Somdev, Bopanna lose, India down 0-2 against Brazil
India's hopes to re-enter the Davis Cup World Group suffered a big jolt as the hosts conceded a 0-2 lead against Brazil, following defeats of Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna in the action-packed singles rubbers on the opening day of the play-off tie, on Friday.
Running high on emotions, both the matches lasted over four hours and went to the wire as players from the two teams fought tooth and nail till the last point, in a stunning display of stamina and hunger for win.
Bopanna squandered three match points in the final set to lose the first singles 7-6 (2), 6-7 (7), 5-7, 6-4, 8-10 to world number 27 Thomaz Bellucci.
Gritty Somdev put up a valiant fight but could not level the tie for India as he lost 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 4-6 to Ricardo Mello, who is ranked 38 places above him at 75.
"The lack of playing singles matches made the difference today. There was definitely a chance but lack of singles for past years made the difference. I made him play as much as I could but he came up with some big points at crucial hours," Bopanna said after the match.
Before that Bopanna was also comfortably placed to win the second set tie-break as he was up 5-2 but allowed Bellucci to make a comeback and lost the set.
At the start, Bopanna used his lethal serve and big strokes quite effectively and was also aided by some erratic shot-making by lean-built Bellucci.
Running high on emotions, both the matches lasted over four hours and went to the wire as players from the two teams fought tooth and nail till the last point, in a stunning display of stamina and hunger for win.
Bopanna squandered three match points in the final set to lose the first singles 7-6 (2), 6-7 (7), 5-7, 6-4, 8-10 to world number 27 Thomaz Bellucci.
Gritty Somdev put up a valiant fight but could not level the tie for India as he lost 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 4-6 to Ricardo Mello, who is ranked 38 places above him at 75.
"The lack of playing singles matches made the difference today. There was definitely a chance but lack of singles for past years made the difference. I made him play as much as I could but he came up with some big points at crucial hours," Bopanna said after the match.
Before that Bopanna was also comfortably placed to win the second set tie-break as he was up 5-2 but allowed Bellucci to make a comeback and lost the set.
At the start, Bopanna used his lethal serve and big strokes quite effectively and was also aided by some erratic shot-making by lean-built Bellucci.
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