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Old 04-28-2015, 03:40 AM   #8
Brian Swartz
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In doubles, Mehul and Chittoor won a pair of qualifying matches, then lost to 15-seeds Barros/Fue in the first round of the main draw. The final scoreline was 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-0.

This was Amrik Chittoor's first appearance in any Slam event. He played like it, losing to world no. 47 Vito Bonamoni(CHE) 6-2, 6-1, 6-0. Anil Mehul lost in the first round of every Slam last year except Wimbledon, where he made the third round. His first AO win came over world no. 51 Ruben Vega of Thailand, a competitive 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory. Unfortunately he met up with American Mick Elder, the 5th-ranked player in the world, in the second round. Elder won the world tour finals last year and a pair of 250 events leading up to this. He's mentally better, has a better serve, and is physically more powerful than Mehul. There aren't many who Anil is outclassed again but this was one of those opponents. The match was barely competitive, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

Attention now turns to the pivotal WTC tie against Nigeria, coming up in a couple more weeks. Coming up next week will be Girish Girsh's first professional tournament, an amateur-level event in Singapore.

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