Somdev Devvarman shockingly bowed out from the first round of the ATP Challenger event in Istanbul after a terrific performance in the US Open.
Second seeded Somdev lost by 2-6 3-6 to Konstantin Kravchuk of Russia in the opening round of the USD 75,000 hard court event. In fact, it was the first meeting of the duo. Somdev is ranked 101 while Konstantin is placed 74 places below the Indian in the ATP ranking charts.
To the knowledge of everyone, Somdev had won four matches in the recently concluded US Open, before losing the second of singles main draw to Andreas Seppi of Italy.
On the other side, third seeded pair of Divij Sharan and Purav Raja exited from the first round following a 3-6 3-6 defeat against Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria and Jurgen Zopp of Estonia in the euro 64,000 Petange Challenger event at Luxembourg.
Divij too had excellent performance at the US Open, who had reached pre-quarterfinals with Taipei partner Yen-Hsun Lu.
