India's no. 1 Somdev Devvarman has stormed into the second round of the qualification event of the US Open after defeating American Alex Bogomolov Jr in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday. Another Indian, Prakash Amritraj crashed out after losing his first round match.

Somdev ousted 16th seeded local boy Alex in 1 hour and 15 minutes to move to next round. Somdev broke serve of his opponent twice in each set. Somdev had also defeated him in the qualification round of the LA Open main draw earlier this month.

Somdev will now clash with Dutchman Igor Sijsling in the second round. Igor was declared winner of the match when his opponent Joshua Goodall of Britain opted to retire after trailing by 2-4 in the third set with match leveled at one set each in the first round.

Prakash went down to the 31st seeded Alejandro Falla of Colombia in a three setter match 6-7 (5) 6-4 3-6. Prakash lost the first set after it went to tie-breaker but he came back in second set to level the match one set each. Prakash failed to continue his momentum in third set as he lost third set.