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The Mankad-Bopanna contest will have added interest as it will be?played on the eve of the team selection for India's February 7-9 Davis Cup tie against Japan.
The other semi-final will be an all-Russian affair between Vadim Davletshin and second seed Dmitri Vlasov.
"That day I did not even have proper shoes and was slipping down. Here I think the bounce on hard courts helped me and the balls were also lighter," Mankad said.
Bopanna too faced little resistance from Lobanov, who had packed off fourth seed Satoshi Iwabuchi of Japan in the second round. The 818-ranked Russian however had no clue against Bopanna's big first serves and was troubled by his kicking second serves too.
Mankad had fought a three-hour duel against Enev at Lucknow on grass in a losing semi-final but today the
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Mankad, Bopanna to clash in semis
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Mankad, Bopanna to clash in semis
The Russian then gave vent to his frustration by throwing his racket and was promptly given a code violation.
Again, Sipaeya went up 3-0 before Vlasov showed nerves of steel to win five consecutive points. Sipaeya averted a set point but conceded the second when he put a backhand into the net.
In the quarter-finals,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Mankad avenged?last week's semi-final loss at Lucknow, defeating Bulgarian seventh seed Todor Enev 6-4, 6-2 while Bopanna sailed through with?a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over?Russian qualifier Pavel Lobanov.
conditions were in his favour.
Talented youngsters Harsh Mankad and Rohan Bopanna carved out facile victories on Thursday?to set up an interesting semi-final clash in the $10,000 ITF Futures men's?tournament, in Delhi.
From there on, Sipaeya seemed to feel the growing pain on his serving shoulder. Vlasov though displayed the typical Russian ruthlessness hitting repeatedly to the southpaw's backhand and went on to wrap up the match.
After trading breaks in the first two games, Sipaeya failed to convert two break-points in the seventh game of?the first set. Vlasov then handed back the favour by letting the Indian off the hook twice in the 10th and 12th games, pushing the set into the tie-breaker.
As it were, the India Davis Cupper dismantled Enev with his compact forehand winners.
Davletshin accounted for Britain's?Naim Lalji 6-2, 6-2 while Vlasov, ranked 305,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, ousted an injury-troubled Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 7-6 (7/5),You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 6-3 in an hour and 25 minutes.