Tennis Tournament - Day 13

Some of the best clashes of the Mahasangraam were witnessed yesterday, on the Day 13, of the Tourney. 3 doubles teams have already made their way to the semifinals, one match today will decide the complete semifinal line up for the tourney. Here are the updates for the yesterday's games.

Saurav-Venkat vs Aakash-Shubha:
The Bengal Tigers are finally hunted down, as their dream run in the tourney, has ended with a defeat at the hands of 'The Achilles' and his 'Myrmidon'. But this was not without a fierce battle. The Tigers had a game plan, they stuck to it and were able to draw the first blood. They were leading 3-0 in the first set, when the tables turned upside down. Saurav-Venkat overwhelmed the Tigers by a continuous 9 game winning streak. They took the first set 6-3 and were leading the second 3-0. All of a sudden both Saurav and Venkat had found their touch while their opponents lost it. The Tigers did not recover from there and it was a straight sets victory for the Saurav-Venkat. Take from this game, there are chinks in Achilles' Armor, but can someone find them.

Final Results: Saurav-Venkat beat Aakash Shubha: 6-3,6-2.

Subhash vs Prashant:
This one was yet another match to watch, as players with contrasting styles and an amazing will to win, faced each other. Both the players kept losing their services initially and the scores were tied at 2-2. At this moment Subhash won 2 games at a stretch and drew the first blood by winning the set 6-3. Apart from the aggressive services by Subhash, there were long rallies which used to go on for more than a minute. Prashant was able to reply some of the most aggressive shots from Subhash, which frustrated the latter. The rallies used to end with one person making a fatal error. This is Prashant's style of play, he was able make Subhash run on the court. As opposed to this Subhash loves to hit a few decisive shots to seal the point. Prashant soon made Subhash play on his terms and took the second set 6-3. At this point the Umpires took a call to continue the match later due to bad light. This is the 2nd, 3 setter of the tourney and above all it is a singles game.

Scores till now: Subhash vs Prashant: 6-3,3-6

Today's upcoming action:
In the first game for the day, it will be Suchit and American Pai taking on Shashwath and Suraaj. Both the teams have had comfortable round 1 matches with straight sets victory on their opponents. Suchit-Pai is yet another strong team but their untested opponents are equally matched as well. Suraaj plays well at the nets and Shashwath can serve fast (need to get it more accurate though). This will be an interesting one.

In the second game of the day, the match between our Bengal Tiger Shubha and Deepan continues the scores currently stand at 6-2, 2-4. This is going to be an interesting one as we might have a prospect of third set..