Despite putting up one of his best performances of the season, Somdev Devverman dropped eight places to 124th in the ATP rankings issued on Monday.
Somdev Devvarman advanced to the second round in the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships after scoring a straight-set win over America's Kevin Kim in Newport. The unseeded Indian took 63 minutes to complete a 6-4, 6-3 win in the first round of the US $442,500 grass court event.
Somdev Devvarman began the new season on a winning note, carving out a straight set win over world number 114 Kevin Kim to make the second round even as Rohan Bopanna was knocked of $ 450,000 ATP Chennai Open on Tuesday.
Rain caused two hours of play to be lost at the French Open on Thursday.
Roger Federer eased into the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over American qualifier Kevin Kim on Friday. third seed Novak Djokovic defeated Canadian Frank Dancevic 6-3, 6-2.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis also revelled in improved conditions following the rain-soaked start to the French Open.
The Belgian was all aggression as he beat Stefano Galvani, while the Spaniard was all calm and precision against Kevin Kim on way to the last 8 of the Chennai Open.
Ivan Ljubicic and Nikolay Davydenko advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open.
Gaston Gaudio, the 2004 champion, won his battle with 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain at the French Open.
Roger Federer produced an imperious display to dismiss unseeded German Florian Mayer 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 in the second round
Karan Rastogi and Harsh Mankad also bowed out to end the India's challenge in singles.
The top seed registered a 6-2, 7-5 victory over compatriot Kevin Kim at the Los Angeles Open.
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