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At 2010 French Open, Roland Garros, Paris


[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,109) l Marco Chiudinelli (SUI,65) 36 63 36 63 36

Marco started with his big serves, still Somi had break point on 3rd game but Marco saved with his big serving ... Marco broke Somi's serve in 6th game to take 2-4 lead ... After thatboth players hold their service games and Marco won first set with single break, 3-6 ... In second set also Marco started with big serves ... But Somi was patient and he got opportunity in 6th game ... He had 2 break points at 15-40 and he converted second point to break Marco's serve to lead 4-2 ... Then both players hold their respective serves and Somi won second set, 6-3 ... In second set Somi served one ace with 206 kmph speed ... Bravo ... Other hand though Marco lost second set he was still servinf big ... Somi played a loose 4th game giving chance to Marco ... And Marco broke it to take 1-3 lead ... Somi had a break point on Marco's serve in 7th game but Marco saved that ... Both players hold their serve as Marco won third set, 3-6 ... In fourth set Somi broke Marco in 2nd game after converting 2nd break point after duece ... But Marco immediately broke back in next game ... Somi also decided to didn't give up without fight and he again broke Marco in 4th game to take 3-1 lead ... Then both players hold their serves, in 9th game Marco saved 2 set points before Somi converted 3rd after duece to won 4th set, 6-3 ... In 4th set Marco take early break in 2nd game to lead 0-3 ... Somi tried to break back but Marco hold his serve with intelligent and powerful service ... So with that single break Marco won decider and match after 3 hours and 38 minutes.

Though Somi loss I m not disappointed as he also tried hard ... Today he served well, his 1st serve average was 176 kmph ... He also had 13 aces in the match ... So this performance will moved Somi in between 102 to 105 in ATP ranking.