<p>In the decider they gave away the match that was within their reach, as they went out of reckoning, losing to Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei and Janko Tipersarevic of Serbia 3-6, 6-4, 5-10 in the doubles semi final match at the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Saturday night.<br /><br />In the super-tie break, the Indians trailed 3-6 but managed to reduce the margin to 5-7 and with the spectators in the almost packed stadium rooting for them, Varman and Sanam could not withstand the swiftness and accuracy shown by their rivals as Sanam sent a low passing shot long (5-8), Varman return of serve went out (5-9) and then Sanam failed to put across a forehand shot (5-10).<br /><br />Lu and Tipsarevic await the winner of Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski of England and Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura, which is in progress now.<br /><br />Tipsarevic told a post match conference that "the Indians put up a good doubles play. We decided to play short. It was a close of match with lot of breaks.<br /><br />"There were lot of breaks and not too many net play. But we were focused to win the tie. We did together also very good three seasons. We have a week off to practice and ready for Australian open," he said.<br /><br />On the other hand the Indin stars said "losing the first set really cost us. One guy at the net and other at the back, they played well" Sanam Singh said.</p>
<p>In the decider they gave away the match that was within their reach, as they went out of reckoning, losing to Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei and Janko Tipersarevic of Serbia 3-6, 6-4, 5-10 in the doubles semi final match at the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Saturday night.<br /><br />In the super-tie break, the Indians trailed 3-6 but managed to reduce the margin to 5-7 and with the spectators in the almost packed stadium rooting for them, Varman and Sanam could not withstand the swiftness and accuracy shown by their rivals as Sanam sent a low passing shot long (5-8), Varman return of serve went out (5-9) and then Sanam failed to put across a forehand shot (5-10).<br /><br />Lu and Tipsarevic await the winner of Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski of England and Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura, which is in progress now.<br /><br />Tipsarevic told a post match conference that "the Indians put up a good doubles play. We decided to play short. It was a close of match with lot of breaks.<br /><br />"There were lot of breaks and not too many net play. But we were focused to win the tie. We did together also very good three seasons. We have a week off to practice and ready for Australian open," he said.<br /><br />On the other hand the Indin stars said "losing the first set really cost us. One guy at the net and other at the back, they played well" Sanam Singh said.</p>
