Todays update from 17th Asian Games - Incheon Korea Kazakhstan hoodwinks Uzbekistan to make Men’s final, China makes both finals INCHEON: Aleksandr Nedovyesov put his all-round game into service in pulling Kazakhstan into the Men’s final of Asian Games at the Yeoromul tennis courts on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Nedovyesov who was ranked a career-best 72 in April this year, won both his Singles and Doubles matches, against the formidable Uzbeks, Farrukh Dustov and Denis Istomin. In fact, Istomin recovered from losing the first set and being down a break in the second singles to beat Andrey Golubev to put Uzbekistan back in the race, after Dustov had lost to Nedovyesov in straight sets. The Kazakhs bounced back after losing the first set in the tie-break, to beat the Uzbeks 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4, as they broke Istomin in the 11th game of the second set, and Dustov in the first game of the decider. The result meant a relegation to the bronze medal for the Uzbeks who had claimed the silver last time in Guangzhou behind Chinese Taipei. In the final, Kazakhstan will be challenged by China, which competed hard despite the chips being down in the decisive doubles, to beat Japan 2-1 The new sensation in Japanese Men’s tennis, the 18-year-old Yoshihito Nishioka failed to capitalise on a good start in the first set when he dropped it from 4-2. However, he ensured similar starts in the next two sets and rallied his way past the defensive Di Wu. Yuichi Sugita scared the Chinese by saving two matchpoints in the tenth game of the second set, but eventually was beaten 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 by Ze Zhang. The Japanese looked to be in control as they served for the doubles match at 5-4, but Maoxin Gong and Zhe Li combined so well_hitting groundstrokes with imagination and volleying with aplomb_that the match kept slipping out of the Japanese grip, once they lost the tie-break in the second set. The Chinese prevailed 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 under the floodlights. In the women’s section, top seed and defending champion China did face some challenge from Japan, but Duan Yingying, Zheng Saisai, apart from the seasoned Zheng Jie ensured that the Chinese did not drop a set in the match. Even though Chinese Taipei dropped the second singles to Yaroslava Shvedova, but was too strong in the doubles, as Yung Jan Chan and Su Wei Hsieh outplayed Yuliya Putintseva and Yaroslava Shvedova for the loss of two games in 49 minutes. The results (semifinals): Men: Kazakhstan bt Uzbekistan 2-1 (Aleksandr Nedovyesov bt Farrukh Dustov 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Kukushkin lost to Denis Istomin 6-4, 3-6, 4-6; Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov bt Farrukh Dustov and Denis Istomin 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4). China bt Japan 2-1 (Di Wu lost to Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4, 4-6, 4-6; Ze Zhang bt Yuichi Sugita 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; Maoxin Gong and Zhe Li bt Tatsuma Ito and Yasutaka Uchiyama 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2). Women: China bt Japan 3-0 (Duan Yingying bt Eri Hozumi 6-1, 6-1; Zheng Saisai bt Misa Eguchi 7-6(2), 6-3; Zheng Jie and Zheng Saisai bt Eri Hozumi and Risa Ozaki 7-5, 6-4). Chinese Taipei bt Kazakhstan 2-1 (Yung Jan Chan bt Yuliya Putintseva 6-4, 6-1; Su Wei Hsieh lost to Yaroslava Shvedova 3-6, 6-7(4); Yung Jan Chan and Su Wei Hsieh bt Yuliya Putintseva and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-0, 6-2).
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:12:03 +0000
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