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

Good win for Somi in windy condition on Tulsa University courts ... Also positive start in doubles.

[R2] (1) Somdev Devvarman (Virginia) bt Clancy Shields (Boise State) 64 75
[PQF] (1) Somdev Devvarman (Virginia) vs (22) Erling Tveit (Mississippi)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) Somdev Devvarman/ Treat Huey (Virginia) bt Daniel Buikema/ Mathieu Thibaudeau (Alabama) 76(3) 63
[R2] (1) Somdev Devvarman/ Treat Huey (Virginia) vs Austin Krajicek/ Conor Pollock (Texas A&M)

Somdev Devvarman's comments after the match -
On the match . . .
“I thought I played okay. Clancy (Shields) came out and I didn’t expect him to play as well as he did. He stuck to me from the very beginning, give full credit to him for playing a great match. I feel like I stepped up at some very key times. I served really well today, and I think that was a key for me to win. I found a way to hold serve the entire match, and get broken. I faced only two break points, and I broke him twice. So I played the big points pretty well on his serve on two games, and that pretty much decided the match. I made him work really hard in the service game and that was key.

Did you think you were playing a linebacker?
“He’s a big guy, and hits the ball big. He’s pretty strong and he definitely moves well for his size too. I didn’t think I was playing a linebacker, but I was definitely playing a pretty strong kid out there.”

Coming in ranked as the No. 1 singles player and No. 1 doubles team do you have any added pressure coming into the national championship…
“Not the way I look at it. I look at is as one match at a time. I forget the numbers, the seedings and the rankings. I just try to take one match at a time and see who I have in front of me and see who Trent (Huey) and I have in doubles, and just take it from there. We try to take one match at a time. Who’s ever on the other side we try to get a good scouting report, and just basically try to get through one match.”
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At $10K Landisville Futures, PA, USA

[R2] UBEROI Shikha (IND,898) l MARINO Rebecca (CAN,797) 63 16 67(4)

Doubles -
[QF] (4) ROLLE Tiya (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) bt DI LEO Phoebe (USA)/ YABE Yukiko (JPN) 63 62
[SF] (4) ROLLE Tiya (USA)/ UBEROI Shikha (IND) vs (1) BOFFA Stefania (SUI)/ FITZPATRICK Anna (GBR)

Shikha needs more match practice in singles.