World Juniors Tennis Finals
Prostejov, Czech Republic

August 02, 2011.

From TK Tennis Center at Prostejov, Czech Republic

Sahil Deshmukh was the hero of the day for India as he won both his matches against 8 th seeded Canada in the opening league match of Group ‘D' of the World Junior Tennis Final.

Sahil won his singles against Canadian No. 1 David Volfson 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3. He was serving 4-2 in the second set but due to a momentary lapse in concentration, he lost the second set with a few unforced errors. However he raised his game in the 3 rd set to overpower the consistent Volfson.

His win leveled India 1-1 in the singles as earlier in the day, Indian No. 2 player Sumit Nagal went down to the Canadian Counterpart Alejandro Tabilo 2-6, 1 -6.  

It came to the all important doubles match when Sahil Deshmukh teamed with Sumit Nagal seal India's victory in this tie with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 against Alejandro Tabilo / David Volfson. After winning the first set with ease, the Canadians took advantage of the relaxation that had set in with the Indian combination to take a 4-1 lead before the Indians fought back to level it 4-4. Sahil got broken for the first time in the match and then Tabilo held his serve to take the second set.

However, the 3 rd set went equal until 3-3 when the Indian combination raised their game with aggression to take the set & match 6-3.  

India will take on Spain tomorrow in the next league match. Spain today lost 1-2 to second seeds Romania.