{"id":236573,"date":"2022-09-17T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/17\/davis-cup-saketh-yuki-pair-loses-doubles-as-norway-clinch-tie-3-0-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-09-17T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:32:08","slug":"davis-cup-saketh-yuki-pair-loses-doubles-as-norway-clinch-tie-3-0-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/17\/davis-cup-saketh-yuki-pair-loses-doubles-as-norway-clinch-tie-3-0-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup: Saketh-Yuki pair loses doubles as Norway clinch tie 3-0 | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>LILLEHAMMER (Norway): India were thrashed 0-3 by a far-superior Norway team as world No.2 Casper Ruud combined with <!-- -->Viktor Durasovic<!-- --> to win the doubles match and complete the rout in the World Group-I tie of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/davis-cup\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_davis-cup\" frmappuse=\"1\">Davis Cup<\/a> here on Saturday. <br \/>The Indian pair of <!-- -->Yuki Bhambri<!-- --> and <!-- -->Saketh Myneni<!-- --> went down 3-6, 6-3, 3-6. <br \/>Having lost both the singles on the opening day, the Yuki-Saketh pair did put up a fight before losing to the fancied Norwegian duo in an hour and 50 minutes. <br \/>On day one, both <!-- -->Ramkumar Ramanathan<!-- --> and <!-- -->Prajnesh Gunneswaran<!-- --> had lost their respective singles matches by identical margins of 1-6, 4-6 to Durasovic and Ruud, respectively. <br \/>While Ruud, a finalist at French Open and the US Open is a cut above the rest, the Indians couldn&#8217;t tame even Durasovic, whose singles ranking is a lowly 325 and stands at 224 in the doubles list. <br \/>Ruud, on the other hand, doesn&#8217;t even play doubles on the circuit. However, as had been the case often, the potent singles player had an advantage over the specialist doubles players. <br \/>The Norwegian pair needed one break point each in the first and third set to clinch the rubber. <br \/>The Yuki-Saketh pairing had had some success at the Challenger level where it reached a few finals, but at a level which is a few notches higher, the duo failed to keep India afloat despite having a better understanding on paper, compared to the pair of Ruud and Durasovic. <br \/>With Norway taking an unassailable 3-0 lead, the two reverse singles won&#8217;t be played. <br \/>The Indian team was staring at a heavy defeat after conceding a 0-2 lead to the hosts following Ramkumar&#8217;s loss to Durasovic in the second singles on Friday evening. <br \/>Ramkumar, the number one singles player for India, failed to live up to expectations as he suffered a 1-6, 4-6 loss to his lower-ranked opponent Durasovic in one hour and 16 minutes. <br \/>After Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost to world No. 2 and US Open runner-up Ruud in an expected result in the first singles, the onus was on Ramkumar to keep India in the tie by winning the second match. <br \/>But it was not to be as Ramkumar, ranked 276 in the world, proved to be no match for the 325th-ranked Durasovic who broke the Indian&#8217;s serve thrice and sent down 12 aces as compared to three by his opponent at the Hakons Hall Hard Court indoor facility. <br \/>Durasovic sent down five aces in the first set while breaking Ramkumar&#8217;s serve twice. In the first set, Ramkumar was able to hold only his first service to make it 1-1 but after that it was Durasovic all the way. Ramkumar also had two double faults which made things worse for him as Durasovic took the first set easily. <br \/>Ramkumar tried to come back in the second set but he failed to hold his second service game to hand Durasovic a 2-1 lead. The Indian was unable to break Durasovic&#8217;s serve as the Norwegian fired seven aces. Leading 5-4, Durasovic held onto his serve to close out the match. <br \/>Earlier, in the first singles on Friday, Ruud was too good for Prajnesh. <br \/>Ruud, who finished runner-up at the US Open after going down to <!-- -->Carlos Alcaraz<!-- --> on Monday, turned up for national duty four days later and did the job for his team. He beat the 335-ranked Indian 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and two minutes. <br \/>After being totally outplayed in the first set, Prajnesh lifted his game in the second to make Ruud&#8217;s task tougher. While the Indian failed to get a breakpoint, his more accomplished opponent converted three out of the five opportunities he got. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-1.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/tennis\/top-stories\/davis-cup-saketh-yuki-pair-loses-doubles-as-norway-clinch-tie-3-0\/articleshow\/94272308.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] LILLEHAMMER (Norway): India were thrashed 0-3 by a far-superior Norway team as world No.2 Casper Ruud combined with Viktor Durasovic to win the doubles match and complete the rout in the World Group-I tie of the Davis Cup here on Saturday. 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