Tennis News
At €598,535 Open 13, Marseille, France

[R1] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,354) bt Benoit Paire (FRA,38) 76(6) 67(7) 64

[R2] (PR) Somdev Devvarman (IND,354) vs Bernard Tomic (AUS,46)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Colin Fleming (GBR) bt Robin Haase (NED)/ Dick Norman (BEL) 64 62

Somdev played excellent match against in-form local player Benoit Paire ... After winning the first set in tight tie-break Somi had 3 match points in the second set tie-break, 6-3 ... But failed to convert on 2 Paire's serve and one on his serve to eventually lost the set ... In the final set Somi take a break in 5th game to lead 4-2 ... Somi missed break point in 7th game and then lost his serve in 8th game, 4-4 ... Somi again broke Paire in 9th game but this time he hold to scripted huge win in 2 hours 37 minutes ... Huge win for Somi as Benoit Paire was in top form this year making semi-final at Chennai ATP and final at Montpellier ATP ... Next he is facing Aussies youngster, Tomic.

Winning start for Rohan with his new partner, Fleming ... They scored comfortable win over Haase and Norman.
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At $15K Australia F2 Futures, Mildura (Grass)

[R1] (5) Sanam Singh (IND,300) l Chris Guccione (AUS,598) 57 26
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,1008) l James Lemke (AUS,492) 57 46

Doubles
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) l (WC) Daniel Byrnes (AUS)/ Daniel Ferretti (AUS) 26 67(3)

Turned horrible day for Sanam and Divij ... They lost in the singles matches with their doubles match ... Sanam failed to raise his game against former top-70 player Chris Guccione.