Somdev qualifies for US Open

I am very happy and excited at having qualified,but this is not where the hard work ends. I have to now prepare well for whoever I am drawn to play, he said.

India has not had a representative in the mens singles main draw of a Slam since 2002 at the US Open,when Prakash Amritraj had been given a wild-card entry.

Somdev has found his form in this US hardcourt season,notching up his biggest win earlier this month over top-20 player Marin Cilic of Croatia at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington,where he reached the quarter-finals.

Ever since the Chennai Open in January this year,the 24-year-olds game had fallen off-track a bit,but his display on hardcourts have given him a second wind,and qualification for a Slam would be well-deserved.