Day Three

HunFord Open Day 3 witnessed the first matches at the Bridford Tennis Court. The really lengthy and tiring match between Apurva – Vinu vs Aditya – Sonu late evening on 13th May, left no fuel in Apurva & Vinu to be ready for the next encounter immediately the next day. This left the day 3 to see only two matches rather than the 3 scheduled for the day. Well 3 matches or 2, the crowd was at its full strength to witness the encounters for the day – Sachin/Shardul vs Soppin/Harpal and Rebecca/Akhil vs Kanchan/Nishanth.

Sachin/Shardul faced Soppin/Harpal for the second match of the group A. Sachin/Shardul started with a bang taking an early 3-1 lead over Soppin/Harpal and it seemed as if they are in a hurry to finish off the match quickly. But Soppin & Harpal and other plans altogether. After a really very lengthy game which saw around 8 deuces, finally Soppin/Harpal broke Sachin’s serve and then started their winning march. And very similar to the first match of the Group A, they went on to win the next 4 games to win the match. However they did face a very tough fight from Sachin/Shardul but their effort just marginally couldn't’t see them through as Soppin/Harpal won the game 6-3.

The second match saw Rebecca & Akhil squaring the battlefield with Kanchan & Nishanth. Where Nishanth & Kanchan served out to win their first game, Rebecca & Akhil were not to be left behind winning their first game as well. The crowd was witness to some good rallies accompanied by some good shots, few of them sailing over the court to the lake next to the court although. After giving some good fight to Nishanth & Kanchan, Rebecca & Akhil lost a couple of their serves giving Nishanth& Kanchan the lead just at the right time when they needed. Holding on to the opportunities received, Nishanth & Kanchan went on to win the game 6-2.

Final Scores :
Soppin/Harpal bt Sachin/Shardul : 6 – 3
Kanchan/Nishanth bt Rebecca/Akhil : 6 – 2

Story and Photos by Ajeet and Mani.