Devvarman in 2nd round of Aegon Nottingham Challenge

India’s Somdev Devvarman continued his good form this season to proceed to the 2^nd round of the Aegon Nottingham Challenge. Somdev beat Brit qualifier Brydan Klein in straight sets 7-6(2) 6-4.

Somdev, playing the grass court challenger tournament as a warm up for Wimbledon, prevailed over world number 253 Klein and moved onto the next round in just under 2 hours. In the second round, Devvarman will have a tough match against American 5^th seed and world number 102 Jack Sock.

Devvarman has had a good run of form in the last couple of weeks during which he reached the 2^nd round in Paris and the semis of the challenger event in Caltanisetta. This helped him jump 48 places in the latest ATP rankings to world number 140.