Tennis Tournament Day-8

Suraaj-Shashwath vs Algy-Dhiraj:
This turned out to be a good contest. Shashwath served for the first game and the fight began. Shashwath was serving the fastest amongst the 4, but the Old Foxes were successful in returning the ball out of his reach. Moreover he forced himself into a number of double faults. The first set went along with the scores tied at 3-3. At this point Shash came into his own and started covering the whole court, on the baseline. He was ably supported by Suraaj at the net. Suraaj started getting his drop shots right. He made both Dheeraj and Algy run for their shots. The young duo took the set 6-3. In the second set both Algy and Dhiraj tried to put up a fight but the splendor of the youth prevailed. Shashawath double faulted in the 8th game to make the scores 5-3 but by then it was too late, and Suraaj-Shashwath broke in the very next game to win the match.

Final scoresheet: Suraaj-Shashwath beat Algy-Dhiraj: 6-3,6-3.

Shubha vs Sanjay:
This game saw a total domination by the Bengal Tiger. After the first set was tied at 1 game each, Shubha took six games in a row to take the first set 6-1 and lead the second 1-0. Whatever fightback Sanjay had to give came in the 2nd set, he took 3 games in this one. But one interesting statistic says that Sanjay could not hold on to his serve. He lost all the games he had served for and the hence the result was obvious. Shubha took the second set 6-3 to seal the fate for Sanjay.

Final scoresheet: Shubha beat Sanjay: 6-1,6-3

Deepan vs Viru:
If you think we were stingy with our words for the earlier matches here is the reason. This match was an absolute cracker. The players were equally matched. They both played some classic tennis and as if from a rule book, they refrained from playing shots above six feet. This game had all the elements, great service, long rallies, amazing placements and equally amazing returns. Young people learning tennis could have a taken a lot out of this game. As described earlier it was the clash of Titans and a merciless draw forced one of them out of the tourney in round one itself. It was Viru who had to bow out after some consistent and amazing display by the Great Maratha. I think someone was helped by watching the DVD .... kyon Deepan....

Final Scoresheet: Deepan beat Viru: 6-3, 6-3

Today's upcoming action:
Today we have 2 doubles encounters. It will be a an immense powerplay as the Marathas, Parag-Deepan take on the young Carnatic duo of Girish - Prashant. Parag and Deepan is another formidable combination of thie tourney and when they get their acts together, one can only expect the best. On the other hand, Prashant has a singles victory on his mind while Girish is all set to survive this tournament through doubles.
On the other side of the field, Vijay-Krishna take over Venkat-Saurav. Vijay-Krishna seem to be a perfect pair with a steady baseline player VIjay and aggressive Krishna. But beware, those who witnessed Saurav conquering the singles first round match, would surely have to think twice before competing him. To add to this, its Venkat with his powerful and quick reflexes. It is surely going to be a match to watch.

Weather could play a spoil sport today, as our Weather Man cautions, scattered thunderstorms for the evening. Temperature's around 88 deg F and it is going to be humid with 67 % relative humidity and the sun sets today at 8.38 pm today.

Articly By Vikram Tungare