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Somdev's defeat meant that India's wait for an ATP title continues as no player from the host nation has emerged winner on the ATP Tour since Leander Paes' win at Newport in 1998.
Nevertheless, the wild card entrant's memorable run at the USD 450,000 event, in which he stunned former world number one Carlos Moya and the king of aces Croatia's Ivo Karlovic, has already given him a superstar status.
Somdev, with his brilliant effort, pocketed valuable 150 ranking points which will help take his current 202 placing near to the 150-mark.
Somdev and Cilic were locked in an intense battle but in the end the Croatian proved a few notches above the Indian as he did not let the local favourite capitalise on any of the first seven break points.
If Cilic handed Somdev a few chances to go up, he had a very strong game to ward off the threat as he compensated the follies with intelligent and piercing ground strokes that were too big to handle for Somdev.
Just when it looked the match slipped out of Somdev's hand when he was trailing 1-4 in the second set after having lost the first set, he brought the match alive by breaking Cilic for the first time in the ninth game of the lively encounter.
The match was stretched to the tie-breaker, in which Cilic prevailed to win his second ATP singles title.
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This must be viewed as another victory of secularism! Our minority muxlim community brother Sania Mirza recently was defeating world number 25 only. And now the majority community has been defeated, that too in India itself. Every gain of our brother secular minority community of Muxlim and Xtian is victory of secularism, as is every loss of communal majority community. Congress party and UPA must give award to Cilic for upholding secularism and ask for an enquiry into how Somdev even reahed finals.
Can you, the shameless creature, make your point clear. It is hard to understand your philosophical languge. Sania can only be a sister unless she has undergone a sex change. You seem to have issues of mentle health. It will be good for you to go for psychiatric counselling. As secular minority 'muxlim/xtian', you may approach Antulay or Mayawati for more help.
I seriously don't understand what you inferred in Sania's victory and Somdev's loss here.. If you have issues with the Cong party then you should find another place to crib about that.. This definitely is not the place you should that..Congrats Somdev on reaching this far.. Good work and keep it up..