Sunday, March 10, 2019

Tennis News

At $9.3M BNP Paribas Open 2019, Indian Wells, California, USA

[R2] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) bt (17) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO,18) 64 67(6) 76(4)

[R3] (Q) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,97) vs Ivo Karlovic (CRO,89)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) bt (2) Jamie Murray (GBR)/ Bruno Soares (BRA) 64 64

[R2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB)/ Fabio Fognini (ITA)

Prajnesh scored the biggest win of his career in a close match against the top-20 player, Nikoloz Basilashvili ... In the third round, he is facing a big serving veteran, Ivo Karlovic.
Prajnesh won the first set with a single break ... In the second set, Basilashvili improved his returning game ... Prajnesh created more chances of breaking Basilashvili service game, 6, but converted only one ... Both players had a break each before Basilashvili won the set in a long tie-break ... In the final set, Prajnesh served consistently and put extra pressure on Basilashvili ... He was holding his service games comfortably and took a break in the 8th game ... Prajnesh broke Basilashvili on love to lead 5-3, but while serving for the match Prajnesh came under pressure to lose his serve, 5-4 ... In the tie-break, Prajnesh took an early mini-break on Basilashvili's serve to lead 2-1 and after that, he kept that mini-break advantage and completed win after converting the 3rd match point ... Good to see, that despite missing chances of closing this match in straight sets and missing another golden opportunity in the third set while serving for the match at 5-3, Prajnesh kept his composure and completed the win in the third set tie-break.

Rohan and Shapo started with an upset win over the 2nd seeds Soares and Murray in straight sets ... Next, they r facing pairing of Djoko and Fognini.


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