Somdev Devvarman went down to Phillip Kohlschreiber in the second round of the US Open, but not before he gave a scare to the 23rd seeded German. Kohlchreiber won the match 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2. In the battle that went two hours and forty eight minutes long, Somdev did a great comeback when she won the third set 6-0 and looked set to upset the German. However he could not retain the tempo in the next set where he lost 2-6 to concede the match. Somdev matched the highly ranked German shot by shot and won 111 points to 116 of the opponent.
Sania Mirza won her women's doubles match after conceding her singles match to Flavia Pennetta. Sania and Francesca Schiavone, the 14th seed pair won their match against Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Renata Voracova 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.
Mahesh Bupathy won his men's doubles match combining with Mark Knowles against James Corretani and Lovro Zovko. The 3rd seeded pair from India and Bahrain won the match 6-3, 6-4.
Leander Paes also proceeded to second round in both men's and mixed doubles with partners Lucas Dlouhy and Cara Black respectively. The 4th seed in men's doubles, Paes and Dlouhy won 7-6(11), 7-6(4) against Victor Hansecu and Gabriel Trifu. Paes and Black, seeded second in mixed doubles, won over Patty Schnyder and Wesley Moody by 6-4, 3-6, [11-9].
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