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One of the strong Indian doubles player Mahesh Bhupathi and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg choked at the super tie break after showing signs of winning leading 5-2 and bite the dust at the hands of top seeded pair of Raveen Klaasen (Russia) and Rajeev Ram (USA) in the doubles pre-quarterfinal match in the Chennai Open ATP Tennis tournament here on Monday.

Bhupathi and Muller lost to Klassen and Ram 3-6, 7-6 (7) and 7-10 in about 90 minutes.

Bhupathi and Muller were caught napping by hardworking Klaasen and Ram in the very first set where Bhupathi was looking to make a mark for himself in the season of Olympic year. The very first service game of Bhupathi was broken with ease by the top seeds, who went on to claim the first set.

In the second both Mullar and Bhupathi were looking to be confidence and making amends to their earlier errors, matched the rivals. With the games going on serves, the set meandered to tie break, where was more successful with his booming serve and won three points to lead 4-1 and Klassen made it 2-4.

Yet again Bhupathi excelled with good anticipation to pick an overhead lob and then rushed to the net to deftly place the ball on open court (5-2) and then Muller gained two points and won the game with 4 set points.


Chennai Open: Mahesh Bhupathi, Gilles Muller Lose in Pre-Quarters - Tennis News
 
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Top seed and defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka punctured the challenge of Benoit Paire with remarkable ease on Saturday and earned himself a shot at a third successive Chennai Open title by reaching the singles final.

Wawrinka literally walked into the summit clash with a dominating 6-3 6-4 win over the French third seed in the semifinals of the USD 482,085 hard court tournament.

In seven meetings, it was the sixth win for Wawrinka over Paire and third in a row. The only time the Frenchman, world number 19, managed to beat the Swiss world number four was in 2013 in Canada.

It became 5-2 with the Swiss holding his own the next game. Paire, though, hit some impressive passing winners which, however, were not many in number.

The top seed closed out the set in the ninth game with a booming serve, clocking 185kmph.

In the second set too, Wawrinka was quick to pounce on the first available opportunity, breaking Paire in the third game. He held his own without any trouble to give himself a 3 -1 cushion.

Serving for a 4-2 lead, Wawrinka faced a breakpoint for the first time in the match but saved that with a thunderous serve, breaching the 200kmph mark.

Paire fell down, watching the ball pass him from an unreachable position. It was largely representative of the way the match had gone, dominated by the Swiss.

Paire was struggling with his movement in the eighth game, playing at least two shots without moving an inch and managed to win both and held.

Chennai Open: Stan Wawrinka breezes into the final for third straight year; faces Borna Coric - Firstpost
 
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