (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND,474) l (5) Benoit Paire (FRA,47) 36 46

Doubles
[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) bt James Cerretani (USA)/ Philipp Oswald (AUT) 62 36 12-10
[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) bt (PR) Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/ Renzo Olivo (ARG) 64 75

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (4) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/ Artem Sitak (NZL)
[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs (2) Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Andres Molteni (ARG)

Yuki lost in straight sets after giving decent fight to top-50 Frenchman Benoit Paire ... In the first set Paire broke Yuki in 2nd game for leading 3-0 ... He kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the second set also Paire broke Yuki early and again kept that advantage for winning the match ... In this match Yuki had 7 break point opportunities but he failed to convert.

In the doubles our both pairs r in the semis with contrasting style victories ... With this win they r in the sems and facing seeded pairs for place in the final.

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