Chennai:
Indian Davis cupper, Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh failed to hold on to their nerves at crucial stage losing their semi final.
In the decider they gave away the match that was within their reach, as they went out of reckoning, losing to Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei and Janko Tipersarevic of Serbia 3-6, 6-4, 5-10 in the doubles semi final match at the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament.
In the super-tie break, the Indians trailed 3-6 but managed to reduce the margin to 5-7 and with the spectators in the almost packed stadium rooting for them, Varman and Sanam could not withstand the swiftness and accuracy shown by their rivals as Sanam sent a low passing shot long (5-8), Varman return of serve went out (5-9) and then Sanam failed to put across a forehand shot (5-10).
Lu and Tipsarevic await the winner of Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski of England and Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura, which is in progress now.
Tipsarevic told a post match conference that "the Indians put up a good doubles play. We decided to play short. It was a close of match with lot of breaks.
"There were lot of breaks and not too many net play. But we were focused to win the tie. We did together also very good three seasons. We have a week off to practice and ready for Australian open," he said.
On the other hand the Indian stars said "losing the first set really cost us. One guy at the net and other at the back, they played well" Sanam Singh said.
In the decider they gave away the match that was within their reach, as they went out of reckoning, losing to Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei and Janko Tipersarevic of Serbia 3-6, 6-4, 5-10 in the doubles semi final match at the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament.
In the super-tie break, the Indians trailed 3-6 but managed to reduce the margin to 5-7 and with the spectators in the almost packed stadium rooting for them, Varman and Sanam could not withstand the swiftness and accuracy shown by their rivals as Sanam sent a low passing shot long (5-8), Varman return of serve went out (5-9) and then Sanam failed to put across a forehand shot (5-10).
Lu and Tipsarevic await the winner of Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski of England and Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura, which is in progress now.
Tipsarevic told a post match conference that "the Indians put up a good doubles play. We decided to play short. It was a close of match with lot of breaks.
"There were lot of breaks and not too many net play. But we were focused to win the tie. We did together also very good three seasons. We have a week off to practice and ready for Australian open," he said.
On the other hand the Indian stars said "losing the first set really cost us. One guy at the net and other at the back, they played well" Sanam Singh said.
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