Somdev enters Round 3 in Miami

India's Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza blazed into third round of the Miami Masters yesterday

India's Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza blazed into third round of the Miami Masters yesterday.



Somdev, India's top seeded singles player, beat Montenegro-born World No 34 Milos Raonic of Canada in straight sets 7-6, 7-5. A day earlier Devvarman had got the better of Italian Potito Starace in straight sets
6-2, 6-4 in a match that lasted for around 70 minutes.

Devvarman, who is ranked 73 in the world, is here on the back of a five-match winning streak (including the qualifiers) at Indian Wells before he was defeated by none other than World No 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain in the pre-quarter-final.

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