Tennis News
At $$442.5K US Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, USA (Red clay)

[R1] (LL) Somdev Devvarman (IND,116) bt (Q) Conor Niland (IRL,228) 64 62

[R2] (LL) Somdev Devvarman (IND,116) vs (4) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS,27)

Somdev entered as lucky loser replacing Marty Fish, who withdrew due to a lower back injury and take full advantage to scored win ... In first set Somi was a break down early when Conor broke his serve in 4th game but Somi immediately broke him in next game to bring set back on serve ... Somi take crucial break in 9th game and hold his sere after couple of deuce to won first set ... In second set from 2-all Somi won 4 games on trot breaking Conor's serve twice to won match easily.

Next Somi is facing former WR #1 Australian Lleyton Hewitt ... With this win Somi increased hope of getting direct entry in to French Open.
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At € 398,250 Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco (Red Clay)

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (WC) Rabie Chaki (MAR)/ Reda El Amrani (MAR) 46 62 10-8

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Simon Greul (GER)/ Peter Luczak (AUS)

Surprisingly local wild-card pair stretched Rohan and Aisam to super tie-break after winning the first set ... In quarters they r facing pair of Gruel and Luczak, who upset seeded pair ... In top-draw no seeded pairs r remaining.