Somdev faces Robredo in Australian Open first round
January 14th, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 14 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman has been drawn against a tough first round opponent in Spain’s Tommy Robredo in the Australian Open tennis beginning here Monday. Debutant Somdev, ranked 110, has been given a wildcard and for the first time, he will meet 51st-ranked Robredo, ranked as high as No.5 in 2006.
In the women’s singles, Sania Mirza is playing in the qualifiers, where she reached to the second round here Friday.
Sania, seeded 24, beat Iryna Kuryanovich of Belarus, 6-4, 6-2. She next plays Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia.
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