{"id":12728,"date":"2013-01-14T11:07:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T11:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=12728"},"modified":"2013-01-14T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T11:07:48","slug":"somdev-cruises-into-second-round-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=12728","title":{"rendered":"Somdev cruises into second round Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-12699\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"Somdev\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/somdev-aus.jpg\" width=\"236\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/somdev-aus.jpg 236w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/somdev-aus-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>Melbourne:&nbsp; India\u2019s Somdev Devvarman got off to a dream start in Melbourne as he beat higher ranked Bjorn Phau of in straight sets to reach the second round of Australian Open on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Somdev, who has been leading the players\u2019 fight against AITA, got the better off Phau, who is ranked 78, 6-3 6-2 6-3 in close to a two-hour match here.\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Indian, whose ranking has plummeted to 551, will next play against the winner between Simone Bolelli of Italy and Polish Jerzy Janowicz.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the first set that lasted for 31 minutes, Somdev converted two of the three break point chances that came his way. In the second set, Somdev won two of the four break point chances to finish it off in 44 minutes, while he took another 35 minutes to wrap up the match as he broke the German twice in the third set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-12699\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"Somdev\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/somdev-aus.jpg\" width=\"236\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/somdev-aus.jpg 236w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/somdev-aus-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>Melbourne:&nbsp; India\u2019s Somdev Devvarman got off to a dream start in Melbourne as he beat higher ranked Bjorn Phau of in straight sets to reach the second round of Australian Open on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Somdev, who has been leading the players\u2019 fight against AITA, got the better off Phau, who is ranked 78, 6-3 6-2 6-3 in close to a two-hour match here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Somdev cruises into second round Australian Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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