Tennis News -
At 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (May 15-26)

After winning first set easily somi faced tough challenge from Lukacs before moving to semis ... In semis he is playing freshman #7 Alex Clayton ... Before they faced in semis at the ITA National Indoor Championships, where Somi won 64 64.

[QF] (1) Somdev Devvarman (Virginia) bt (9) Denes Lukacs (Baylor) 60 67(2) 63
[SF] (1) Somdev Devvarman (Virginia) vs (8) Alex Clayton (Stanford)

Somdev Comments -
About the match…
“I thought he came out a little nervous in the first set and it gave me a quick and easy service game right at the start. I have been serving well this entire week and that really helped my confidence during the early stages of the match. I cruised to a pretty easy first set and I knew the second set was going to be a battle. I had a few really good chances to break early in the second set but he is really tough and played really well. We played a pretty good second set, breaking each other just once. I had my chances to finish the set and I didn’t take them and he played well. Going into the third set I knew he was going to be tired and I just took advantage of that. I broke him once and served out the match pretty well.”

Do you think about having a long winning streak?
“No, you don’t really think about that kind of stuff when you are on the court. You just play and try to have fun. I know this is my last tournament as a college player and more importantly as a Virginia Cavalier. I am going to enjoy it as much as I can and forget about the wins and losses and go out there and try to play my best tennis.”
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At $10K Landisville Futures, PA, USA

[SF] (4) ROLLE Tiya (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) l (1) BOFFA Stefania (SUI)/ FITZPATRICK Anna (GBR) 67(1) 64 (7)10

Good fighting performance from pair of Shikha and Tiya against top seed pair.