Sunday, July 26, 2009

Tennis News
At $$630.5K LA Tennis Open, Los Angeles, USA

[Q1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,127) bt Andrea Stoppini (ITA,188) 61 62
[Q1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,264) bt (3) Santiago Giraldo (COL,131) 76(5) 36 64

[Q2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,127) vs Luka Gregorc (SLO,178)
[Q2] Prakash Amritraj (IND,264) vs Frank Moser (GER,UNR)

Somdev had greatmatch to score win in 52 minutes ... Som converted 5 break point chances from 11 he got and other hand saved all 5 on his own serve ... Overall solid overall performance by Somi to won match easily against Stoppini.

Prakash won match in 3 sets against top-130 player shows his current run on grass wasn't fluke ... He is also showing improvement in his game and using his currentform to his own benefit In this 2 hours 18 minutes match Kash won less total points from Giraldo, 105-108, but managed to won important points ... Both players stat almost match as both converted 3 break point chances in this close match.

Kash is facing doubles specialist in second qualifying round and Somi is facing Slovanian Luka Gregorc ... Luka Gregorc qualified for Wimbledon and gave good fight to top-20 player ... He was also last year's New Heaven ATP finalist.

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