January 08, 2010 01:48 am | Updated 06:20 am IST - Chennai
Close to midnight, there was some cheer for India as Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh combined well to make it to the semifinals of the doubles competition in the USD 400,000 ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament.
The Indian duo defeated Jeff Coetzee (South Africa) and Rogier Wassen (The Netherlands) 6-2, 6-3 to make up for the loss of the popular pair of Yuki Bhambri and Carlos Moya (Spain) who went down 5-7, 1-6 to Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura in the quarterfinals.
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.
