Monday 21 September 2015

Somdev Devvarman:


Somdev Kishore Devvarman born 13 February 1985 is a professional Indian tennis player He hit the headlines for being the only collgiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, Winning back-to-back finals in his junior and senior years at the University of Virgina Only three other players have matched that record since 1950 His 44-1 win-loss record in 2008 at the NCAA Mens Tennis Championship is unprecedented. 

His best achievement so far on the ATP World Tour has been raeching the final of the Chennai Open in 2009, as  a wild card entry. In 2010, Somdev won the Golg medal in the mens Singles event of XIXth Commonwealth Games at the R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi, and he followed it up with both men's singles and doubles gold in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He is coached by Scott Mc Chin.

In 2011, Devvarman received ther Arjuna Award from the Indian government for his tennis Successes.

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