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At $ 1.619M Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,143) bt Marco Chiudinelli (SUI,52) 64 75

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,143) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP,37)

Somi scored big win over top-50 type player in straight sets ... Chiudinelli was in good form and on rise, so match was tough for Somi ... In first set Somi had solid service games, he lost only 2 points until 10th service game ... He broke Marco Chiudinelli serve in 3rd game ... While serving for the set Marco Chiudinelli had a break point but Somi hold his serve to won first set ... In second set Marco Chiudinelli played much better game ... He was holding his serve with ease and was creating pressure on Somi's serve ... Marco Chiudinelli had break point opportunity on Somi's serve in 6th game but Somi managed to hold his serve ... Somi take most crucial break of second set in 11th game, breaking Marco Chiudinelli serve at 15 and then hold his serve in style without losing a single point to won second set and match in 1 hour & 20 mins.

Next Somi is facing former top-10 player Marcos Baghdatis.

Match notes
First Set
MC hold @30, he served 1st double fault of the match
0-1 Somi hold @ luv and served 1st ace of the match
1-1 Somi broke MC's serve @30 to lead ... Up with early break, hopefully Somi will keep this trend in the match
2-1 Somi hold @30
3-1 MC was up 40-0 but Somi take it to deuce but then MC converted first Adv ... Good to see Somi is keeping pressure on MC's service games
3-2 another comfortable hold for Somi @ luv, he also served his 2nd ace of the match
4-2 first comfortable hold of serve for MC @ luv
4-3 again Somi hold @ luv
5-3 MC hold @30 ... now Somi is serving for the set
5-4 Somi saved 1 break point before converting second set point to captured this set in 38 mins
6-4

Solid game by Somi in the first set, before last game he lost only 2 points on his serve ... Somi's 1st serve % was 61% to MC's 50% ... 2 aces and no double fault other hand MC no ace and 1 double fault ... Somi won 33 pts and MC won 25

Second Set
MC hold @30, Somi was up 0-30 in this game
0-1 Somi hold @15
1-1 MC hold @15, served 2nd double fault of the match
1-2 Somi hold @30, scored his 1st double fault of the match
2-2 MC hold @15, served his 1st ace of the match
2-3 Somi was up 40-15 before MC take it to deuce and had a break point ... Somi saved that before holding his serve, he served his 3rd ace of the match in this game ... MC is winning more points on Somi's serve than first set
3-3 MC hold @ luv, he is holding his serve more freely
3-4 Somi had a strong service game when needed, he hold @ luv and served his 4th ace of the match
4-4 another easy hold for MC @ luv, important game for Somi
4-5 MC won first 2 points of the game and created pressure on Somi ... Somi responded well winning next 4 points to hold @30
5-5 Somi take early lead on MC's serve 0-30 and MC buckled up under pressure ... Somi broke him @15 ... Need to hold his serve to script a big win .. Go Somi
6-5 15-0, 30-0, 40-0 :-) one more point ... YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS hold @ luv
7-5

Again excellent stat in second set, Somi's 1ar serve % was 77% and MC's 69% ... 2 aces and 1 double fault, other hand MC one ace and one double fault ... Somi converted only break point chance and other hand save one break point ... Won 34 pts to MC's 30.

Overall Somi won 67/122 and MC won 55/122.
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At $15K Australia F2 Futures, Berri (Grass)

[R1] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,382) bt (Q) Josh Barrenechea (AUS,UNR) 64 64

[R2] (8) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,382) vs Sadik Kadir (AUS,387)

Doubles
[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL) l Jarryd Chaplin (AUS)/ Michael Look (AUS) 36 16

Vishnu won his singles match against qualifier and booked next match against Sadik Kadir ... But surprisingly 2nd seed team lost tamely in doubles.