With the ClTA complex reverberating with support for their home team, the Wave Punjab Marshalls, their players rose to the occasion, putting in an inspired show to snap Delhi Dream's unbeaten run in the Champions Tennis league.
The Punjab team gave the crowd a lot to cheer about by winning four of the five sets for a massive 29-18 win. With this victory, Punjab have 69 points from three matches. Delhi top the northern group with 70 points while Mumbai have 46 points from two matches. Ferrero edged Paes narrowly in the tiebreak (5-2) in legends singles.
But it was a Marshalls march there on. Paes combined with Spain's Muguruza to crush Kevin Anderson and Jelena Jankovic in the mixed doubles clash. Muguruza then overcame a late stutter to overcome Jankovic 6-5 (5-1) in the women's singles. Muguruza picked up the pace in the tie-break, winning five straight points to clinch the deal.
In the men's doubles, Paes and Somdev kept up their winning run as they breezed past Anderson and Sanam Singh 6-3.
Though Somdev, who lost both his previous men’s singles matches 1-6, found his range at the ClTA. He dominated from the baseline to down world No. 16 Anderson 6-3 to give Punjab a chance of making it to the final.