St. Petersburg: Somdev Devvarman defeated World No.102 Karol Beck 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the St. Petersburg Open on Tuesday.
He next meets fourth seed and World No.22 Marin Cilic, who beat Sergei Bubka Jr. 6-4, 7-6(1).
Results:
First round: Lukas Rosol bt Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 6-4; Julien Benneteau bt Pere Riba 6-2, 6-1; Alex Bogomolov Jr. bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 6-1; Michael Berrer bt Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Somdev Devvarman bt Karol Beck 6-2, 6-3; Marin Cilic bt Sergei Bubka Jr. 6-4, 7-6(1) .
The Hindu