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Robby Ginepri of the US in action against Sweden's Robin Soderling during their Chennai Open match on Tuesday.

Somdev Dev Varman during his match at the Chennai Open on Tuesday. Chennai: It was a night of thrills for the goodly crowd at the Nungambakkam tennis stadium on Tuesday as local favourite Somdev Dev Varman moved into the second round with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Germany's Rainer Schuettler at the $450,000 Chennai Open.

The Amritraj brothers , Vijay, Anand and Ashok, watch the qualifying rounds of the Chennai Open, on Saturday.

Chennai, Jan 3 : India's Somdev Devverman and Rohan Bopanna, who are facing tough first round encounters in the ATP Tour Aircel Chennai Open 2010 tennis championship beginning here tomorrow, said they would take it one match at a time.

For reasons other than his status as the highest ranked player in the singles draw, top seed Robin Soderling of Sweden starts as an overwhelming title favourite in the $400,000 ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament commencing here Monday.

Somdev Devvarman enjoys a healthy rivalry with Marin Cilic. The Indian ran into Cilic in the final of the Chennai Open last year, and came up short.

Indian Davis Cup stars Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna, both wild card entries, have drawn strong first round opponents in the $400,000 Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament that commences here Monday.

Serena Williams moved within one win of her "Serena Slam" when she advanced to a fourth consecutive Grand Slam championship match against older sister Venus.

Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters left the Pacific Life Open with matching "his" and "hers" titles, the Australian winning the men's championship and his Belgian girlfriend taking the women's. Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters left the Pacific Life Open with matching "his" and "hers" titles, the Australian winning the men's championship and his ...

Calcutta: Swede world No. 9 Robin Soderling has been given top billing in the Aircel Chennai Open 2010, which will be held from January 4-10, at the SDAT Stadium.

German tennis player Tommy Haas has gone down with swine flu, Bild newspaper reported on its website.

Lucky loser Florent Serra - who received late entry into the tournament when Vienna champ Jurgen Melzer withdrew - withstood 28 aces from Ivo Karlovic, ousting the Croatian 7-6 , 6-4. Serra, who advanced to the quarterfinals in Lyon, France last week, won 84 percent of his first serve points and 77 percent of his second serve points throughout the ...

Ernests Gulbis reached the semi-finals on his St. Petersburg debut in 2006. Two-time St.

German Philipp Kohlschreiber claimed the first spot in the quarter-finals of the Bank Austria Tophy Wednesday when injured opponent Victor Crivoi quit little more than half an hour into their match.

St. Petersburg, Russia - Third-seeded Serb Viktor Troicki went by way of a first-round upset Monday at the $750,000 St.

St. Petersburg Open - Russia No. 3 seed Viktor Troicki was ousted in first round action on Monday, losing to journeyman Karol Beck 7-6 , 4-6, 6-4. Troicki, who lost his 11th first round match of the season, struck 10 aces and won 83 percent of his first serve points while falling to 30-27 on the year.

Andreas Beck became the second German seed to stumble in 24 hours at the Stockholm Open Tuesday, with the number five crashing out in the first round to Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-2. Beck, ranked 37th, joined compatriot Benjamin Becker, a Monday victim of another German, Simon Greul, in an early exit.

MOSCOW: Maria Kirilenko of Russia upset third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday in the first round of the Kremlin Cup.

German Tommy Haas withdrew for the second straight week from an ATP event, pulling out before his Stockholm Open second round against Finn Jarkko Nieminen Thursday.

Tommy Haas and Feliciano Lopez put aside last week's injury dramas in Asia as the pair of seeds returned to apparent robust health with wins into the second round of the Stockholm Open Wednesday.