Somdev Ready to Rock 2010 with Chennai Open

Devvarman, known as Bujji by his friends, will begin 2010 season with Chennai ATP Open. He is defending runners-up for Chennai ATP Open. Last Year he lost against Marian Cilic in the final before defeating top ranked players like Carlos Moya and Ivo Karlovic. 2009 was good year for Somdev, he qualified for US Open and reached to 2nd Round. His Ranking rose to 126 and with his solid efforts India reached to Davis Cup finals Group after 11 years of break.

Somdev got Wild Card for Chennai Open and will be playing against Rainer Schuettler in the first round. The Other Indian players participating in the tournaments are Rohan Bopana (Wild Card), Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes and any other Qualifiers who succeed in the Qualifying tournament.






ATP Chennai Open Draw link

Top Ranked  at 2010 ATP Chennai Open

1) Robin Soderling (SWE),  2) Marian Cilic (CRO),  3) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)


4)  Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) , 5) Dudi Sela (ISR),  6) Simon Gruel (GER)


7) Michael Berrer (GER), 8) Rajeev Ram (USA)

Somdev's US OPEN 2009 Journey ends

Somdev crashed out of US Open 2009 losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2. Though Kohlschreiber is ranked at #23, Somdev Dev Varman played competitive tennis and was able to snatch one set. Nevertheless, 2009 is quite successful year for Somdev.
The top guns Roger Federer, Nikolay Davydenko, Novak Djokovic, Robin Soderling, Tommy Haas, and Andy Roddick moved to 3rd round. Yesterday, top ranked India women's singles player Sania Mirza also bowed out. She lost against Flavia Pennetta(Ranked #10) of Italy with 6-0, 6-0. Sania is also competing in doubles event (both mixed and regular) in which she advanced to next level.Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to 2nd round of US Open with their respective partners.