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Somdev Devvarman will lock horns with Croatia's third seed Marin Cilic in the summit clash of the Chennai Open as he reached his maiden ATP tour event final after Germany's fifth seed Rainer Schuettler pulled out from the semifinal due to a wrist injury here on Saturday.

Cilic stormed into the final after defeating eighth seed Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-4 6-3 in his semifinal match of the $450,000 hard court tournament.

Somdev is first Indian player to reach the final of the Chennai Open, now into its 14th edition.

India's doubles ace Leander Paes had reached the semifinals of Chennai Open in 1998.

Somdev is also the only second Indian player in recent times to make the final of an ATP Tour event.

Prakash Amritraj had reached the final of Hall of Fame Tennis championship in Newport, United States, in July last year when he lost to Fabrice Santoro.

Somdev made full use of his wild card, upsetting players like Croatia's world number 25 Ivo Karlovic and former world number one Carlos Moya en route to the semifinal.

The new Indian tennis sensation knows that it would be tough to bring home the title.

'Tomorrow is going to be very tough. I have my work cut out. Cilic is really playing very good,' he said after getting the walkover.

Somdev was delighted to make the final but was disappointed to miss the chance to play against Schuettler.

'It is obviously disappointing. Specially for the crowd. I knew it's going to be tough (against Schuettler). He is a seasoned pro. I had thought of playing an attacking game but I did not get the chance,' he said.

now its the payback time..

It was.. for last two decades.. now its the payback time..

You'll get from us sooner.

ha..ha.. we are waiting..::))
why so late ????

Says a ugly sinhale. People don't even know that a race is exists as Sinhalae. :))))

You know? Sinale... Sin = well you know the meaning. Ale means Gay in Indian. :)))))