02.06.2014 12:12:43 | Who are the seeds at the UniCredit Czech Open? 1. Radek Stepanek (CR, 43rd in ATP ranking), 2. Robin Haase (Netherlands, 50.), 3. Lukáš Rosol (CR, 52.), 4. Michail Kukuškin (Kazakhstan, 54.), 5. Bradley Klahn (USA, 71.), 6. Jiri Vesely (CR, 81.), 7. Julian Reister (Germany, 91.), 8. Somdev Devvarman (India, 96.). Three Czechs, a Dutchman, a Kazakh, an American, a German, and an Indian. Who is Somdev Devvarman of India? He grew up in the vicinity of Chennai in India. From 2005 to 2008, he studied at the University in Virginia. In May 2008, he graduated from the faculty of sociology and became a professional tennis player.
He won the NCAA title in singles at the University. In 2007, he defended the title of 2006 after beating American John Isner. Somdev Devvarman is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team. Having defeated Greg Jones of Australia, he won the gold medal in singles at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October 2010. In November 2010, he won both the singles and doubles at the Asian Games and, four months later, he was named the Sports Person of the Year with cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in the Sports Illustrated India Annual Awards in Bangalore. Last year, Somdev Devvarman was nominated for the ATP Comeback of 2013 awards. The Indian jumped from the 656th to the 90th place of the ATP. Other nominees were Dimitrij Tursunov of Russia (125th – 39th), Tommy Robredo of Spain (115th – 19th) and Rafael Nadal of Spain (4th – 1st). Somdev Devvarman’s best ATP ranking was the 62nd position in July 2013. This year, he won a challenger in New Delhi in February after beating Nedovyes of Kazakhstan in the finals.
