Somdev to meet Kim in Charlottesville Challenger final

November 7th, 2009 CHARLOTTESVILLE - India's No.1 Somdev Devvarman stormed into the semifinals while compatriot Sanam Singh went down fighting in the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) challenger. Third-seeded Somdev Friday swept aside Matwe Middelkoop from the Netherlands 6-3, 6-4 to set up a meeting with fifth-seeded American Ryan Sweetings, who took out top seed Michael Russell 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(1) in the quarterfinals.

November 6th, 2009 CHARLOTTESVILLE - India's No.1 Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh moved into the quarterfinals of the $50,000 Virginia National Bank ATP Challenger. Third-seed Somdev defeated South African Davis Cupper Izak Van Der Merwe 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 in the second round here Thursday and will take on Dutchman Matwe Middelkoop, who won 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 against American Ryan Harrison.

November 4th, 2009 CHARLOTTESVILLE - India's Somdev Devvarman was stretched to three sets by Hungarian wildcard Denes Lukacs before winning 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the first round of $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament here. Third-seeded Somdev's win Tuesday has pitted him against South African Davis Cupper Izak Van Der Merwe in the next round.

October 27th, 2009 SEOUL - India's Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj entered the second round of the $125,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger here Tuesday. Somdev, seeded fourth, advanced after South Africa's Rik de Voest retired while trailing 2-6, 0-2.

October 12th, 2009 TASHKENT - Seventh-seeded Indian Somdev Devvarman beat Spanish player Gillermo Olaso 6-3, 6-2 while compatriot Rohan Bopanna went down to Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-Hsun 6-4, 6-2 in the $125,000 Tashkent challenger tennis opening round. It turned out to be a one-sided affair for Somdev.

August 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - Third seeds Prakash Amritraj of India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan have entered the second round of the doubles at the Levene Gouldin & Thomas Tennis Challenger here at Binghamton, beating Americans Lester Cook and John Paul Gruttero, 6-3, 6-2. However, Prakash's compatriot Somdev Devvarman was on the losing side Wednesday, partnering his Virginia University buddy Treaty Huey of the Philippines.

August 12th, 2009 BINGHAMTON - India's Somdev Devvarman went down fighting while Prakash Amritraj advanced in the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) challenger tournament here. Somdev, seeded eighth, lost to Ukranian Sergei Bubka 6-7 (3), 5-7 while Prakash rallied from behind to register a fighting 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-3 win over American Ryler Deheart here Tuesday.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's No.1 Somdev Devevarman has slumped 25 places to 152nd position in the recent Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, released Monday. Somdev, who is playing in the LA Tennis Open qualifiers, had touched his career best ranking of 127 last week.

July 27th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - India's No.1 Somdev Devvarman has entered the final round of $630,500 LA Tennis Open qualifiers. The 152nd-ranked Somdev overcame a late challenge from 175th-ranked Slovak Luka Gregorc, 6-1, 7-6(1), in the second round here Sunday to reach the final.

July 27th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - India's Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj have entered the final round of the $630,500 LA Tennis Open qualifiers. The 152nd-ranked Somdev overcame a late challenge from 175th-ranked Slovak Luka Gregorc, 6-1, 7-6(1), while 263rd-ranked Prakash beat German Frank Moser 6-0, 7-6(3) to reach the final round Sunday.

July 19th, 2009 APTOS - Sixth-seeded Somdev Devvarman of India crashed out of the semi-final of the $75,000 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) Challenger with a 2-6, 1-6 loss to Australian Davis Cupper Chris Guccione. The seventh seeded Australian in the final plays compatriot Nick Lindahl, the qualifier who beat Michael Yani 6-4, 6-4.

July 18th, 2009 APTOS - India's Somdev Devvarman defeated South African Davis Cupper Izak van der Merwe 6-4, 6-2 to enter the semi-final of the $75,000 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) Challenger. The win will stand in good stead for Somdev, who will spearhead India's singles challenge against South Africa in the Davis Cup World Group play-off in Johannesburg.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Somdev Devvarman demolished Alex Kuznetsov of Amercia 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of ATP Challenger tennis in Aptos, US. The sixth-seeded Indian will next meet Izak Van der Merwe of South Africa.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Somdev Devvarman, back from his maiden stint at the Wimbledon tennis championships, says he is amused that his Grand Slam debut happened to be in the doubles event. Somdev, who turned professional last year, made a first round exit in the singles qualifiers of the Wimbledon but made it to the doubles main draw with South African partner and good friend Kevin Anderson.

June 4th, 2009 NOTTINGHAM - India No.1 Somdev Devvarman went down fighting to Australian qualifier Samuel Groth 6-7(4), 7-6(10), 4-6 while Rohan Bopanna survived a stiff challenge from Russian Alexandre Kudryavtasev in the first round of 42,500 euros ATP challenger tennis tournament here. Bopanna, who made it to the main draw through the qualifiers, rallied from a set down to win 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 at the grasscourt here Wednesday.