Somdev Devvarman, world No. 71 will be participating in the Belgrade's Serbian Open and will be playing in both singles and the doubles field. The Serbian Open is a clay court event which is part of Somdev's schedule leading up to the Roland Garros (French Open).
Somdev's favorite surface is the hard courts due to the fact that he played and dominated the US college circuit where all games are played on the hard courts. Since turning pro 3 years ago, Somdev has been making adjustments to his clay court game and trying to improve on the red surface. Traditionally the Europeans are the specialists on the clay since they start off playing tennis on the clay courts. In this clay court season Somdev will face many of the clay court specialists and unless he familiarizes with the surface to the best he can he will not be able to beat the specialists.
In the Serbian Open, he will be facing a clay court specialist Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan in his singles bout. In addition, Somdev will be pairing up with his college tennis partner Treat Huey of Philippines to face off against a German pair Martin Emmrich and Tobias Kamke. It is good that he is playing doubles along with his singles because playing doubles usually improves one's volleying aspect of the game. Which in result can help his singles game in the long run.
Draw sheet for singles
Draw sheet for doubles
Somdev's favorite surface is the hard courts due to the fact that he played and dominated the US college circuit where all games are played on the hard courts. Since turning pro 3 years ago, Somdev has been making adjustments to his clay court game and trying to improve on the red surface. Traditionally the Europeans are the specialists on the clay since they start off playing tennis on the clay courts. In this clay court season Somdev will face many of the clay court specialists and unless he familiarizes with the surface to the best he can he will not be able to beat the specialists.
In the Serbian Open, he will be facing a clay court specialist Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan in his singles bout. In addition, Somdev will be pairing up with his college tennis partner Treat Huey of Philippines to face off against a German pair Martin Emmrich and Tobias Kamke. It is good that he is playing doubles along with his singles because playing doubles usually improves one's volleying aspect of the game. Which in result can help his singles game in the long run.
Draw sheet for singles
Draw sheet for doubles
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