Indian Due in the Oridina Open Tennis Final
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Victory Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi reached the finals of the Ordina Open tennis tournament being played in s’Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) on Friday. They defeated Argentineans Guillermo Canas and Juan-Martin Del Porto in a hard fought match to enter the final .Paes and Bhupathi beat the Argentinean due in a marathon battle that lasted more than one and a half hour.
Tough Match In the enthralling contest, the unseeded Argentinean pair of Canas and Porto gave Paes Bhupathi tense moments from the very first start that they missed the first set narrowly losing to the Argentinean duo 6-8 in the tie-breaker after squandering two set points, one of which came in the tie-break After losing the first set narrowly the Indian due stormed back into match in the second set and broke their rivals in the opening fame itself. Canes and Porto saved the third game though Indians had got another chance to break their rivals. It was an enthralling and tough contest the result of which could be decided only in the super tie-breaker.
Super Tie-Breaker It was only their experience that paved the way for the Indian due to their victory. The super tie-breaker turned out to be a see-saw battle but the experienced Indians held their nerves to earn two match points and the wrapped up the match to win that was also a toughest match of the tournament so far.
Olympic Preparation The Indian due was playing together on the ATP circuit after the gap of four years. They had gone into the tournament under-prepared and also after a long gap. They had won three Grand Slam Titles playing together and an Olympic medal. Recently Paes and Bhupathi had decided to play together for India at Olympics. This tournament is the part of their preparation for the Olympics. Ace tennis player had pleaded to Mahesh Bhupathi to put aside all the differences and play together for the country in the Olympic but Bhupathi had showed his resentment in playing with Paes. It was only on the initiative of the AITA that both the player got united and decided to play together in the Olympic Games. Paes and Bhupathi are the best options for India for the Olympics. They have played together in many tournaments and know each other’s playing style very well. With them, India has hoped to win a medal in the Olympics.
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