Tennis News
At $75K+H Izmir Cup 2010, Turkey

Singles Final
(2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,113) bt (4) Marcel Ilhan (TUR,102) 64 63

In this match Somdev showed very good atheleticism while running around ... Played some excellent passing shots, some lobs, Powerful winners from middle of the court and usual solid baseline game in the final ... This win brought his ranking back inside top-100, exactly at #100.

Somi started well breaking Ilhan's serve in 4th game but Ilhan immediately broke Somi's serve in next game to bring set back on serve ... Somdev take crucial break in 10th game breaking Ilhan's serve at 15 to won first set.

In second set Somi saved break point before holding his serve ... Somi broke Ilhan's serve in 4th game to take lead and then mananged to hold his serve to won his first title of 2010 ... While serving for the match Somi saved 1 break point before converting 2nd match point.
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At $50K Napoli Challenger, Italy

[R1] (3) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ David Martin (USA) vs (WC) Enrico Fioravante (ITA)/ Filip Krajinovic (SRB)
[R1] Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)/ Yuri Schukin (KAZ)

This week Harsh and Purav r playing at Napoli with their respective partners ... They could play each other in quarters if wins their respective first round matches.