Somdev cruises into 2nd round of US OPEN 2009

Finally it seems Somdev is playing upto its potential. After qualifying for US OPEN Somdev reached 2nd round of US OPEN defeating Portugal's Fredrico Gil 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in straight sets in 1 hour and 46 minute in the first round. Somdev will meet the winner of first round singles match between Philipp Kohlschreiber (Apt # 22) and Andrea Seppi. Top players Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Kim Clijesters, Nikolay Davydenko also reached to 2nd round. Sania Mirza, the lone Indian women singles enterant also reached to 2nd round defeating Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

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Somdev's Entry into US Open 2009

Somdev entered into US Open 2009 Men's Singles event by winning the final round of the qualifier. He defeated Jerzy Janowicz of Poland with 6-3, 6-2 play. This is the first time he has qualified for the singles event of any Grand Slam event . He is also the first Indian player since 2002 to enter in the Men's Singles event of any Grand Slam. 2009 is the breakthrough year for Somdev. At the beginning of the year, he became the first Indian player since Leander Paes to reach the final of the ATP Event (ATP Chennai) en route defeating top player like Carlos Moya of Spain and Ivo Karlovic of Croatia.
Later, he entered into doubles event of the Wimbledon with his South African partner Kevin Anderson and also reached to third round of Legg Masson Tennis Classic, Washington DC in the first week of August defeating Marin Cilic of Croatia (ATP #17). At Present Somdev is ranked at 162 up 2 position from the last week.

The other India players competing in US Open 2009 are Sania Mirza in Women's Singles Event, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in Men's Double event with their respective partners.