India's Somdev Devvarman continued his recent good form with a 7-5, 6-0 upset win over 19th seed Marcos Baghdatis, of Cyprus, in the second round of the BNP Praibas Open Masters Series. Devvarman won 85% of points on his first serve and hit 14 winners against the former Australian Open finalist to move into the third round of an ATP Masters Series event for the first time in his career.
The Indian will now play the winner of the match between 15th seed Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and Xaiver Malisse, of Belgium, which was scheduled for later today. The win is Somdev's second best career win, after his victory over then world no. 15 Marin Cilic, of Croatia, in Washington in 2009.
The result will also earn Devvarman enough ATP points to achieve a new career high ranking when the ATP rankings are updated on Monday 21st March. Currently ranked no. 84, Devvarman will likely move to around no. 77 in the rankings, besting his current career-high ranking of no. 79 which he achieved a few weeks ago
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