{"id":11561,"date":"2012-11-12T06:32:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T06:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11561"},"modified":"2012-11-12T06:32:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T06:32:29","slug":"tour-finals-hesh-bops-beat-paes-stapanek-to-move-into-the-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11561","title":{"rendered":"Tour Finals: Hesh-Bops beat Paes-Stapanek in the semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"bhupati bopanna\" src=\"images\/tennis\/bhupati_bopanna.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/>London:<\/strong> Fifth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna saved one match point to advance to Monday\u2019s title match at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The all-Indian team advanced to the final with a 4-6, 6-1, 12-10 victory over the third seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek, who were undefeated in the group stage, on Sunday at The O2 in London. It avenged Paes and Stepanek\u2019s win in last month\u2019s Shanghai Rolex Masters final.<\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi and Bopanna came into the London tournament on the back of lifting their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy at the BNP Paribas Masters. Bhupathi is making his 12th appearance at the season-ending event. He is a four-time runner-up. Three of his runner-up finishes came with Paes in 1997, 1999 and 2000. He also finished runner-up with Max Mirnyi in 2010. As a team, Bhupathi and Bopanna improve to a 34-21 season mark.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t mind a few more weeks on tour,\u201d said Bhupathi, on their strong finish to the 2012 season. \u201cWe have got one match to go and get back into focus, after celebrating for the next two hours. We\u2019d like to finish with the title here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi and Bopanna will next play sixth seeds Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, who defeated eighth seeds Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen 6-4, 6-3 later in on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just wanted to make sure that we kept aggressive on the court,\u201d said Bopanna. \u201cThey came up with a couple of good volleys to be ahead in the tie-break. We didn\u2019t play any bad points as such. We just kept the same strategy and it paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the tense end to the Match tie-break, Bhupathi, smiling, said, \u201cIt was enjoyable at the end. In this format, things change very quickly. We just had to keep our heads down and fight, because things can change at any second. We were 3-7 and 5-8 down in the tie-break, made a few shots [and] the next thing you know we\u2019re up match point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bopanna said, \u201cAfter winning Paris, we took that momentum here. After that first match loss here against Marray and Nielsen, which we lost in the Match tie-break, I think it helped us to realise that it isn\u2019t over until the last point. I think that got us through today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy: www.atpworldtour.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"bhupati bopanna\" src=\"images\/tennis\/bhupati_bopanna.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/>London:<\/strong> Fifth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna saved one match point to advance to Monday\u2019s title match at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The all-Indian team advanced to the final with a 4-6, 6-1, 12-10 victory over the third seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek, who were undefeated in the group stage, on Sunday at The O2 in London. It avenged Paes and Stepanek\u2019s win in last month\u2019s Shanghai Rolex Masters final.<\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi and Bopanna came into the London tournament on the back of lifting their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy at the BNP Paribas Masters. Bhupathi is making his 12th appearance at the season-ending event. He is a four-time runner-up. Three of his runner-up finishes came with Paes in 1997, 1999 and 2000. He also finished runner-up with Max Mirnyi in 2010. 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