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  Alize gave the momentum: Roberto Bautista

Alize gave the momentum: Roberto Bautista

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Published : Nov 26, 2015, 6:06 am IST
Updated : Nov 26, 2015, 6:06 am IST

Giant slayer Alize Cornet and Roberto Bautista turned it around for debutants Raipur Rangers, who inflicted a second home defeat on Mumbai Masters in the Champ-ions Tennis League. here on Tuesday

Giant slayer Alize Cornet and Roberto Bautista turned it around for debutants Raipur Rangers, who inflicted a second home defeat on Mumbai Masters in the Champ-ions Tennis League. here on Tuesday

Cornet who has stunned Serena Williams thrice during her career hammered reigning US Open champion Flavia Pennetta 5-2 in the women’s singles at MSTLA.

“It was a good match. I had a tough start but came back stronger. I am happy to win it and then combine with Bautista to win mixed doubles also,” the French player said.

The win opened the flood gates after Raipur were trailing 0-1 with Richard Karjicek registering a 5-3 win over Thomas Muster in the Legends singles.

From here Bautista took control to notch up three straight wins as the visitors romped to a thumping 23-14 win. The Spaniard combined with Cornet to prevail over Pennetta and Santiago Giraldo.

The Mumbai Masters mixed doubles pair struggled to hold serve and even used a super point on deuce to win one game and stay alive but Bautista and Alize were unstoppable to take the set 5-3.

Bautista later joined hands with Ramkumar Ramanathan to slay Giraldo and Sriram Balaji 5-2. In an inconsequential last set Giraldo failed to salvage more points for the home side after losing to the marauding Bautista 2-5.

This was a sixth straight loss for Giraldo in two days across three (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) events. Baitusta

“We played very well. Doubles and mixed doubles games were amazing. Alize turned around and took momentum. I just carried it on,” Bautista said.

Indian pro Ramana-than had a good game and was lethal on serve. “Having an experienced player like Bautista does help a lot. His tips were handy,” he said later.