New Delhi: India's title hopes at the ATP
Challenger event in Knoxville, US went up in smoke after
Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja and Harsh Mankad and his
Filipino partner Treat Conard Huey lost in their respective
doubles semifinals.
Somdev and Purav went down 2-6 3-6 against South African
pair of Raven Klaasen and Izak Van der Merwe.
Second seeded Harsh and his Philippines' partner lost 3-6
6-7(3) to Germany's Martin Emmrich and Andreas Siljestrom of
Sweden.
All the four players got 27 ranking points each and
earned USD 540 each as prize money.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 17:50