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Somdev stuns Carlos Moya in Chennai Open

Updated on: 08 January,2009 04:12 PM IST  | 
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India's Somdev Devvarman caused a major upset against two-time former champion and World no 42 Carlos Moya of Spain to storm into the quarter-finals of Chennai Open ATP tournament here today. Somdev,

Somdev stuns Carlos Moya in Chennai Open

India's Somdev Devvarman caused a major upset against two-time former champion and World no 42 Carlos Moya of Spain to storm into the quarter-finals of Chennai Open ATP tournament here today. Somdev,


who is ranked 202 on ATP charts, rallied to defeat sixth seeded Moya 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in a gruelling 131 minute second round encounter of the $4,50,000 event.



Moya was making his seventh appearance in the tournament which was incepted eight years ago with title wins in 2004 and 2005.



Somdev, who is unseeded here, next plays fourth seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, who beat Tvo Minar of Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in another second round match.

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