Somdev Devvarman blames bad line call for loss to Viktor Troicki

Updated on: 07 March,2011 08:01 AM IST |
AFP |

Somdev Devvarman yesterday suggested a controversial line call interrupted his momentum in the first reverse singles against Viktor Troicki in the opening reverse singles of the Davis Cup World Group first round tie

"I wanted to talk to the supervisor but he wasn't there. Even the Serbian team protested. It was obviously the wrong decision," Devvarman said after losing the two-hour and 43-minute rubber 6-4, 6-2, 7-5.

The second set went to Troicki easily. In the third set tensions reached boiling point with a heated discussion with the umpires over a ball from the Serb that was initially called as out but was later corrected to on the line.

Despite the call against him he managed to get to five-all but saw his serve broken and Troicki, who hit 11 aces and 40 winners in the game, clinched the set 7-5.

After his loss Devvarman congratulated Serbia. "I think Viktor (Troicki) is a very good player and he proved it today. He played great, didn't make many mistakes. I was under pressure all the time," he said.

Janko Tipsarevic then made it 4-1 when he saw off Karan Rastogi 6-0, 6-1 in a little under an hour in the final dead rubber.

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