Friday, March 17, 2017

Tennis News

At $75K+H Shenzhen Challenger 2017, China

[QF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) bt (7) Maximillian Marterer (GER,152) 63 36 75

[SF] (PR) Yuki Bhambri (IND,341) vs (2) Yuichi Sugita (JPN,115)

Yuki needed to dig deep for beating German Maximillian Marterer in three sets ... In the first set, he broke Marterer in 4th game for leading 3-1 and kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, Marterer took crucial break in 8th game for leading 3-5 and then hold to take the match into the decider ... In the final set Marterer was looking better player but Yuki managed to hold his service games ... In 11th game Yuki was down 0-40 on his serve, he saved all break points for holde his serve, 6-5 ... And then broke Marterer at crucial moment in 12th for winning this match ... Next he is facing top-120 Japanese opponent Yuichi Sugita.

At $150K+H Irving Challenger, Texas, USA

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL) 62 36 4-10

Purav and Divij lost in the quarters after winning the first set ... they failed to keep momentum in next two against Demoliner and Daniell.

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