N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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Just starting this thread for Balajeevan, as Dinesh requested in the Jeevan thread.

They have made their first ATP tour event direct entry for doubles at the ATP250 in Marseille, France (Indoor hard) net week. Congrats.
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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They are also playing Montepellier ATP this seek first round today. So, not really the first ATP tournament at Marsille.
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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They lost in first round against third seeds.

At Montepellier ATP 250, France ( Indoor Hard)

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND) /Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l. (3) Robin Haase (NED) /Matwe Middelkoop (NED) 46 46
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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After Chennai challenger this week, they are going to play back to back ATP tournaments in next 2 weeks - Marseille ATP on indoor hard courts next week and Santiago ATP in Chile on clay the week after.

So much travelling for them - Europe to India back to Europe and than South America in 4 weeks. Hope it pays dividends.
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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They have a tough match in first round in Marseille.

At Marseille ATP 250, France (Indoor Hard)

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND) /Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs. (3) Sander Gille (BEL) / Joran Villegen (BEL)

Gille and Villegen also reached Rotterdam SF last week and also beat Jeevan and Bala in Pune ATP final last month.
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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At Marseille ATP 250, France (Indoor Hard)

[R1] N.Sriram Balaji (IND) /Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) 7-5 5-7 10-7 (3) Sander Gille (BEL) / Joran Villegen (BEL) woohoo

They play Dustin Brown (GER)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi in the QF.
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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Wow, that is an excellent upset win for them and sweet revenge for loss in Pune ATP final.

Jeevan is 87 and Balaji is 94 in live rankings. Yuki at a career high of 78 and Saketh at 79. All of them are moving up.
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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Yes, a wonderful victory over the 3rd seeds. Their opponents in the QF are ranked 81 (Qureshi) and 101 (Brown) in the live rankings, so their combined ranking is one worse than Balaji-Jeevan. Essentially a dead heat, which hopefully our upcoming pair will pull off.
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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Nice upset win for Bala/G1! Having said that, they are starting this week behind the 9-ball as they made it in this week directly and not as ALTs (check their exploits this year when they entered as ALTs :D )

Now that they have opened up the draw, they need to take advantage of it for themselves rather than handing it over to the other teams in their path. Make it their worthwhile by winning the QF and give it their all against the top-seeds, who are their potential opponents in the Semis... :goodluck:
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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At Marseille ATP 250, France (Indoor Hard)

[QF] N.Sriram Balaji (IND) /Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) 3-6 7-6 13-11 Dustin Brown (GER)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) woohoo

Humdinger of a match. They play the top seeds Santiago Gonzalez/ Eduoard Roger-Vasselin in the semis.

Live rankings: Jeevan at #81, Balaji at career high #91.
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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Nice with by BalaJee! Their transition to an ATP pair is on track!
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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A win over a Pakistani is always nice, even if it is a Pakistani we like! :)
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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This match was epic! They came back from the brink of a loss multiple times.... Kudos to their fighting spirit... :clap:
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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Their SF is on Saturday, at the Marseille ATP250... The other SF got done on Friday and the 2nd seeds Mahut/Martin won.

[SF] N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) vs (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
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Re: N.Sriram Balaji/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Thread

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Bala and Jeevan lost against top seeds after winning the first set.

At Marseille ATP 250, France (Indoor Hard)


[SF] N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l. (1) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 64 57 7-10
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