Somdev Devvarman, India's No. 1 tennis player, is about to enter back into the Top-100 world ranking. In 2012 he had shoulder surgery and had a long lay off from the tennis tour, as a result his ranking dropped and he fell way bellow the Top-100. His career high was 62 towards the middle of 2011.
His official ranking at the moment is 129 but currently he is playing in the Citi Open in Washington D.C and ended up winning through the qualifier rounds which will end up earning him 10 ATP points. Today he played against Rhyne Williams (USA, ranked 116), Somdev won the match decisively with a 7-5, 6-1 scoreline and notched himself 35 ATP points. With a total earned points during this tournament he would move into the 115 range in the world rankings. If he can muster up a win or two in this tournament he would comfortably move himself into a Top-100 spot.
Somdev has a tough player ahead of him in Alexandr Dolgopolov, who is currently ranked 25th in the world and was the champion last year at the Citi Open. The chances of Somdev winning this match going forward is low but if he can pull it off it would boost his confidence and propel him with a momentum into the US Open.
In case Somdev beats Dolgopolov his next opponent will most likely be his old college rival John Isner who is ranked 20th in the world. This tournament is a tough climb going forward but lets hope Somdev will be able to do something unimaginable for the Indian tennis fans. The match against Dolgopolov is tomorrow (July 30th) at 4:00 PM (EST). I will post an update about the outcome of the game.
Here is the tournament page, you can get the live scores as the match progresses: Citi Open
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