Stockholm Open: Somdev suffers first-round defeat yet again

Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman’s first-round jinx continued as he lost in straight sets to German wild card Tommy Haas to bow out of the Stockholm Open.

The unseeded Indian,who is aiming to break into top-50 by the end of the season,went down fighting 6-7 (6) 4-6 after one hour and 25 minutes in the first round of the euro 600,000 hard court event.

It was the first meeting between 84th ranked Somdev and Haas,who was world number two in 2002 but is now languishing at number 290 in the ranking charts.