Kaohsiung, Mar 8 : Indian Tennis sensation Somdev Devvarman on Sunday steered India to the third round of the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup competition by beating Yen-Hsun Lu 6-2 6-1 6-3.
The victory gave the visitors a 3-1 lead against Chinese Taipei.
It was an intense battle from the start with Somdev got the first chance of a break point.
Lu saved the first two break points in the fourth game but Somdev kept hitting a stunning double-handed backhand winner to break Lu, taking a 3-1 lead.
Lu made many unforced errors, which cost him the game.
Here’s good news for the Indian tennis fans. Continuing his great touch, India's Somdev Devvarman defeated fourth seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 7-6(4) 6-4 and storm into the semifinals of the Chennai Open ATP Tour tennis tournament here.
Playing before the home crowd, Somdev, who earlier crushed former world no.1 and two-time champion here Carlos Moya, played his heart out to win the quarterfinal match in 86 minutes. With this win, he became the only second Indian after Leander Paes to figure in the semifinals of the 14-year old prestigious event.
Despite getting a good start, India’s Somdev Devvarman lost to a first-round loss in the ATP Challenger Series' tournament in Calabasas, USA. Somdev lost the match by 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 to local favourite Alex Bogomolov.
However, hopes are still alive for Somdev fans as his doubles campaign is yet to start. In the doubles, Somdev and his Australian partner Nathan Healey will open their challenge against the third seeded South African-American pair of Izak Van der Merwe and Todd Widom.
The opening day of the World Group play-off against Romania, witnessed a dismal show by the Indian players. In the singles, both the Indian players, Prakash Amritraj and Somdev Devvarman lost their matches without giving any fight to their counterparts.
In the first match of the day, India's top ranked singles player, Prakash Amritraj lost to Victor Crivoi in four sets by a margin of 5-7, 7-5, 2-6, 2-6.
In another match, an inexperienced teen Somdev lost to world number 67, Victor Hanescu in three straight sets by 6-3, 6-1, 6-0.
Kaohsiung, Mar 8 : Indian Tennis sensation Somdev Devvarman on Sunday steered India to the third round of the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup competition by beating Yen-Hsun Lu 6-2 6-1 6-3.
Here’s good news for the Indian tennis fans. Continuing his great touch, India's Somdev Devvarman defeated fourth seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 7-6(4) 6-4 and storm into the semifinals of the Chennai Open ATP Tour tennis tournament here. 
Despite getting a good start, India’s Somdev Devvarman lost to a first-round loss in the ATP Challenger Series' tournament in Calabasas, USA. Somdev lost the match by 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 to local favourite Alex Bogomolov.
show by the Indian players. In the singles, both the Indian players, Prakash Amritraj and Somdev Devvarman lost their matches without giving any fight to their counterparts.
