Devvarman claims another top-100 scalp

Somdev has beaten a few top-100 players after making a comeback this season. Victories against world number 39 Benoit Paire and 78th ranked Bjorn Phau were memorable ones.

In the match against Donskoy,Somdev saved six break chances in the opening set but failed on one occasion and that let the Russian run away with lead and momentum.

In the second set,the two players traded breaks and Somdev prevailed in the tie-breaker. In the deciding third set,Somdev saved all three breakpoints and converted two of the five chances to move to next level.

Meanwhile,in the doubles event,seventh seeds Leander Paes and Michael Llodra will open their campaign against Kas Christopher and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Third seeded pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor have been drawn against Richard Gasquet and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

Rohan Bopanna and Rajeev Ram face Eric Butorac and Paul Hanley in their opening round.

Other mens results: Xavier Malisse bt Rajeev Ram 6-4,6-7 6,6-4; Albert Ramos bt Jan Hajek 6-3,6-1; Dudi Sela bt Marinko Matosevic 6-2,1-6,6-4; Dmitry Tursunov bt Tim Smyczek 7-6 4,7-5; Horacio Zeballos bt Thiemo De Bakker 6-1,3-6,6-3; Lleyton Hewitt bt Joao Sousa 6-1,7-6 3; James Blake bt Ryan Harrison 6-2,6-2; Victor Hanescu bt Andrey Kuznetsov 4-6,6-3,4-1 rtd; Lukas Rosol bt Gilles Muller 7-5,6-4; Michael Llodra bt Benoit Paire 7-6 7,6-2; Tobias Kamke bt Blaz Kavcic 7-6 5,6-3.