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Terrific 2014 for Sania but struggle for others
Tennis | Dec 26, 2014, 01:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sania Mirza grabbed her third mixed doubles Grand Slam title and wrapped up her dream season with the year-end finale trophy even as India's established male tennis players found the going tough in
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Davis Cup: Doubles win inspired me, says Somdev
Tennis | Sep 15, 2014, 07:44 AM ISTBangalore: The doubles win by Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna that kept India in the reckoning was a huge source of inspiration, Somdev Devvarman said on Sunday after he won a five-set battle against Serbia's
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An uphill task for India in Davis Cup: Somdev
Tennis | Sep 13, 2014, 08:42 AM ISTBangalore: A despondent Somdev Devvarman, after his four-set loss to Filip Krajinovic which put Serbia 2-0 ahead after the first day in the Davis Cup World Group play-off here Friday, felt that India faced an
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Somdev to spearhead Davis Cup campaign against Serbia
Tennis | Aug 14, 2014, 07:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: In the absence of Leander Paes, Somdev Devvarman will be spearheading the Indian campaign in the crucial Davis Cup World Group play-off against 2013 finalists Serbia in Bangalore Sep 12-14.The All India Tennis
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Somdev crashes out, Mirza-Black through to Portugal Open semis
Tennis | May 02, 2014, 11:15 AM ISTOeiras (Portugal): India's Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black progressed to the $250,000 Portugal Open women's doubles semi-finals while Somdev Devvarman was outclassed by top seed Tomas Berdych in the men's singles second
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Somdev drops one place in ATP rankings
Tennis | Apr 14, 2014, 05:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's top singles tennis player Somdev Devvarman dropped one place to 89 while compatriot Yuki Bhambri gained two positions and moved to 146th place in the latest ATP rankings released Monday.In the doubles
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Somdev wins, India enter Davis Cup world group playoffs
Tennis | Apr 06, 2014, 01:12 PM ISTBusan (Korea): The Indian Davis Cup team entered the World Group playoffs after notching up a historic away triumph over Korea following Somdev Devvarman's win over Yong-Kyu Lim in the reverse singles of the Group
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Somdev wins but Sanam loses as India, Korea share honours
Tennis | Apr 04, 2014, 05:00 PM ISTBusan (Korea): Somdev Devvarman had to dig deep into his reservoir of experience to tame a fighting Hyeon Chung but Sanam Singh lost the second singles to Yong-Kyu Lim, leaving India and Korea locked at
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Somdev beats Donskoy to reach Delhi Open final
Tennis | Feb 22, 2014, 05:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: Somdev Devvarman fought past Evgeny Donskoy in straight sets to breeze into the final of the ONGC-GAIL Delhi Open, here today. The second seed and 96th ranked Indian avenged his last week's defeat
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Let's shift the focus away from Leander and Mahesh now: Somdev
Tennis | Feb 03, 2014, 01:34 PM ISTIndore: With India's recent Davis Cup triumph against Chinese Taipei coming without the experience of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, the country's numero uno singles player Somdev Devvarman feels it is time that the focus
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Somdev advances to 2nd round of Australian Open qualifiers
Tennis | Jan 05, 2014, 08:48 AM ISTSydney: India's top singles tennis player Somdev Devvarman advanced to the second round of the ATP Apia International Qualifiers here Saturday by edging past Belgium's Niel Desein.Somdev, World No.90, put behind his shock defeat to
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Somdev gets Chennai Open main draw berth
Tennis | Dec 18, 2013, 04:59 PM ISTChennai: India's Somdev Devvarman was included in the main draw of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament to be held here from Dec 30 Jan 5 after Estonia's Jurgen Zopp pulled out with a
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Citi Open: Somdev shocks defending champ Dolgopolov
Tennis | Jul 31, 2013, 03:05 PM ISTWashington, July 31: Indian tennis player Somdev Devverman caused a major upset at the ATP 500 Citi Open by defeating defending champion Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).The Commonwealth gold medallist beat the ninth
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Somdev, Paes and Bhupathi out of Miami Masters
Tennis | Mar 25, 2013, 02:19 PM ISTMiami, Mar 25: It was a day to forget for Indian tennis as Somdev Devvarman, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were all knocked out of the ATP Miami Masters here, losing their respective singles and
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Australian Open: Somdev beats higher ranked Phau
Tennis | Jan 14, 2013, 03:30 PM ISTMelbourne, Jan 14: Somdev Devvarman, who is leading a rebellion against the All India Tennis Association (AITA) demanding better playing conditions in the Davis Cup, started his Australian Open campaign on a winning note. He
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Somdev slams AITA's unprofessional conduct
Tennis | Jan 12, 2013, 05:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 12: Indian tennis player Somdev Devvarman, who led a rebellion against the All India Tennis Association (AITA), said that the association has been acting in an unprofessional manner in handling their demands.AITA
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Aircel ATP tennis: Somdev, Prakash through to second round
Tennis | Jan 01, 2013, 11:39 PM ISTChennai, Jan 1: Indians Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj scripted fairytale victories to advance to the second round of the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here Tuesday.Devvarman, the 27-year-old wild card entry and on
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Somdev in quarterfinals of US Challenger event
Tennis | Nov 02, 2012, 08:22 PM ISTCharlottesville (USA), Nov 2, 2012: Somdev Devvarman struggled past Japanese qualifierTaro Daniel in three sets to progress to the singles quarterfinals of the ATP Challenger tournament.The Indian recorded a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over his
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Somdev crashes out of US Open
Tennis | Aug 31, 2012, 02:27 PM ISTNew York, Aug 28 : India's Somdev Devvarman made a first round exit from the men's singles of the US Open tennis tournament, going down to Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo at Flushing Meadows here Monday.In
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Somdev gets stuck in traffic on way to Games Village
Tennis | Jul 24, 2012, 10:20 PM ISTLondon, Jul 24: India's wild card entrant in the men's singles tennis event at the Olympics, Somdev Devvarman was today stuck in the London traffic for two hours on his way back from the All