<div>Somdev Devvarman joined compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the singles main draw of the ATP Chennai Open with a come-from-behind victory over Briton James Ward in the final qualifying round, here on Sunday.<br /><br />Somdev, who struggled to go deep in the main draws on the ATP tour in 2015, got the better of Ward 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in a two hours and three-minute battle.<br /><br />Ranked 177th, Somdev clawed his way back in the match after losing the first set, gathering strength and changing the tactics.<br /><br />They were neck-and-neck in the second set before Somdev capitalised on a break of serve and never looked back. He raced to a 4-1 lead in the deciding third set and closed the match in his favour comfortably.<br /><br />N Sriram Balaji made a stupendous effort and fight in his final qualifying round but that was not enough as he lost 6-7 (2), 6-7(0) to Ante Pavic.<br /><br />Later in the day, Saketh Myneni was also ousted from the qualifying event, losing his second round match 4-6, 2-6 to fifth seed Thomas Fabbiano.<br /><br />Despite now having two platers im singles main draw, India’s best hopes are in doubles with experienced Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi, who is returning to Tour after a break, in the mix.<br /><br />In bottom half of the draw, Ramkumar has a tough task to go past Spanish journeyman Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ranked 98) and if he manages to cross the first hurdle he will be up against second seed and world number 12 Kevin Anderson.<br /><br />He created a stir in the last season where he downed his compatriot Somdev Devvarman in straight sets but Ramkumar needs a miracle of sorts to make progress.<br /><br />Bhupathi is partnering Gilles Muller of Luxembourg and they open their campaign against the top seeded pair of Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Rajeev Ram of the United States.<br /><br />Meanwhile, second seeds Paes and Marcel Granollers of Spain would be tested by former Olympic gold medallist Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland and his Spanish partner Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.<br /></div>
<div>Somdev Devvarman joined compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the singles main draw of the ATP Chennai Open with a come-from-behind victory over Briton James Ward in the final qualifying round, here on Sunday.<br /><br />Somdev, who struggled to go deep in the main draws on the ATP tour in 2015, got the better of Ward 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in a two hours and three-minute battle.<br /><br />Ranked 177th, Somdev clawed his way back in the match after losing the first set, gathering strength and changing the tactics.<br /><br />They were neck-and-neck in the second set before Somdev capitalised on a break of serve and never looked back. He raced to a 4-1 lead in the deciding third set and closed the match in his favour comfortably.<br /><br />N Sriram Balaji made a stupendous effort and fight in his final qualifying round but that was not enough as he lost 6-7 (2), 6-7(0) to Ante Pavic.<br /><br />Later in the day, Saketh Myneni was also ousted from the qualifying event, losing his second round match 4-6, 2-6 to fifth seed Thomas Fabbiano.<br /><br />Despite now having two platers im singles main draw, India’s best hopes are in doubles with experienced Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi, who is returning to Tour after a break, in the mix.<br /><br />In bottom half of the draw, Ramkumar has a tough task to go past Spanish journeyman Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ranked 98) and if he manages to cross the first hurdle he will be up against second seed and world number 12 Kevin Anderson.<br /><br />He created a stir in the last season where he downed his compatriot Somdev Devvarman in straight sets but Ramkumar needs a miracle of sorts to make progress.<br /><br />Bhupathi is partnering Gilles Muller of Luxembourg and they open their campaign against the top seeded pair of Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Rajeev Ram of the United States.<br /><br />Meanwhile, second seeds Paes and Marcel Granollers of Spain would be tested by former Olympic gold medallist Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland and his Spanish partner Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.<br /></div>