Vishnu Vardhan thread...

[suresh]

Must be jet-lag. Vishnu easily wins the second set 6-2.

[R1] V. Vardhan (WC) d S. Shipilov (LL) 7-6(5) 6-2
[R2] V. Vardhan vs D. Molchanov (UKR)

[jaydeep]

Good lucky break for Vishnu ... Next he is facing unseeded Ukrainian.

At $125K Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,453) vs Denya Molchanov (UKR,290)

[Omkara]

Just the luck he needed!

[bujilover]

Unbelievable luck at the right time he needed .Next match is pretty tough.Hope he plays well

P.S $2150 and 10 valuable ATP points for him(Lovely)

[jaydeep]

Also winning start for Vishnu and Divij in doubles against last week's Ningbo runner-up pair ... After winning the first set they lost the second without winning a game but it looks they played perfect STB ... Next they r facing 3rd seed pair.

At $125K Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Jurgen Zopp (EST)/ Jan Hernych(CZE) 63 06 10-4

[QF] Vishnu Vardhan (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) John Paul Fruttero (USA)/ Raven Klaasen (RSA)

[v george]

Vishnu Vardhan interview viewtopic.php?f=34&t=213896#p4220630
Suresh, that was a great interview. Has your son started playing serious tennis?

[suresh]

Thanks George. That interview was several years ago. My son doesn't play tennis

[sameerph]

That was a nice luck for Vishnu in first round. But, now he should try & make most of it. His next opponent , Molachnov seems to be a similar level player as Vishnu & the match should be on played on even terms. Hopefully, Vishnu can prevail.

[vk2052]

This is called luck of the brave . But still you have to win your match and thats exactly what vishnu did. After a tired flight from tokyo he immediately settled down and won both his matches. Thats what I have been saying all along. Give these guys opportunities, encourage them and they will give results. Ignore them, humiliate them and they will start believing that they are no good. Well done Vishnu.

[prasen9]

Ignore them, humiliate them and they will start believing that they are no good.

Who humiliated Vishnu? Or ignored? If anything Karan was ignored.

[jaydeep]

In the first set both players were holding their service games comfortably ... In 11th game Vishnu saved 2 break points ... In tie-break Vishnu take early mini-break to lead 2-0 but Molchanov fought back taking mini-break back at 4-5 ... Vishnu take double mini-break on Molchanov's serve to won the first set.

In the second set Vishnu missed break point opportunities early but Molchanov broke him in 4th game and saved few more break points in his next service game ... This break was enogh for Molchanov to won the second set.

In the third set Vishnu take important break in 6th game to lead 4-2 but Molchanov immediately broke back to bring the set back on serve, 4-3 ... Vishnu wasted 3 more break points in 8th game, 4-4 ... Vishnu hold after saving a break point, 5-4 ... In 11th game Molchanov take crucial break on Vishnu's serve ... Vishnu saved a match point but Molchanov converted 2nd to complete victory.

At $125K Tashkent Challenger, Uzbekistan

[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,453) l Denya Molchanov (UKR,290) 76(4) 36 57

[sameerph]

VIshnu just won the first set 76(4).

Very close set where they were no breakpoints & both players kept on holding their serves quite easily.In fact Molachnov was having a bit of edge in terms of points won before tiebreak which made me think that he will prevail in tiebreak . But, Vishnu took 3 streight points from 4-4 in tiebreak to win the set. 41 points each for both players in first set but Vishnu won the points that mattered in the end.

[sameerph]

Damn, Vishnu had breakpoint oppourtunities in both 1st & 3rd games against Molachnov serve but could not convert & now he gets broken. He is down 1-4 in the second set.
Missed 3 more breakpoints at 2-4 , 40-0 to get back on serve. Now he is 0 out 5 in bp conversion in second set whie Molachnov is 1 out of 2 & leading 5-2 as a result.

[kujo]

Vishnu lost the second set. match is all tied up. 7-6, 3-6, 1-1
He is serving first in the decider, which is good.

Updates:
3rd set, Vishnu leads 4-2. broke Denys (finally!)

gives the break back, 4-3 now
all tied up, 4-4 in the 3rd set. Vishnu to serve next.

he manages to hold after a long game (almost was broken), Vishnu leads 5-4
and a quick hold by Denys to make it 5-5

vishnu is broken, 5-6 now
Denys is serving to close out the match 0-15, 15-15, 15-30, 40-30, 40-40, A-40, match over!


[R2] (WC) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,453) l Denys Molchanov (UKR,290) 76(4) 36 57

[jaydeep]

Big missed opportunity for Vishnu after getting lucky break in a draw ... He had a big chance of reaching quarters of this big challenger.