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Somdev’s Tripura, a full-strength Australian Open and Serbian tennis politics

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Somdev Devvarman continues to delight his many fans. His expressed desire to coach budding ,upcoming players from his home state has the Tripura government agog.

"As he belongs to Tripura, he would be very happy if he gets the scope to teach budding and young players from the northeastern states, where there is no dearth of talented and skilled players," Somdev’s father Pravanjan Kishore Devvarman  said.

Somdev will be given a hero’s welcome when he returns home on December 26. He is currently in Texas training with Andy Roddick.

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World Group For Davis Cup 2011 – Part 2

This is the second and final instalment detailing the World Group at the Davis Cup.

Eight unseeded teams are pitted against the top eight teams.

The teams at the lower end of the spectrum, for the 2011 edition , in alphabetical order, are :

Austria, Belgium, Chile, Germany, India, Kazakhstan, Romania and Sweden.

What do these teams have to offer?

Can they cause any major upsets?

A peek at the teams and their crusaders!

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