Sania, Somdev advance to second round
October 13th, 2009By Jilawatan
Seventh seeded Indian Somdev Devvarman demolished 281st ranked Spanish player Gillermo Olaso 6-3, 6-2 in 1 hr 7 minutes to enter the second round of the $1,25,000 Tashkent Challenger, an ATP Challenger series event being played at the Olympic tennis Stadium on Monday. However, India’s wildcard entrant Rohan Bopanna crashed out in the opening round itself.
The first round defeat at the Binghamton Challenger proved too costly for Somdev Devvarman as the Indian dropped 23 rungs in the latest ATP ranking list to be placed 163rd even as Sania Mirza hung on to her 74th position in the WTA chart.
An average outing at Indian Wells tournament cost Sania Mirza 13 places in the WTA rankings and the Indian ace now stands yet again on the verge of dropping out of top-100.With 646 points in her kitty, Sania stands at 100 in the singles and at 87, a loss of 16 positions, in the doubles in the list issued by WTA on Monday.