India's Somdev Devvarman will take on World Number four Andy Murray in his opening round encounter of the US Open in New york on Wednesday. In the women's draw, Venus Williams will face German Sabine Lisicki in the second round. Meanwhile, the Indian pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi and the Indo- Pak duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi have also advanced to the second round. In Singles, former US Champions Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams have advanced to the second round. In Men's singles No 2 seed Nadal posted a 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 win over 98th ranked Andrey Golubev from Kazakhstan while in Women's singles Serena Williams raced to a 6-1, 6-1 victory, defeating Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia.
News On AIR | August 31, 2011 2:29 PM
US Open: Somdev take on Andy Murray in opening round encounter today