Somdev in final round

Somdev Devvarman survived another three-setter to move into the final round of the French Open qualifiers on Thursday after defeating Great Britain’s Alex Bogdanovic 6-2 6-7 (3) 6-4.

In his first qualifying match against Joao Souza on Tuesday,the Indian was down a break in the final set and came back to win,and he managed to pull it off again in his second. Against Bogdanovic,Devvarman had a first serve percentage of 67,while six double faults from the Briton gifted a few points his way.

The world No 144 is a match away from making it to the main draw of the claycourt Slam,and standing in his way is third seed Marcos Daniel of Brazil,who beat Croatian Ivan Dodig on 7-5 6-4.

“I played well in patches,but hopefully I can raise my level of play in tomorrow’s match. Today I stayed tough right through and that’s what helped me,” Devvarman said.