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Bopanna sweeps Russian opponent aside with ease
Mumbai, Dec 03: Indian Davis Cupper and top seed Rohan Bopanna and his compatriot and fifth seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya recorded contrasting wins on way to the men`s singles second round of the 10,000 USD prize money MSLTA-ITF Futures Tennis Tournament at the Dr Ranade Centre here yesterday.
Mumbai, Dec 03: Indian Davis Cupper and top seed Rohan Bopanna and his compatriot and fifth seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya recorded contrasting wins on way to the men's singles
second round of the 10,000 USD prize money MSLTA-ITF Futures Tennis Tournament at the Dr Ranade Centre here yesterday.
Bopanna, playing a solid baseline game, drubbed qualifier Ivan Anikanov of Ukraine 6-3 6-1 in one hour 10 minutes while the dimunitive Sipaeya needed two hour 35 minutes to pip another qualifier Kedar Tembe of India 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-3.
Vinod Sridhar became the second Indian to sail into the second round yesterday. Playing his serve and volley game to perfection the Indian crushed Mikhall Ledovskikh of Russia 6-0 6-2 in the battle of two unseeded players which lasted just 40 minutes.
Another Indian and lucky loser Jaco Matthew lost his first round match to qualifier Adrian Gavrila of Romania 4-6 4-6 while two other qualifiers Murad Inoyatov and Eduard Khan (both from Uzbekistan) were made to sweat by their rivals.
Inoyatov pipped lucky loser Sergei Krotiouk of Russia 6-4 4-6 6-1 in two hours 25 minutes while Khan needed two tie breaks to subdue Benot Foucher of France 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) in two hours 10 minutes.
The Bopanna-Anikanov encounter turned out to be fairly one-sided with the Indian dominating the proceedings. In the first set the Indian broke his rival in the fifth and seventh games before serving out the set at 6-3.
In the second Bopanna tightened the grip with a 3-0 lead before Anikanov could win the only game of the set on his serve in the fourth game. The Indian won as he pleased at 6-1.
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Bopanna, playing a solid baseline game, drubbed qualifier Ivan Anikanov of Ukraine 6-3 6-1 in one hour 10 minutes while the dimunitive Sipaeya needed two hour 35 minutes to pip another qualifier Kedar Tembe of India 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-3.
Vinod Sridhar became the second Indian to sail into the second round yesterday. Playing his serve and volley game to perfection the Indian crushed Mikhall Ledovskikh of Russia 6-0 6-2 in the battle of two unseeded players which lasted just 40 minutes.
Another Indian and lucky loser Jaco Matthew lost his first round match to qualifier Adrian Gavrila of Romania 4-6 4-6 while two other qualifiers Murad Inoyatov and Eduard Khan (both from Uzbekistan) were made to sweat by their rivals.
Inoyatov pipped lucky loser Sergei Krotiouk of Russia 6-4 4-6 6-1 in two hours 25 minutes while Khan needed two tie breaks to subdue Benot Foucher of France 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) in two hours 10 minutes.
The Bopanna-Anikanov encounter turned out to be fairly one-sided with the Indian dominating the proceedings. In the first set the Indian broke his rival in the fifth and seventh games before serving out the set at 6-3.
In the second Bopanna tightened the grip with a 3-0 lead before Anikanov could win the only game of the set on his serve in the fourth game. The Indian won as he pleased at 6-1.
Bureau Report