Australian Open: Somdev in third round of qualifiers

India's Somdev Devvarman rallied from a set down for a fighting 2-6, 6-1, 8-6 win over German Tobias Kamke in the second round of Australian Open tennis men's qualifiers at Melbourne Park on Friday.

India's Somdev Devvarman rallied from a set down for a fighting 2-6, 6-1, 8-6 win over German Tobias Kamke in the second round of Australian Open tennis men's qualifiers at Melbourne Park on Friday.

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The 27th-seeded Indian next plays 12th-seeded Slovak Blaz Kavcic who dispatched Goran Tosic of Montenegro 6-2, 6-2.

Somdev is the lone surviving Indian in the fray with Prakash Amritraj losing in the second round Thursday.