Somdev Devvarman has moved into the second round of the ATP Apia International Qualifiers tournament. At Sydney today, he edged past Belgium's Niel Desein in a tight opening round enounter in three sets 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Somdev's next rival is Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff, who defeated top seed Mikhail Kukushkin of Belgium 7-6 6-2. Somdev, who is India's top singles player, is ranked 90th world. India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna are competing in the doubles main draw. Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek have been seeded second and their first round opponents are Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin from France.Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi have been seeded third and they will open their campaign against Dutch player Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau from Romania.The tournament is the last ATP event before the Australian Open Grand Slam Championship, starting January 13 in Melbourne.