Somdev, Raja in ATP Challenger semifinals
November 13th, 2009 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
Knoxville, Tennesse, Nov 13 (IANS) India’s Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja moved into the semi-finals of the $50,000 ATP Challenger tennis here with an upset victory over Kaden Hensel and Adam Hubble.
Somdev and Raja went past third-seeded Australian pair 6-3, 6-1 and set-up a semifinal meeting with South African pair Raven Klaasen and Izak Van der Merwe.
Second-seeded Harsh Mankad of India and Treat Conard Huey of Philippines also reached the last four, beating Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria and Sweden’s Fillip Prpic 6-7(5), 6-1, 10-4.
They will meet Spain’s Arnau Brugues-Davi and American Brett Joelson.
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- Somdev, Prakash lose in Knoxville Challenger - Nov 12, 2009
- Somdev advances, Harsh-Huey ousted from Charlottesville challenger - Nov 04, 2009
- Mankad qualifies for Wimbledon doubles - Jun 17, 2010
- Somdev-Huey shock top seeds to enter Farmers Classic quarters - Jul 28, 2011
- Monfils advances in Stockholm Open as seeds crash out - Oct 21, 2011
- Chennai Open: Indians flop in qualifiers - Jan 01, 2012
- French Open: Paes, Bhupathi in mixed doubles second round - May 26, 2011
- Somdev in Aptos quarterfinals - Jul 16, 2009
- Bopanna-Qureshi out, Indian challenge over in Eastbourne - Jun 16, 2011
- Somdev out of Korat Challenger doubles quarter - Mar 25, 2009
- Somdev, Prakash crash out of Korat challenger singles - Mar 24, 2009
- Wimbledon: Prakash loses, Mankad qualifies for doubles (Lead) - Jun 17, 2010
- US Open: Somdev wins doubles match, Bhupathi-Sania knocked out - Sep 02, 2011
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