LONDON: Somdev Devvarman did not camp cheers to India in the Olympic Games in London, who left the men's singles event with a straight sets defeat against Jarkko Nieminen on Sunday.
Somdev, a wild card entrant, lost the round by the rain hit first match 3-6 1-6 to his Finnish rival, who is ranked 41 in the world, compared to 418 in India.
The entire game was 73 minutes after the rain stopped for a long period, when the Indian dropped a set and lost 0-1 in the second.Somdev, playing his first match in eight months after he underwent shoulder surgery last November, made 21 unforced errors.
The winner of the gold medal at the 2010 Games and Asian Games GTC, dropped serve twice in the first set and became the only chance I have.
Nieminen held Somdev advantage by breaking twice in the second set took an unassailable 3-0 lead. Somdev showed something like a fight as he broke his back, but it was too late, as the Finn again broke the Indian Service to close the match.
India have another player competing in the men's singles event with Vishnu Vardhan Blaz Kavcic assume Slovakia.
Vardhan made the draw after the German Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew injury dew in the thigh.
India's medal hopes are based on the doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, who will open his campaign tomorrow, after their match was postponed due to rain today.Another pair of Leander Paes and India Vardhan are also scheduled to play his first round match on Monday.
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