US Open 2022

[jayakris]

If she is continuing till end of next year might as well continue till Paris Olympics and have a last ditch attempt for a mixed doubles medal with Bops or maybe they will be too old for that ?

Heck, why not Paris? Maybe RamK or Yuki will go way up in doubles by then and could be ready to partner her (Bops may not stay at the top much longer; but then again, he is also not falling too fast or anything).

[VReddy]

Jay: Bops is actually close to top-10 caliber in ATP Doubles now. You can reference ATP Live rankings for that. He has got his level back up this year. This is the best I have seen him play from the 3-4 yrs that I am watching Indian Tennis this close.

[sameerph]

Btw, Yuki and RamK are first up on court today at 11 am local time, 8.30 pm India time and Sumit fourth match which should be around 1-1.30 am India time.

[Sanjay]

^^^ I was sensing the same. maybe she was surprised that she could still make some good money from tennis. She has made $220K this year from doubles. That is not bad money in 8 months. I hope she continues for at least a year more.

I think it's not about money for her. Her kid is very young so she wants to take care of him better. I watched her play in Cincinnati last year and she had her sister courtside taking care of her son along with some others.
She is still good enough for a few more years!
Our cupboard is bare anyway.

[sameerph]

Both matches going on serve so far. Yuki leading 3-2 after exchange of breaks in first 2 games, RamK down 2-3 but on serve.

[sameerph]

Yuki breaks for 4-2, RamK at 3-3 in first set.

[sameerph]

RamK gets broken at 3-4 and Kuzhuhara holds to take the first set 6-3. Kuzuhara is very quick around the court, RamK will have do something different to get back into this match.

[sameerph]

Yuki was up 5-2, then served for the set at 5-3, had a set point at 40-30 but got broken to be back on serve.

[sameerph]

Yuki wins the first set 76(4). Played an excellent tie break where got ahead 5-0 only to go back on serve for 5-4 but took next 2 points on Albot serve with brilliant shots.

RamK down a break 3-4 in second set too.

[sameerph]

Kuzuhara served for the match at 5-4 in second set but RamK just broke him for 5-5. Can he get back in this match now ?

Yuki 3-3 in second set after winning the first.

[sameerph]

RamK got broken right back and this time Kuzuhara served for the match after 1 deuce. He looked nervous but RamK could not take advantage, he was playing too passive on return games, I thought and not at his best on serve and volley.

[Q1] Ramkumar Ramanthan (IND,241) l. (WC) Bruno Kuzuhara (USA,763) 36 57

[sameerph]

Yuki broke Albot at 3-3 to go up a break 4-3 only to be broken right back for 4-4, but he again broke Albot at love for 5-4 and this time held at love while serving for the match. Wonderful upset win.

[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,552) d. (9) Radu Albot (MDA,107) 76(4) 64

[Atithee]

Wow! Great job by Yuki. Sad that RamK falters at crucial times. He’s been in a slump for a while now. Don’t remember his results being so poor for this long in any phase of his career.

[PKBasu]

Terrific win for Yuki over the former world #39. He played quite superbly in parts, but mixed in with a few lousy points, e.g., when he was up 5-3 in the first set and played a really loose service game. But then at 5-all, he played a superb game, with a magnificent cross-court volley winner, and then a half-volley drop shot at 40-15 to make it 6-5. He then played really well to take a 5-0 lead in the TB, had a few hiccups but got over the line easily at 7-4.

In the second set, he was quickly down 0-2, broke back for 1-2 and then 2-2, broke at 3-3, but was broken back to make it 4-4. After that, Yuki was just superb. He didn't drop another point, to make it smoothly through to Q2. For a guy who hasn't played a singles match in 6 weeks to play this well, taking out world #107 (and 9th seed in the qualifiers) in straight sets is a huge achievement. That he had a practice match against the Wimbledon singles finalist yesterday was surely a bit of a help!

[sameerph]

It is quite amazing that with so singles matches in last couple of month, Yuki wins against world #107 in straight sets here. Shows how much talent this guy has. Only if his body can held up.