India's Somdev Devvarman has qualified for the Singles event at the China Open Tennis Tournament.He defeated higher-ranked Italian Paolo Lorenzi 3-6, 7-6, 6-3. Somdev, however, faces an uphill task in the main draw as he has drawn world number 31 Fernando Verdasco as his first round opponent. And if Somdev manages to get past the formidable Spaniard, his next opponent could be world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia.In the doubles event, Leander Paes and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor have given top billing and they willopen their campaign against Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey. Mahesh Bhupathi and his Swedish partner Robert Lindstedt are seeded second and they face Djokovic and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka.