Somdev-Martin crash out of Seoul Challenger

Somdev-Martin crash out of Seoul ChallengerIndia's Somdev Devvarman and his American partner Todd Martin have been kicked out of the men's doubles event of the $125,000 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) Seoul Challenger on Monday.

The unseeded pair of Somdev-Martin was ousted by the second seeded Israelis Amir Hadad and Harel Levy in straight sets 1-6, 6-7 (7) in the first round of the hard court event.

The fourth seeded Somdev will start his men's singles campaign with match against South Africa's Rik De Voest while his compatriot Prakash Amritraj will clash with Kyu Tae Im of South Korea in the first round.

In men's doubles, Prakash will pair up with Australia's Marinko Matosevic to play against the top seeded duo of Sanchai amd Sonchat Ratiwatana of Thailand.

In another match, Purav Raja and Australian Sadik Kadir will take on Japanese pair of Hiroki Kondo and Go Soeda in first round of men's doubles.