Somdev Devvarman qualifies for French Open

Modified May 21, 2010 16:19 GMT

Great news for Indian tennis. After a wait of 13 long years, Somdev Devvarman became the first Indian Tennis player to qualify for the men’s singles event of the French Open. Somdev beat Adrian Mannarino, 6-4, 6-1 to achieve this superb feat. The match lasted for around 1 hour and 25 minutes. Leander Paes was the first Indian to play in men’s single event in French Open in 1997. Earlier, Somdev played in the main draw at the US Open last year.

Well done Somdev Devarman! Wish you tons of luck for the French Open :)

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At present I am working as a HR executive in Bangalore. Did my schooling from Delhi Public School, Graduation from BIT,Mesra and MBA from KIIT.
Right from childhood I was inclined towards sports. During my school days, I represented my school in almost every sports,be it be cricket, football, basket ball, kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Athletics and Badminton.
I have represented my district (Dhanbad) in cricket and I was a cluster level Athlete. I also captained my collage cricket team for 3 years.

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