July 31, 2011 9:20 PM

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The pair of Somdev Devvarman and Treat Conrad Huey has reached the men's doubles final of the Farmer's Classic in Los Angles. In the semi-finals of the 61, 950 U.S. dollar tournament, the unseeded Indo-Philippine pair defeated the fourth seeded Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in three sets 7-6, 6-7, 10-4. The Indo-Philippine pair next faces third seed Mark Knowles Bahamas and Xavier Malisse of Belarus. It is for the first time that Somdev has reached the final of an ATP doubles event. He has made it to two singles finals so far. He reached final of Chennai Open, his home event, in 2009 and in Johannesburg early this year. Somdev's singles campaign had earlier ended with a 4-6, 6-7 first round defeat at the hands of Ryan Sweeting of the United States.

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