New Delhi: Somdev Devvarman earned himself a shot at his third ATP Challenger title as he fought past Evgeny Donskoy in straight sets to breeze into the final of the Delhi Open here on Saturday.
The second seed and 96th ranked Indian avenged his last week’s defeat against the Russian fourth seed with a 6-4, 6-2 win in an hour and 28 minutes in the semifinal.
He will now fight it out with top seed from Kazakhstan’s Aleksandr Nedovyesov, who battled past Serbia’s Ilija Bozoljac 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 in two hours and 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, in the women’s event, third seed Yuliya Beygelzimer and eighth seed Chinese Qiang Wang set up the title clash after wining their respective semifinals.
Yuliya thrashed her fellow Ukrainian and second seed Olga Savchuk 6-2, 6-1, while Wang sent seventh seed Belarusian Ilona Kremeb packing 6-2, 6-3.
The Indian wild card pair of Sanam Singh and Saketh Myneni won their second Challenger title in a row after beating second seeded Thai twin brothers Sanchai and Sonchai Ratiwatana 7-6 (5) 6–4 in a hard-fought final. They had won the Kolkata Challenger last week as wild cards.
The women’s doubles title was won by third seed Thailand combo of Nicha Lertpitaksinchai and Peangtarn Plipuech, who defeated the top seeded Japanese pair of Erika and Yurika Sema 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final. (PTI)
