Chennai: India's numero uno singles player Somdev Devvarman started his $400,000 TP Chennai Open campaign in style by beating eighth seed Rainer Schuettler of Germany 7-5, 6-2 in the first round at Chennai on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old Indian wildcard, who reached the final of the tournament last year, came out with some impressive tennis and won 11 games in a row to leave his German opponent totally clueless on other side of the net during the match.
Devvarman, ranked 127 in ATP ranking, however, started the match on a negative note as he was broken in his very first game after Schuettler won the opening game of the match.
However, the Indian capitalised on the home support to claw his way back and send Schuettler packing in the first round.
But the other two Indians - Rohan Bopanna and Prakash Amritraj - failed to get past the first round.
Bopanna lost to Stanislas Wawrinka with the Swiss completely dismantling the Indian player winning the match 6-1, 6-3.
Amritraj lost to American Michael Russel 3-6, 1-6.
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