Somdev closes in to second successive ATP Masters series event

Somdev Devvarman progressed to second and final round of the ATP Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

Somdev Devvarman progressed to second and final round of the ATP Western & Southern Financial Group Masters qualifying event with a straight-set win over World number 65 Marco Chiudinelli.

The unseeded Indian beat the seventh seed Swiss 6-3 7-6(3) in the opening round of the qualifiers.

He will take on local wild card Tim Smyczek,who ousted ninth seed Ukranian Illya Marchenko 4-6 6-1 6-4 in his first round match.

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Somdev had last week played in the Toronto Masters as a lucky loser and lost to Gael Monfils in the first round aftergiving the French a tough fight.

India’s doubles specialists Leander Paes,Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna will play in the men’s doubles event along with their respective partners.

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