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World Group - Play-offs 2008, Bucharest, Romania (Red clay)

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India vs Romania 0-2

Rubber 1 -

Prakash Amritraj (IND,222) l Victor Crivoi (ROU,158) 57 75 26 26

Yesterday Davis cup site made a mistake publishing Adrian Cruciat name in the first singles instead of Crivoi.

In first set, Kash was up with break and leading 5-2 but from their he lost control over the match ... From here Victor Crivoi dominated this set and won first set winning 5 games breaking Kash's serve twice.

In second set, Victor broke Kash's serve in 3rd game but Kash had different plan ... From 3-5 down he also broke Victor's serve twice to won 2nd set 7-5.

But in third set Crivoi blown off Kash's challenge around 20 odd minutes after winning 4 consecutive games after 2-2.

Crivoi didn't loose grip from the match after winning third set ... He broke Kash's serve in 3rd and 7th game ... While serving for the match he saved 3 break points and converted first match point.

Some match stats -

Kash won 105 pts and Crivoi won 130 pts ... Kash made 51 UFEs and Crivoi did only 34 ... Crivoi breaks Kash's serve 7 times in 14 chances other hand Kash managed to break 3 times in 12 opportuniites.

So now Somi need to do unbelievable in his 2nd Davis Cup tie.

Rubber 2 -

Somdev Devvarman (IND,242) l Victor Hanescu (ROU,67) 36 16 06

This match score gave true picture of the match ... From 3-3 in first set Victor Hanescu won 15 of next 16 games and won 56 pts to 17 pts ... In first set Victor Hanescu lost only 1 pt on his serve, that’s also unforced error from him ... Somdev couldn't produce fight in this 83 mins match ... As Victor Hanescu didn't face single break point on his serve.

This was very hard lesson for Somi from Victor Hanescu on Somi's favorite surface, clay ... Victor Hanescu dominated proceeding and make sure that Somi kept running all over the court in this match.

Frankly I was expecting much better performance from Somi but now 0-2 down we don't have realistic chance to move in to World group as we need to win next 3 matches.