Chennai: It was a black Tuesday for home players as Somdev Devvarman, Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri were knocked out of the singles competition in the Aircel ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament.
Devvarman's 2-6, 4-6, loss to the relatively unknown 20-year old Belgian David Goffin was a rude while Bhambri and Bopanna, both wild card entries, offered little resistance, going down in straight sets to qualifier Alexandre Kudryavtsev of Russia and third seed Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland), respectively.
Wawrinka joined fellow-seeds, Tomas Berdych (1), Richard Gasquet (4) and Xavier Malisse (7) and Robin Haase (8) in the second round.
Image: Chennai: Indian tennis player Somdev Devvarman reacts after lose his game against Belgium’s David Goffin during the mens first round match of the Chennai Open 2011 in Chennai on Tuesday.
Text: IANS
Images: PTI
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