Friday, March 06, 2020

Tennis News

At Fed Cup 2020 - Asia/ Oceania Group I, Dubai, UAE

Group A
India bt Chinese Taipei 2-1

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,433) bt Ya Yi Yang (TPE,852) 63 36 76(8)
[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,160) l En Shuo Liang (TPE,205) 63 26 36
[R3] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Ankita Raina (IND) bt Latisha Chan (TPE)/En Shuo Liang (TPE) 64 46 64

What a fighting win by our Indian women's over talented Taipei women ... Rutuja again raised to occasion and delivered when required ... She defeated a talented 15 yrs old Ya Yi Yang in a closely fought 2 hours and 46 minutes match ... Rutuja saved 3 match-points before converting her 2nd match-point for an important win ... Ankita again lost her match after winning the first set against En Shuo Liang ... In the important doubles rubber, Sania and Ankita raised to their game to complete win in 3 sets which lasted for 2 hours and 35 minutes ... The WR #14 Latisha Chan with En Shuo Liang pushed Sania and Ankita to the fullest.

At the 2020 Davis Cup Qualifiers, Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia

India vs Croatia 0-2
[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,132) l Borna Gojo (CRO,277) 63 46 26
[R2] Ramkumar Ramanathan (182) l Marin Cilic (CRO,37) 67(8) 67(8)

Prajnesh started with winning the first set, but after that, he failed to complete win as a lowly-ranked Borna Gojo made a strong comeback for a win.

Ram gave a strong performance against Cilic and didn't lose a single game on his serve ... Cilic used his vast experience to win this match in the 2 tie-breaks which went to 18 points ... He didn't fail a single break-point on his serve but he also failed to break Cilic and lost the first set in a long tie-break ... The second set was the same story, here Ram saved a couple of break-points but again Cilic prevailed in the tie-break to give a huge advantage to the Croatian side after 2 rubbers.

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