India Tennis pro Somdev Devvarman defeated sixth seeded Croatian Marin Cilic in the second round of Leg Masson Tennis Classic in Washington DC. The 153rd ranked Indian defeated 15th ranked Croatian 7-5, 6-4. It was a sweet revenge fo Somdev as he was defeated by Cilic in their earlier match at his own backyard in Chennai in the final of Chennai Open in January this year. The Indian completely outplayed Cilic as he saved 5 of 7 break points while converting 4 of the 7 he got.
Somdev now will face the winner of Rainer Schuettler and Ivo Karlovic in the third round.
In doubles Mahesh Bhupathy and his partner Mark Knowles defeated Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram 7-6(6), 2-6, 10-7 .
Among others Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tommy Haas qualified to the next round while Roby Gunepri sufferd a loss in the hands of Banjamin Becker.
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