Saturday, January 13, 2018

Tennis News

At Australian Open 2018, Melbourne

[Q2] (28) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,139) bt Gleb Sakharov (FRA,153) 64 76(10)

[Q3] (28) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,139) vs (5) Vasek Pospisil (CAN,108)

RamK moved into the final qualifying round with the straight sets win over Sakharov ... This match moved to the indoor court due to persistent rains in Melbourne for last two days ... The match was a lot closer than score suggest ... RamK took first break in the 5th game but Sakharov immediately broke Ramk in the next game for 3-all ... RamK again broke him in the 7th game to lead 4-3 and kept that advantage for winning the set ... In the second set, RamK broke Sakharov in the 3rd game to lead 2-1 ... But Sakharov broke back in the 6th game for 3-all ... After that both players failed to other's serve despite having break points ... In the tie-break, after exchanging mini-breaks RamK was leading 5-3 but Sakharov made 5-all ... After that, both players were winning points on their serves ... RamK took a crucial mini-break on 21st point and then served a big for converting 4th match point ... In the final qualifying round, RamK is also facing Canadian challenge, Vasek Pospisil.

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