Washington: Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner
Mark Knowles, seeded third, crashed out of the ATP Legg Mason
Classic event after losing a tough quarterfinal match to
Martin Damm and Robert Lindstedt.
The Indo-Bahamian pair made a good start by annexing the
first set but their opponents counter attacked and took away
the match 3-6, 6-1, 16-14 in one hour and 26 minutes.
Bhupathi and Knowles broke the Czech-Swedish combination
once and saved a breakpoint to go one set up.
However, Damm and Lindstedt refused to take the beating
hands down and staged a brilliant comeback.
They broke Bhupathi and Knowles twice and saved the only
breakpoint they faced to win the second set and drew parity.
The decisive super tie-break saw an intense fight, which
the unseeded pair won to advance to semifinals.
Meanwhile, Somdev Devvarman, who shocked world number 15
Marin Cilic yesterday, will face big serving Ivo Carlovic of
Croatia in the singles third round.
Karlovic beat Germany's Rainer Schuettler 6-4, 7-5 in his
second round match.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, August 06, 2009, 11:20