Some off-season work on his ‘transitional game’, besides overall fitness, proved to be key factors in his resounding 7-5, 6-2 win against German veteran Rainer Schuettler, said Somdev Devvarman after he moved into the second round of the $400,000 ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament, here Tuesday night.
Reflecting on his success Tuesday night against the [...]
Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) Prakash Amritraj and Yuki Bhambri survived difficult matches to advance to the final round of the qualifying tournament of the $400,000 ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament here Sunday.
Amritraj dropped the first set, but recovered well to beat Peter Polansky of Canada 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9) in two hours, 31 minutes [...]
Seoul, Oct 27 (IANS) 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. He next plays Slovak Pavol Cervenak.
Prakash showed the door to South Korea’s Kyu Tae Im, winning [...]
Seoul, Oct 26 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman and his American partner Todd Martin crashed out of the $125,000 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP)challenger, losing in the doubles first round here Monday.
Somdev and Martin went down to second-seeded Israelis Amir Hadad and Harel Levy 1-6, 6-7 (7). The Indian is seeded fourth in the singles and [...]
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Somdev Devvarman has said Rohan Bopanna’s sensational victory over South Africa No.1 Rik De Voest on the opening day inspired him to stage a fight back and win the crucial reverse singles to take India to the elite World Group of Davis Cup tennis for the first time in 11 [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 20 (IANS) Yuki Bhambri made his Davis Cup debut with an impressive 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over South Africa’s Izak Van Der Merwe in the inconsequential fifth rubber after India progressed to the elite World Group through Somdev Devvarman’s win in first reverse singles against Rik de Voest.
The junior Australian Open champion Yuki [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 20 (IANS) Somdev Devvarman carried India to the elite World Group for the first time in 11 years with a sensational 4-6, 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-4 win over South Africa’s Rik De Voest in the first reverse singles of play-off at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Sunday.
India won the tie 4-1 as [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 20 (IANS) Indian captain S.P Misra was a relieved man Sunday when his top player Somdev Devvarman pulled off a sensational victory against South Africa’s No.1 Rik De Voest to seal India a place in the elite Davis Cup World Group.
The Indian bench erupted in joy, hugging one another as Somdev fought back [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 20 (IANS) Somdev Devvarman, in a sensational comeback, outlasted South Africa’s Rik De Voest, 4-6, 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-4 in a near five-hour slugfest in the first reverse singles Sunday to seal India’s place in the elite World Group for the first time in 11 years.
India, who last played in the World Group [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 20 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman defeated Rik De Voest 4-6, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in a near five-hour slugfest in the first reverse singles Sunday to seal India’s place in the elite Davis Cup World Group for the first time since 1998.
India have taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the tie. [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 19 (IANS) India’s Davis Cup captain S.P. Misra is confident that the team will seal their World Group play-off tie here against South Africa in Sunday’s first reverse singles after the contest spilled into the third day with the withdrawal of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the doubles rubber midway Saturday.
Bhupathi, playing [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 19 (IANS) India’s No.1 Somdev Devvarman Saturday said psychologically the pressure will be on South Africa in Sunday’s two reverse singles in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie as they still trail 1-2 here at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena.
South Africa got a lifeline when Mahesh Bhupathi playing with Rohan Bopanna in [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 19 (IANS) As India were looking to seal the Davis Cup World Group play-off, a groin injury to Mahesh Bhupathi forced him and Rohan Bopanna to concede the doubles tie and that kept South Africa alive here at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena Saturday.
Bhupathi and Bopanna were down 3-6, 6-3, 0-4 against South [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 18 (IANS) Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman put in sight of the Davis Cup World Group Finals winning the two opening singles in the play-off tie against South Africa at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Friday.
Bopanna, who had failed to win even a single match during India’s 3-2 win against Chinese Taipei [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 18 (IANS) Rohan Bopanna in a dramatic turnaround shocked South Africa’s No.1 player Rik de Voest, after Somdev Devvarman won the first rubber, to give India a 2-0 lead on Day One of the World Group tennis play-off here Friday.
In a tenacious display, Bopanna, making a comeback from a three-month injury lay-off after [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 18 (IANS) Rohan Bopanna gave India a 2-0 lead against South Africa after beating their No.1 player Rik De Voest 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in the second singles rubber on day one of the Davis Cup World Group tennis play-off tie at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Friday.
Earlier, India’s No.1 Somdev [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 18 (IANS) India’s No. 1 Somdev Devvarman lived up to expectations, overpowering South Africa’s second singles player Izak van der Merwe 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-4 in the first rubber of the Davis Cup World Group tennis play-off at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Friday.
The 133rd-ranked Somdev was favoured to win the match, [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 18 (IANS) Somdev Devvarman gave India a 1-0 lead against South Africa in the Davis Cup World Group tennis play-off at Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Friday.
Playing the opening singles match, India No. 1 Somdev beat Izak van der Merwe 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-4.
India’s second singles player Rohan Bopanna will take on South African [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 17 (IANS) Rohan Bopanna will be the man under pressure when India take on South Africa in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tennis tie, from Sep 18-20, at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena here Friday.
In the absence of experienced doubles campaigner Leander Paes, who has pulled out of the tie due to [...]
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Davis Cup champs meet Indian sports minister after world group spot.
Tennis sensation Somdev Devvarman who put the country back into the Davis Cup top tier World Group in South Africa and Yuki Bhambri meet Indian Sports Minister M.S. Gill at New Delhi.
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