10-30-2010, 04:28 PM
Pak-Indian tennis pair of Aisam and Rohan Bopanna came from behind a match point down and rolled over top Serbians duo of Viktor Troicki and Janko Tipsarevic 3-6,7-6 (7/4),10-1 and entered the doubles semi finals of St. Petersburg ATP World Championship’s on Friday.With this success in one hour and 25 minutes ,Aisam and Rohan took the sweet revenge of their defeat by the Serbians in the quarter final of Kremlin Cup in the last week,said the information made available here.They coming into court with 1-0 record against the IndoPak Express, the Serbian big guns bombarded huge winners from the baseline from the very outset of the match and went on to take the first set with a 6-3 score.
Aisam & Rohan got four break points but could not convert anyone while Serbians got three break points and were able to convert two of those.
After regrouping themselves and realigning their cavalry Aisam & Rohan started to attack aggressively from the very beginning of the second set and were able to break Tipsarevic’s serve at 1-1 to take a 2-1 lead. Aisam held his next service game which was very crucial and consolidated their lead to 3-1.
At 4-3 up, however, Aisam’s serve was broken when Rohan sent two volleys into the net and Serbians hit sizzling return winners on two other points. This caused quite a shift in the momentum and the Serbs started to put pressure. By holding their own next service game the Serbian pair was soon 5-4 up. On Rohan’s next service game the pressure was all on him to save the set and the match. He was fine in going up 40-15 but then a missed volley and a great passing shot exposed him to a match point down at 40-40. He missed the first serve, to add the suspense, but went on to hit an excellent second serve down the tee which could not be returned by Troicki who otherwise had been returning quite well throughout the match.
Aisam and Rohan put enormous pressure on Tipsarevic in his next service game and took the score to 40-40 but Rohan was unable to return the service and Serbs were 6-5. Making no mistake Aisam held the next service game and levelled the score to 6-6.
In tie break Aisam & Rohan were able to have a mini break on the very first point but were not able to retain it and were soon on serve at 2-1. The Serbs took the next two points to make it 2-3 and then took another point on Aisam’s serve to make it 4-2 but that was it as suddenly Aisam and Rohan brought out the best they had got in their armory and took next five points in a row to win the second set tie break.
Not only that but they continued their onslaught in the super tie break too with a continuous run of points leading to 6-0 by taking 11 points in a row. They went on to win the super tie break to win the match with the help of 6 aces against 3 by their opponents.
Aisam & Rohan got four break points but could not convert anyone while Serbians got three break points and were able to convert two of those.
After regrouping themselves and realigning their cavalry Aisam & Rohan started to attack aggressively from the very beginning of the second set and were able to break Tipsarevic’s serve at 1-1 to take a 2-1 lead. Aisam held his next service game which was very crucial and consolidated their lead to 3-1.
At 4-3 up, however, Aisam’s serve was broken when Rohan sent two volleys into the net and Serbians hit sizzling return winners on two other points. This caused quite a shift in the momentum and the Serbs started to put pressure. By holding their own next service game the Serbian pair was soon 5-4 up. On Rohan’s next service game the pressure was all on him to save the set and the match. He was fine in going up 40-15 but then a missed volley and a great passing shot exposed him to a match point down at 40-40. He missed the first serve, to add the suspense, but went on to hit an excellent second serve down the tee which could not be returned by Troicki who otherwise had been returning quite well throughout the match.
Aisam and Rohan put enormous pressure on Tipsarevic in his next service game and took the score to 40-40 but Rohan was unable to return the service and Serbs were 6-5. Making no mistake Aisam held the next service game and levelled the score to 6-6.
In tie break Aisam & Rohan were able to have a mini break on the very first point but were not able to retain it and were soon on serve at 2-1. The Serbs took the next two points to make it 2-3 and then took another point on Aisam’s serve to make it 4-2 but that was it as suddenly Aisam and Rohan brought out the best they had got in their armory and took next five points in a row to win the second set tie break.
Not only that but they continued their onslaught in the super tie break too with a continuous run of points leading to 6-0 by taking 11 points in a row. They went on to win the super tie break to win the match with the help of 6 aces against 3 by their opponents.