California Challengers, October 2005

gvhvhg · Post by **gvhvhg** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:49 pm

Great report Jay...Words cannot express how important a win this was for Harsh. I think this was one of many wins to come in matches like these.

Post by **jayakris** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:19 pm

I don't know if the win was THAT important though ... In my view, these kinds of wins should now become reoutine for Harsh though .. He is going to keep getting tough opponents in these challengers -- you have to win these kinds of matches and then win another and another .. That is easier said and done, but that is how you move to the next level.

That is, anybody playing top-250 quality tennis need to be beaten every time, and he needs to start getting wins against top-150 at least half the time. Harsh has the tennis to do that, but hasn't yet done that consistently enough yet. He is getting ready to do that I hope.

Jay

kiran r more · Post by **kiran r more** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:31 pm

Well done Harsh.You can go deep into this challenger.Keep it up

jai_in_canada · Post by **jai_in_canada** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:46 pm

jayakris wrote:I don't know if the win was THAT important though ... In my view, these kinds of wins should now become reoutine for Harsh though .. He is going to keep getting tough opponents in these challengers -- you have to win these kinds of matches and then win another and another .. That is easier said and done, but that is how you move to the next level.
Jay

That's absolutely right, Jay. The work to get to the Top 200 (then 150 and 100) is just begining. Good sign, though, for Harsh seems to have learnt mental management skills from some close losses earlier.

sameerph · Post by **sameerph** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:21 pm

Great report, Jay & I agree that Harsh should win these matches regularly in his quest towards top 200 & 150.
His R2 opponent seems to be as tough if not tougher.

Go Harsh.

Post by **jayakris** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:25 pm

Of course, that Bozo is going to be tough

Jay

Post by **jayakris** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:30 pm

Getting match score updates from Varma!

Harsh Mankad (IND,230) vs Llia Bozoljac (SCG,232)

First set ..

2-3 on serve .. HM serving authoritatively, says varma.
3-4 on serve .. couple of decues on HM's serve at 2-3 but no problems.
4-5 on serve .. No break points on either player so far ..

Jay

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:36 pm

Decent start. Harsh has to win these types of matches against players ranked very close to him. Simply a truism if he is to fulfil his destiny as a top-200 player by year-end.

jai_in_canada · Post by **jai_in_canada** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:42 pm

All right, Harsh! Keep your foot on the gas!! Keep it going and you'll run over this guy, no problem! Road kill on a tennis court is what we want to see!

amr090 · Post by **amr090** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:44 pm

Just wait for the opportunity and strike quickly...

Post by **jayakris** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:01 pm

sorry, i got a couple of important phone calls when Varma tried to call, so I couldn't talk .. so the update is delayed. hope he calls again soon ..

Jay

Omkara · Post by **Omkara** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:11 pm

Why don't u give a call jay....

nata · Post by **nata** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:12 pm

Now it is almost half an hour without any updates!!

Hope HM won the first set and is continuing to do well..

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:12 pm

Ok, Jay, you don't have a cell-phone (as if that is forgiveable in today's age!).
But you don't have call-waiting either???? Which planet is this engineer on

jai_in_canada · Post by **jai_in_canada** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:17 pm

Vamos, Harsh! This guy is road kill!