New Delhi
Somdev Devvarman’s doubles campaign at the ATP Challenger event in Seoul, Korea ended with a straight-set first round defeat along with the American partner Todd Widom.
The unseeded Indo- American duo did their best to make a comeback after being outplayed in the first set but lost 1-6 6-7(7) to second seeded Israeli pair of Amir Hadad and Harel Levy in the opening round of the USD 1,25,000 hard court event.
Somdev is seeded fourth in the singles competition and will open his campaign against South African Davis Cupper Rik de Voest.
Prakash Amritraj is also in the fray and will take on local boy Kyu Tae IM in his opening round tomorrow. Prakash has teamed up with Australian Marinkc Matosevic for the doubles event and they will be up against top seeded pair of Thai pair of Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana.
Another Indian presenting his challenge in the doubles event is Purav Raja, who has combined with Australian Sadik Kadir. They will start with a match against Japanese combo of Hiroki Kondo and Go Soeda.
Source: http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/691617/Sports/5/18/5