SPORT DAVIS LD IND 3 LAST

The very Somdev, who had never bothered about the
rankings of his opponents, looked helpless against Youzhny who
toyed with the Indian.

Such was the control and domination of the Russian over
his opponent that hardly an unforced error came off Youzhny's
racquet.
Whenever Somdev tried to engage Youzhny in a long rally,
the Russian would come with a big stroke or a smart volley,
leaving the Indian reach for the ball.
Somdev's misery grew all the more in second set as he
could not get on the board till the fifth game. And that was
the only game he could win on his serve in that set.
Somdev tried to do something different in the third set
as he changed his tactics and approached the net more often
but Youzhny had all the answers and was not troubled at all.
It did look like a contest in the third set and the
fourth game saw the most fierce fight for points.
Somdev saved quite a few breakpoints but it was the
Russian who ran away with the game to create a 3-1 lead.
The Indian though hung in and after one hour and 34
minutes for the first time Youzhny was down a breakpoint. The
Russian held after saving two breakpoints but had to sweat it
out this time.
Somdev fought with his never-say-die spirit but that
merely delayed Youzhny's win. PTI AT
MYR


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