12 August,2009 02:53 PM IST | | PTI
Somdev Devvarman made a shocking first round exit from ATP Challenger tennis event following a straight set defeat at the hands of Sergei Bubka even as Prakash Amritraj made a brilliant comeback to advance to the next level.
It was an intense first round battle between eighth seed Somdev and Bubka which the Ukrainian won 7-6(3) 7-5.
Prakash shrugged off the first set deficit to beat American Ryler Deheart 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3 in his first round match of the $50,000 hard court event.
Now Prakash will lock horns with Bubka in the second round.
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In the doubles event, fourth seeds Harsh Mankad and his American partner David Martin advanced to the quarter-finals after a hard-earned win over wild card pair of Laurynas Grigelis and Andrea Stoppini.
Mankad and Martin overcame a first round lapse to beat the Lithuanian-Italian pair 3-6, 6-3, 10-6 in their first round.
