Somdev, Prakash play higher-ranked opponents in US Open qualifiers

By IANS,

New York : India’s No.1 Somdev Devvarman will take on American Alex Bogomolov Jr. in the first round of the US Open tennis qualifiers.


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Somdev, ranked 161, is tied 1-1 with the 16th-seeded Russian-born American, who is ranked 133rd.

Bogomolov Jr. beat Somdev in their first meeting in Calabasas challenger last year, but the Indian avenged the defeat, beating the American in straight sets at the LA Tennis Open qualifiers in July.

Somdev’s former Davis Cup teammate Prakash Amritraj, ranked 253, will meet 159th-ranked Alejandro Falla of Columbia in the first round in his bid to qualify for the US open.

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