Australian Open 2018

[Daniel]

Wins it 12-10 Phew!!!

[sameerph]

11-10 for RamK. First match point on his own serve. and he takes it.

[VReddy]

Yay!

[sameerph]

[Q2] (28) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,139) d. Gleb Sakharov (FRA,153) 64 76(10)

2 Indians in the final round of qualifying of a slam. When did this happen last time ?

[knarayen]

RamK plats winner of pospisil/napolitano. Those guys are going the distance 3-3 in the 3rd.

[VReddy]

[Q2] (28) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,139) d. Gleb Sakharov (FRA,153) 64 76(10)

2 Indians in the final round of qualifying of a slam. When did this happen last time ?

We are having the best phase of Indian Tennis atleast in my lifetime in terms of depth of talent across the board (apart from the time phase when we had NRIs playing for India). Hoping that this becomes a regular occurence now plus with 1-2 girls also joining the qualifying phase by end of year.

[knarayen]

Agree this is a very good phase though not the best in MY lifetime.

[Daniel]

If Pospisil wins, the final round for both our guys will be like an India versus Canada Davis Cup tie.

[knarayen]

Pospisil up 5-4 in the 3rd, napolitano serving. May see another TB here.
It is ramk vs pospisil.

[VReddy]

Agree this is a very good phase though not the best in MY lifetime.

Well if it includes the likes of Vijay / Ramesh / Anand and others. Unfortunately, some of us can only dream of it . Well staying in the present, atleast there is much more for me to look forward to in this year's French or Wimbledon early stages!

[jaydeep]

Good fighting win by RamK on the indoor court.

[Q3] (28) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND,139) vs (5) Vasek Pospisil (CAN,108)
[Q3] (15) Yuki Bhambri (IND,121) vs (26) Peter Polanksy (CAN,140)

[Rajiv]

Expected win for Ram to make his maiden foray into the Final round of a Grand Slam qualifying
As usual his trademark serve was in the groove and served 17 aces en route his win.

Pospisil is definitely beatable as he has seen better days and not the old player he was , Looking forward to a straight sets win by Ram

Plays 1.30 pm local time , 8 am India time Court # 15

[sameerph]

What time is Yuki's match ? The schedule on the website is confusing and does not show Yuki's match. Also RamK's match timing shows different than what Rajeev stated above.

[Rajiv]

Yuki plays the first match 10 AM local time,4.30 AM India time

[sameerph]

Ok, thanks. That is too early. Hope rain pushes it back a couple of hours.