Somdev Devvarman erased a one-set deficit to stun second seed Josselin Ouanna and make the main draw of the US $1,402,000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington. The ninth seeded Indian beat his French opponent 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the second and final qualifying round.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles began their French Open campaign in the men's doubles event with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win over local pair of Josselin Ouanna and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Paris on Friday.
The unseeded Indian pair registered a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 victory over Phillip Simmonds of the United States and Fritz Wolmarans of South Africa.