Somdev Devvarman advanced to the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships after scoring a 6-4, 6-3 win over America’s Kevin Kim at the $442,500 grass court event.
He will next taken on another American in fifth seed Mardy Fish, who humbled compatriot Mark Russell 6-1 6-2 in his opening round. Somdev had fallen to Fish in the first round at the Queen’s Club last month and would look to avenge his defeat. —PTI