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Final set What a start to the final set as Yuki/Saki break in the first game... *1-0 3 comfortable holds on either side... 3-1* They had a look-in on their opponent's serve at 15-30 with a great FH return from Saki, but then it went to 40-30, and then to Deuce with a great return from Yuki... Ad-in...

Second set What a topsy-turvy second set.... went down a break and it was looking bleak at 4-5* and our team even saved two match-points, broke back and had two set points at 6-5*, couldn't convert.... went down a mini-break in the tie-break, but came back strongly to take the tie-break 7-4, and wi...

At *6-5 40-15, I was getting ready to post 'WOW WOW WOW!', but here I am trying 'BUMMER BUMMER BUMMER!!!' at the end of first set...

Pleasantly surprised with the wild card for Yuki/Saki... Hopefully they'll make the most of it....

And Yuki-Saki win the final after a close battle. At Nothanburi-2 Challenger 75, Thailand [F] (1) Yuki Bhambri (IND) /Saketh Myneni (IND) d. Christopher Rungkat (INA) / Akira Santilan (JPN) 26 76(7) 14-12 Their sixth challenger title together. Both are their career high in live rankings- Saketh at ...

Arjun also lost his R1 doubles match in straight sets...

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND) / Fernando Romboli (BRA) l. Christopher Rungkat (INA) / Akira Santilan (AUS) 46 26

Hopefully Yuki/Saki, the top-seeded pair will win later today...

What a bummer to lose such a close match that lasted close to 3 hours! Prajnesh had two match-points at the end of second set, but it was not to be in the end...

[R2] (ALT) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,343) l. (Q) Arthur Cazaux (FRA,382) 76(5) 67(4) 36

WOW WOW WOW!

I hope they will go on to win the title and get the most out of this run....

RamK's injury timeouts, hopefully, are not a long-term concern this early in the season.

Great win for Bala/G1.... I see no reason why they can't get to the final now...

I think Yuki needs someone like Saki on-court to carry him through his mental lapses.... RamK, I feel, has similar needs. So, it might be difficult for them to complement each other and be a successful long-term pair...

Way to go! I hope this is just the beginning and we will get to see a lot more and even bigger achievements to cheer for in the future...

Saki/Yuki choked away to lose their R1 doubles match... They were up a break in both sets, managed to win the tie-break in the first set, but lost the second set 5-7 after being up 4-2... and the MTB was weird, I think the first 5-6 points all went against the serve and Saki started off with two DFs...

Loved how RamK was smiling on the court today.... Haven't seen that from him before..... And a nice win for his team today to start off the year...

Australian Open, Melbourne, GS 2000, Jan 16-29, 2023 First Grandslam of 2023 is almost here.... and the doubles entry list is out, which seems to be only thing we can cling on to off late :roll: ... As expected, no one close to being in the Men's Singles qualies... In Men's doubles, Rohan Bopanna /...

Mukund's perseverance paid off in the end..... He was mostly resilient in that second set tie-break....